Michael J. Skvarla, M.S., Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
2009-2015 Entomology University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR, United States 
 2016-2017 Systematic Entomology Laboratory USDA-ARS Beltsville 
 2017- Entomology Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States 
Area:
Entomology, Acarology, Taxonomy, Systematics, Biodiversity
Website:
https://extension.psu.edu/michael-j-skvarla
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Parents

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Jeffrey D. Holland research assistant 2006-2008 Purdue (Terrestrial Ecology Tree)
Ashley P. G. Dowling grad student 2009-2015 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Gary Miller post-doc 2015-2017 USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD

Children

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Codey Mathis grad student 2023- Penn State
Logan Stenger grad student 2020-2023 Penn State
Nia (Blue) Riggins grad student 2022-2023 Penn State

Collaborators

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Jonathan L. Larson collaborator Purdue
Erika Theresa Machtinger collaborator (Entomology Tree)
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Olafson PU, Poh KC, Evans JR, et al. (2022) Limited detection of shared zoonotic pathogens in deer keds and blacklegged ticks co-parasitizing white-tailed deer in the eastern United States. Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Poh KC, Evans JR, Skvarla MJ, et al. (2022) All for One Health and One Health for All: Considerations for Successful Citizen Science Projects Conducting Vector Surveillance from Animal Hosts. Insects. 13
Poh KC, Evans JR, Skvarla MJ, et al. (2022) Patterns of deer ked (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) and tick (Ixodida: Ixodidae) infestation on white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the eastern United States. Parasites & Vectors. 15: 31
Tiffin HS, Skvarla MJ, Machtinger ET. (2021) Tick abundance and life-stage segregation on the American black bear (). International Journal For Parasitology. Parasites and Wildlife. 16: 208-216
Skvarla MJ, Poh KC, Evans JR, et al. (2020) A Technique for Dissecting the Salivary Glands From the Abdomens of Deer Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena Bequaert, 1942). Journal of Insect Science (Online). 20
Poh KC, Skvarla M, Evans JR, et al. (2020) Collecting Deer Keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Lipoptena Nitzsch, 1818 and Neolipoptena Bequaert, 1942) and Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Hunter-Harvested Deer and Other Cervids. Journal of Insect Science (Online). 20
Skvarla M, Kramer M, Owen CL, et al. (2020) Reexamination of (Hemiptera: Aphididae) using linear discriminant analysis to determine the validity of synonymized species, with some new synonymies and distribution data. Biodiversity Data Journal. 8: e49102
Skvarla MJ. (2020) First Report of Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae: Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell) on Russian Arborvitae (Pinales: Cupressaceae: Microbiota Decussata Kom.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122
Skvarla MJ. (2020) First Documented Report of Phytocoris buenoi Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae) Biting a Human Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 122: 762
Skvarla MJ, Larson JL, Fisher JR, et al. (2020) A Review of Terrestrial and Canopy Malaise Traps Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114: 27-47
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