CURRICULUM VITAE

Dmitry А. DubovikoffSt. Petersburg State University,

Faculty of BiologyDepartment of Applied Ecology,

16-line of Vasiljievskij Island, 29, fl.5, St. Petersburg 199178Russia

+7 921 180 07 60 (cell)d.dubovikoff@spbu.ru

Birth date and place: 30 October 1978; Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Family: married, one daughter

Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (A2), German (basic)

Education and Degrees: Candidate of biological sciences (PhD)Saint-Petersburg State University St. Petersburg, Russia– January 18, 2007 "The composition, ecological and geographical characteristics and the main stages of the history of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Caucasian Isthmus”,

MSC in Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia– graduated in November 25, 2003

Work Experience: July 2013 –current time, Senior Lecturer at Department of Applied Ecology, St. Petersburg State University

Developed (original) courses:

Introduction to biodiversity (module2 - terrestrial Arthropods) (10h)

Biogeography of terrestrial ecosystems (26h)

Social arthropods in ecosystems (26h)

Arachnology (36 h, with practices);

Systematics of Myriapoda (26 h, with practices);

Introduction to Biology (for Chemistry students) (36 h);

Terrestrial Arthropods (field course), (80 h)

Methods of preparation and management of entomological collections (24 h)

September 2010 – July 2013, Senior Lecturer at Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University

February 2007 – August 2010, Lecturer on Department of Entomology

Vice dean (students accommodation) of Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University

January 2003 – February 2007, Junior research scientistLaboratory of Entomology, Biological Institute of St. Petersburg State UniversitySt. Petersburg, Russia

Research Interests:

Other professional interests:

Current project:

Describing new taxa of ants:

Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Ecology of ants (Formicidae)

(especially tropical diversity of odor-ants (Dolichoderinae)

Paleontology of ants

Teaching in Zoology (Systematic Entomology, Arachnology,

Myriapodology, Biogeography) Maintenance and development of museum collections

Fossil Dolichoderinae (and some other ants) of Late Eocene ambers (collaborator Prof. G. Dlussky, Moscow State University) and Miocene (Randeck Maar, Germany (collaborator Dr. U. Kotthoff, University of Hamburg))

Ants of Tamaulipas, Mexico (collaborators: Drs. E. Ruiz C., J.M. Coronado B., Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico)

Taxonomy and phylogeography of ant genus Ectatomma in Mexico (collaborators: Dr. A. Zaldivar R., UNAM, Mexico; Chantal Poteaux, Un. Paris 13, France)

Revising of some ants genera

2 new tribes (Iridomyrmecini, Bothriomyrmecini) 4 new genera (Arnoldius, Nebothriomyrmex – Australia, Usomyrma –

Danish amber, Yantaromyrmex – European Late Eocene amber)

New ant species from Australia, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Madagascar, Mexico, India, Baltic and Danish amber, Miocene sediments and African copals.

Professional associations:

Student supervision and thesis reviewing:

Editorial work:

Russian Entomological Society, since 1997 (Member of Presidium, since2012)

AneT (Network for the Study of Asian Ants), Committee member, since 2011

Current students:Alina Terekhova (Russia), BS student, Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Miocene deposits of Germany and JapanVasiliy Bastaev (Russia), BS student, Spiders of Bogdinsko-Baskunchakskiy Natural Reserve (Astrakhan region)Arseny Shudrick (Russia), MS student, Ants-plant relations on example of the ant genus Pseudomyrmex and Acacias in MexicoDuan Zhuydzyuan (China), MS student, Ants of Lower Svir' Natural Reserve and their role in monitoring of natural protected areasTatiana Shauro (Russia), MS student, Methods of Bat Community protection in Sablinskie caves from human influence. Tetiana Shoshura (Ukraine), MS student, The ecological requirements for wintering of pond bat in Leningrad regionAguilar Velasco Reina Gabriela (Mexico), MS student, Phylogeography of ants genus Ectatomma in Mexico, co-supervisorMarilyn Mendoza Ramirez (Mexico), PhD student, Phylogeography of ant genus Neoponera in Mexico, co-supervisor

Former students:Vasilisa Chemyreva, master student, thesis: “Fauna and system of the tribe Spilomicrini (Hymenoptera,Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae) of Russia”, master degree, 2013.

PhD thesis reviewing: Konstantin Samartzev, True cyclostome braconid wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of the Middle and Lower Volga territories of Russia. Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2014.Ekaterina Egorenkova, Fauna and ecological features of parasitic wasps of

subfamily Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) of Middle Volga region, Institute of the Problem of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, 2009. Vladimir Perepechaenko, Braconid wasp of the tribe Dacnusini

(Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) of Ukraine, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2009.Konstantin Nadeyn, Beetles of the genus Psilliodes Latreile, 1825 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Russia and adjacent countries, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2007.

Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, (Russia), editor. Halteres, (India), editor Journal of the Entomological Research Society, (Turkey), advisory board

Expeditions and field works: European part of Russia (1995 – 2014)

Caucasian Isthmus, (1996 – 2010), long term expeditions (Russian part, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia).

Lower Volga: Astrakhan and Volgograd Provinces of Russia (June 2004);Astrakhan Province (20 June – 3 July 2014)

Japan: Osaka Pref., Kioto Pref., Mie Pref. (October 2009) Finland, May 2010, August 2011, August-September 2012 Thailand: Bangkok, Songkla Prov (October 2011) México: Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, D.F., Est. de Mexico, Michoacan

(11 January – 10 June 2012); Queretaro, Jalisco, D.F. (May 2014); Queretaro, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Morelos (August-October 2014)

Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah (October 2013)

Guatemala: Guatemala, Escuintla, Chimaltenango, Sacatepequez, Solola,Santa Rosa (September 2014)

Work at museums: Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia, since 2001 – current time (as volunteer curator of Formicidae collection)

Institute of Zoology NAS, Kiev, Ukraine May 2001, January 2007 (work with collection)

Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, June 2003 (work with collection)

Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan6 October – 6 November 2009 (academic exchange program)

Osaka Natural History Museum, Osaka, Japan, 20 – 30 October 2009 (work with collection (fossil and recent ants))

Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 26 April – 7 May 2010 (consultations about spider taxonomy, work with collection)

Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 2003 – 2013 Regular short visits (on 3- 10 days).

Zoological Museum of Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany, 17 January 2011 – 16 February 2011 (academic exchange program, work with collection)

Humbold Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany, 20-24 January 2011 (work with collection)

Geological-Paleontological Institute of Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany, 1-14 February 2011 (work with fossil ants collection (ambers, sediments))

Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland, 29 August – 9 September

2011; 13 August – 12 September 2012 (reorganizing and maintenance ants collection)

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Mexico, 13 January – 12 June 2012 (organizing ants study and collection)

Colleccion Nacional de Insectos, Instituto Biologia del UNAM, Cd. De Mexico, D.F., Mexico, March 2012, 2014 (organizing and maintenance ants collection)

Institut Biologi Tropica dan Pemuliharaan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu (work with ants collection), October 2013

Recent Grants(without travel grants):

Grant of Bank Santander and SpbSU, Biodiversity of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Mexico. Genera Ectatomma, Dolichoderus and Pseudomyrmex. 2014, head.

Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young Candidate of Sciences, Biological diversity and genesis of fauna of aculeate Hymenoptera of Russia (Hymenoptera, Aculeata), 2013-2014, participator

Publications: 1. H. Bharti, I. Gul, D.A. Dubovikoff. First description of male of Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya, with notes on the species ecology and biodiversity conservationof the region // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2014, Vol. 10, № 1. P. 137-139.

2. G. Dlussky, A. Radchenko, D. Dubovikoff. 2014. A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (4). p. 931-939.

3. Dlussky, G.M., Dubovikoff D.A. Yantaromyrmex gen. n. – a new ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 9, № 2. P. 305-314.

4. H. Bharti, R. Kumar, D.A. Dubovikoff. A new species of the genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 9, № 2. P. 303-304.

5. Dubovikoff D.A. Pachycondyla kipyatkovi sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of P. wasmannii-group from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. St. Petersburg, 2013. Vol. 84 (2): 36–38.

6. J. M. Coronado-Blanco, Dmitry A. Dubovikoff, E. Ruíz-Cancino, M. Vásquez-Bolaños, K. Y. Flores-Maldonado, J. Víctor Horta-Vega. Formicidae (Hymenoptera) del estado de Tamaulipas, México. CienciaUAT, 2013. V.25. 1. P. 12-17.

7. Dmitry A. Dubovikoff, J. MA. Coronado Blanco, Jacinto Treviño Carreón, E. Ruíz Cancino. Distribución y características de anidación de lahormiga Liometopum apiculatum Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, México. Memorias 24 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnología del Golfo de México.

2013. V. 24. P. 48 – 52

8. J. Ma. Coronado B., D.A. Dubovikoff, E. Ruiz Cancino, Miguel Vásquez Bolaños. Formicidae (Hymenoptera) en el Museo de Insectos (MIFA) de la Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México. Recursos Naturales. 2012. V.1. P. 190-200

9. Dubovikoff, D.A. The dolichoderine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the European Late Eocene ambers and its relation with modern faunas. Recursos Naturales. 2012. V.1. P. 174-186

10. Dubovikoff, D. A new record of the Liomyrmex gestroi Emery, 1887 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Thailand and а new evidence of the relationship of this species with termites // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2012, Vol. 8, № 2. P. 257-258, color plate 8

11. Lopatina, E.B., Kipyatkov, V.E., Balashov, S.V., Dubovikoff, D.A., Sokolova I.V. Interspecific and intraspecific variability of duration and temperature norm of ground beetle eggs development (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on North-West of Russia // Entomological Review, 2012. — Vol. 92, — № 1. — P. 32–45

12. Lopatina, E.B., Kipyatkov, V.E., Balashov, S.V., Dubovikoff, D.A., Sokolova I.V. Adaptive latitudinal variability of duration and tempetature norm of development of graund beetle Amara communis (Coleoptera: Carabidae). // Entomological Review, 2012. — Vol. 92, — № 2. — P. 135–145

13. Lopatina, E.B., Kipyatkov, V.E., Balashov, S.V., Dubovikoff, D.A., Sokolova I.V. Interspecific and intraspecific variability of duration and temperature norm of ground beetle eggs development (Coleoptera, Carabidae) on North-West of Russia // Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 2011. Vol. 90, №12, P.1448-1461 (in Rusian)

14. Radchenko, A., Dubovikoff, D. First record of the ant genus Strongylognathus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Afghanistan, with a description of a new species // Annales Zoologici, 2011. — Vol. 61,— № 4. — P. 807-810

15. D. A. Dubovikoff The first record of the genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Baltic amber // Russian Ent. J., 2011.— Vol. 20, — № 3. — P. 255-257

16. Dubovikoff, D.A. About generic placement of ant species Iridomyrmex meinerti Forel, 1901 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2011. — Vol. 7, — № 2. — P. 227-228, color plate 15 (1-6)

17. Dubovikoff, D.A., Radchenko A.G. Chalepoxenus hyrcanus – a new ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Azerbajdzhan // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2010. — Vol. 6, — № 2. — P. 207-208

18. Dubovikoff, D.A. Significance of structure of the ants proventriculus on the systematic of Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) // Ants and Forest protection. — N. Novgorod, — 2009. — P. 93-97

19. Dubovikoff, D.A. The system of taxon Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 sensu lato (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and relatives genera // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2005. — Vol. 1, — № 1. — P. 84-94

20. Dubovikoff, D.A. A new species of the genus Proformica Ruzsky, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from North Ossetia and key to identification of Proformica species of the Caucasisan Isthmus // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2005. — Vol. 1, — № 2. — P. 189-191

21. Dubovikoff, D.A. Chalepoxenus Menozzi, 1923 – a new genus of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on Caucasian Isthmus fauna // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2005. — Vol. 1, — № 2. — P. 192

22. Dubovikoff, D.A., Longino J.T. A new species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica // Zootaxa, 2004. — № 776. — P. 1-10

23. Dubovikov, D.A. Nebothriomyrmex majeri gen. et sp. n., a new genus and species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dolichoderinae) from Australia//Entomological Review, 2004. — № 2. — P. 487-489

24. Dubovikoff, D.A. A new species of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Vietnam // Proceedinga of the Russian Entomological Society, 2004. — Vol. 75, — № 1. — P. 219-221

25. Dubovikoff, D.A.., Khachikov E.A. Ants. // Flora, fauna and micobiota of SMR Scholohov. Rostov/Don. — 2004.

26. Dubovikov, D.A. New species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Caucasus // Entomological Review, 2002. — № 4. — P. 918-922

27. Dubovikov, D.A. A review of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Dagestan. Part 1. Subfamily Formicinae, tribe Formicini (excluding the genus Formica L.) // Izvestiya Kharkovskogo Entomol. Obschestva, 2002. — Vol. 9, — № 1-2. — P. 144-147

28. Dubovikov, D.A. New data of the geographical distribution Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Russia // Izvestiya Kharkovskogo Entomol. Obschestva, 1999. — Vol. 7, — № 2. — P. 36

29. Dubovikov, D.A. New for Russian fauna species of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Dagestan // Izvestiya Kharkovskogo Entomol. Obschestva, 1997. — Vol. 5, — № 2. — P. 14-16

30. Zhuravetz, A.K., Dubovikov, D.A. Role of insect in spreading of helminthes eggs// Veterinary, 1997. — P. 24-30.

Abstracts of oral presentation:

Dubovikoff D.A. Paleontological history and taxonomical divergence of Dolichoderinae of Eurasia// ANeT 9 meeting, UMS. (Malaysia, Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, 26.10-01.11. 2013)

Dubovikoff D.A., Coronado-Blanco J.M, Ruíz-Cancino E. Ants of Tamaulipas (Mexico): results and perspectives of studying// Ants and forest protection. Moscow. 19-23.08.2013

D. A. Dubovikoff, Enrique Ruiz Cancino, Juana Maria Coronado Blanco. First record of Forelius damiani Guerrero & Fernandez, 2008 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dolichoderinae) from Mexico // Proceedings of XIV Congress of RES. St. Petersburg, 27.08 – 1.09. 2012.

D.A. Dubovikoff. Introducción a la Taxonomía Moderna de Insectos // III Taller Internacional de Recursos Naturales (UAT, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México, 21-23.03.2012)

D. A. Dubovikoff, J. MA. Coronado Blanco, Jacinto Treviño Carreón, E. Ruíz Cancino.Distribución y características de anidación de la hormiga Liometopum apiculatum Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en la Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, México //24 Encuentro Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnología del Golfo de México. (Tampico, Tamaulipas, 22 – 25.05.2012)

D. A. Dubovikoff. About "monophyly" of tribe Leptomyrmecini Emery, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dolichoderinae) // Fundamental problems of Entomology in XXI century, St. Petersburg University Press, St. Petersburg, — 2011. — P. 43

D.A. Dubovikoff. The fauna of ants of the subfamily Dolichoderinae of Late Eocene ambers of Europe in comparison with recent fauna of Southeast Asia and Australia // Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ants (ANeT meeting 2011) — Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand, — 2011. — P.11

D. A. Dubovikoff. Miocene ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Japan // Materials of the II Symposium of SIC on Hymenoptera, St.Petersburg, — 2010. — P. 54

D.A. Dubovikoff. Problems of the modern system of Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878 Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on tribe level // Proceedings of XIII Congress of RES,Krasnodar, — 2007