Ashley Kirk-Spriggs

MPhil University of Wales College

Entomology PhD

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Thesis title

Revision of the Afrotropical species of Curtonotidae (Diptera: Ephydroidea) – systematics, biology, immature stages and biogeography. Supervisor: Professor Martin Villet

Recent publications

Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & McGregor, A. (in press). Disjunctions in the Diptera (Insecta) fauna of the Mediterranean and southern Africa and a discussion of biogeographical implications. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 2009.

Audisio, P., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Cline, A.R., Trizzino, M., Antonini, G., Mancini, E. & De Biase, A. 2008. A new genus of pollen-beetle from South Africa (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with discussion of the generic classification of the subfamily Meligethinae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 2009

Audisio, R., Trizzino, M., Mancini, E. Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & De Biase, A. (in press). Molecular biogeography of Mediterranean and southern African disjunctions as exemplified by pollen beetles of the Meligethes planiusculus complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae; Meligethinae). Journal of Biogeography 2009.

Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Stuckenberg, B.R. (in press). Afrotropical Diptera – rich savannas, poor rainforests. In Bickel, D., Pape, T. & Meier, R. (eds.). Diptera diversity: status, challenges and tools. Brill Academic Publishers 2009.

Marshall, S.A., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Klymko, J. (in press). 96. Curtonotidae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Woodley, N.E., Wood, D.M. & Zumbado, M., eds, Manual of Central American Diptera. 2. National Research Council Press, Ottawa, Canada 2009.