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Scott A Schneider
Systematic Entomology Laboratory
Research Entomologist

Phone: (301) 504-0658
Fax: (301) 504-6482
Room 004

10300 BALTIMORE AVENUE
BLDG 005 BARC-WEST
BELTSVILLE , MD 20705
Projects
Systematics of Hemiptera and Related Groups: Plant Pests, Predators and Disease Vectors
In-House Appropriated (D)
  Accession Number: 429988
RUI: A Phylogenomic Approach to Understanding the Symbiosis between Acropyga Ants and Xenococcine Mealybugs
Reimbursable Cooperative Agreement (R)
  Accession Number: 435486
Transforming ScaleNet: The Queable Database for Information on Scale Insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement (S)
  Accession Number: 427144

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon Reprint Icon will take you to the publication reprint.)
A key to the flat grass scale genus Nipponaclerda (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Aclerdidae -
Encyclopedia of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of agricultural importance: Roseau cane scale -
Phylogeny and classification of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) -
Range extension of false Meyer scale, Dynaspidiotus pseudomeyeri (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the United States, and newly recorded associations with a parasitoid and mite -
Schneider, S.A., Skvarla, M.J., Ochoa, R., Schmidt, S., Polaszek, A.P., Gates, M.W. 2019. Range extension of false Meyer scale, Dynaspidiotus pseudomeyeri (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the United States, and newly recorded associations with a parasitoid and mite. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 121(2):320-326.
Molecular phylogenetics of Aspidiotini armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) reveals rampant paraphyly, curious species radiations, and multiple origins of association with Melissotarsus ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae -
Schneider, S.A., Okusu, A., Normark, B.B. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of Aspidiotini armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) reveals rampant paraphyly, curious species radiations, and multiple origins of association with Melissotarsus ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 129:291-303.
Molecular and morphological identification of the mealybug pest species, Phenacoccus solani Ferris (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Egypt -
Dewer, Y., Abdel-Fattah, R.S., Schneider, S.A. 2018. Molecular and morphological identification of the mealybug pest species, Phenacoccus solani Ferris (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), in Egypt. European Plant Protection Organization Bulletin. 48(1):155-159.
Invasion of Nipponaclerda biwakoensis (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae) and associated Phragmites australis dieback in southern Louisiana, U.S.A -
Knight, I.A., Wilson, B.E., Gill, M., Aveles, L., Cronin, J.T., Nyman, J.A., Schneider, S.A., Scott, A., Diaz, R. 2018. Invasion of Nipponaclerda biwakoensis (Hemiptera: Aclerdidae) and associated Phragmites australis dieback in southern Louisiana, U.S.A. Biological Invasions. 20(10):2739-2744. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-018-1749-5.
New single-copy nuclear genes for scale insect systematics -
Mullen, K.M., Schneider, S.A., Nomark, B.B. 2016. New single-copy nuclear genes for scale insect systematics. Journal of Zoology. 99:207-214.