Jennifer Cristina Girón Duque

Jennifer Cristina Girón Duque, also known as Jennifer C. Girón, Colombian entomologist.

Curator of the Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Manager of the Coleoptera Ontology Project.

Former places of work and studies:

Oct. 2018 – Aug. 2023 - Research Associate, Research Aide and Acting Collections Manager of the Invertebrate Zoology Collection at the Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Aug. 2020 – Jul. 2022 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Manager of the Coleoptera Anatomy Ontology Project, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Aug. 2015 – Dec. 2019 - Graduate student, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology & Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
Jan. 2013 – Jun. 2015 - Full time Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Universidad Santo Tomás, Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia.
Mar. 2011 – Oct. 2012 - Research Technician, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR, USA.
Aug. 2007 – Dec. 2010 - Graduate student, Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus, Mayagüez, PR, USA.
Aug. 1999 – Dec. 2006 - Undergraduate student, Department of Biology, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Taxon names authored

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Franz, N.M. & Girón, J.C. 2009. Scelianoma elydimorpha, a new genus and new species of entimine weevil from southwestern Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Neotropical entomology, 38(2): 219–230. DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2009000200009 PDF. Reference page.

Girón, J.C. & Franz, N.M. 2010. Revision, phylogeny and historical biogeography of the genus Apodrosus Marshall, 1922 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 339–414. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X538799 Reference page.
O'Brien, C.W., Ciegler, J.C. & Girón, J.C. 2010. Weevils of the genus Cercopeus Schoenherr from South Carolina, USA (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Insecta Mundi 0141: 1–29. Digital Commons Reference page.

Girón, J.C. & Franz, N.M. 2012. Phylogenetic assessment of the Caribbean weevil genus Lachnopus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). Invertebrate systematics 26(1): 67–82. DOI: 10.1071/IS11033 Reference page.

Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2017. Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Quadriops Hansen, 1999 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys 705: 115—141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.705.19815. Reference page.
Short, A.E.Z., García, M. & Girón, J.C. 2017. Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Globulosis García, 2001 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 4232(2): 271–281. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.2.10. Reference page.

Girón, J.C., O'Brien, C.W. & Rose-Smyth, M.C. 2018. On the West Indian weevil genus Lachnopus Schönherr, 1840 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae): descriptions of six new species, a proposal for species-groups, and an annotated checklist. Zootaxa 4423(1): 1–85. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4423.1.1 Reference page.
Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2018. Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). ZooKeys 768: 113–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.768.24423. Reference page.
Short, A.E.Z. & Girón, J.C. 2018. Review of the Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay of the New World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 4407(1): 29–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.2 Reference page.

Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E. 2019. Three additional new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from the Guiana and Brazilian Shield regions of South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). Zookeys, 855: 109–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.855.33013 Reference page.
Raudez Reyes, S.M., Cano Espinoza, R.A. & Girón, J.C. 2019. A new species and immature stages of the skiff beetle genus Yara Reichardt and Hinton (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from Nicaragua. Zootaxa 4544(1): 125–134. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.1.8 Reference page.

Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2021. Review of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Tobochares Short & García, 2007 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae): new lineages, new species, and new records. Zookeys 1019: 93–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1019.59881 Reference page.
Girón, J.C. & Short, A.E.Z. 2021. The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species. Zookeys 1045: 1–236. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810 Reference page.

Atencio, R., Barba, A., Collantes, R., Pitti, J., Muñoz, J., Medeiros, B. & Girón, J. 2022. A new species of Epicaerus Pascoe, 1881 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Geonemini) associated with potato cultivars in Tierras Altas de Chiriquí, Panama. Zootaxa 5115(1): 103–121. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.7. . Reference page.

Short, A.Z. & Girón, J.C. 2023. Revision of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Novochares Girón & Short (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). Zookeys 1171ː 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1171.104142 Reference page.