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dragonfly, Tramea carolina. Photo by Jessica Louton. click to enlarge
Tramea carolina (photo by Jessica Louton)

Jerry Louton, IT Manager (Retired)

  • RETIRED (September 2010)

  • Current E-mail Address:  

    loutonj@gmail.com

  • Education:
    BS (Biology) McNeese
    MS (Entomology) LSU
    PhD (Zoology&Ecology) U. Tennessee
 Jerry Louton in tropical downpour

Duties and Interests:

Designs, develops and implements large-scale database projects and web sites for the Department of Entomology. Supports general scientific computing and conducts research and publishes on the Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) and aquatic insect communities.

Current Projects include:

  • Migrating of NMNH Entomology types catalog data into EMu (Electronic Museum) catalog system.
  • Barcoding and cataloging 120,000 Odonata specimens in the Smithsonian collections.
  • Assisting with the Entomology website.

My background and training are in aquatic biology, especially aquatic insects, but also freshwater fishes and invertebrates. My current interests center on communities in phytotelmata (plant-held waters) and the distribution of stream insects along tropical elevational gradients.

Publications:

Garrison, R., N. Ellenreider and J. Louton. 2010. Damselfly Genera of New World, an Illustrated and Annotated Key to the Zygoptera. Johns Hopkins University Press. 528 pp., 81 color photos, 11 b&w photos, 2588 line drawings, 108 maps.

pdf icon Ware, J. & J. Louton, 2009. A larva worth a thousand words: imaging preserved dragonfly nymphs using a digital camera. Argia 21(2):10-12.

Garrison, R., N. Ellenreider and J. Louton. 2006. Dragonfly Genera of the New World, an illustrated and annotated key to the Anisoptera. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 384 pp., 24 color illus., 31 halftones, 1595 line drawings.

pdf icon Louton, J., J. Gelhaus & R. Bouchard. 1996. The aquatic fauna of water-filled bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Guadua) internodes in a Peruvian lowland tropical forest. Biotropica 28:228-242. 

pdf icon Louton, J., R. Garrison & O. Flint, 1996. The Odonata of Parque Nacional Manu, Madre de Dios, Peru: natural history, species richness and comparisons with other neotropical sites. Pp. 431-449. In: Wilson, D. & A. Sandoval. Manu, the biodiversity of southeastern Peru. Smithsonian Institution Press.

 book cover image and link to JHU Press
book cover image and link to JHU Press

pdf icon Carle, F. & J. Louton. 1994. Description of the larva of Neopetalia punctata (Odonata:Neopetaliidae) and establishment of the Austropetaliidae (Fam. Nov.). Entomological Society of Washington 96:137-144.

Hellenthal, R.A., J.A. Louton, G.R. Noonan, R.T. Schuh, M.K. Thayer and F.C. Thompson. 1990. Automatic Data Processing for Systematic Entomology: Promises and Problems. A Report for the Entomological Collections Network. Washington, DC., 48 pp.

Tennessen, K.J. & J. A. Louton. 1984.  The true nymph of Gomphus (Gomphurus) crassus Hagen (Odonata: Gomphidae), with notes on adults.Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 86(1), 223-227.

Louton, J. A.  1982.  A new species of Ophiogomphus (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) from the Western Highland rim in Tennessee. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95(1):198-202.

Louton, J. A.  1982.  The larva of Gomphurus ventricosus (Walsh), and comments on relationships within the genus (Anisoptera: Gomphidae). Odonatologica 12(1):83-86.

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