Horace Reagan Burke

Title: Professor (retired)

Education:
B.S. (Biology), Sam Houston State University, 1953
M.S. (Entomology), Texas A&M University, 1955
Ph.D. (Entomology), Texas A&M University, 1959
Research Emphasis: Systematics and biology of weevils of the family Curculionidae; insect collection development and management; history of entomology.
 
Research and Teaching Activities: After 35 years of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in systematic entomology activities now involve research on the systematics and biology of Curculionidae, curation of the departmental insect collection, and bibliographical and historical study of entomology. Most of the weevil study has been conducted on the tribe Anthonomini, a large group of primarily tropical species including pest species such as the boll weevil and the pepper weevil. In addition to the traditional study of adult characters, research on this group has involved investigation of immature stages, comparative biologies, and host relationships in a holistic approach to the systematics of the group. Approximately 110 research papers, reviews and book chapters have been published, most of which deal with the systematics of weevils.

Selected Publications:
Burke, H.R. and P.W. Kovarik. 1986. Revision of the Neotropical genus Achia Champion (Coleoptera:Curculionidae). Studies Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 21(3):129-168.

Burke, H.R. 1986. Situacao taxonomica do bicudo do algodoeiro Brasil em otras areas da America do Norte e do sul. pp. 89-134 in O Bicudo do Algodoeiro (eds. S. Barbosa, M.J. Lukefahr, R.B. Sobrinho). EMBRAPA, 314 pp.

Burke, H.R., W.E. Clark, J.R. Cate and P.A. Fryxell. 1986. Origin and dispersal of the boll weevil. Bull. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 32(4):228-238.

Burke, H.R. and R.S. Anderson. 1989. Systematics of species of Anthonomus Germar previously assigned to Tachypterellus Fall and Cockerell (Coleoptera:Curculionidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. America. 82(4):426-437.

Burke, H.R. and P.A. Fryxell. 1995. Naturalists and their travels in Mexico:annotated bibliography, and roster of natural history collectors. Contrs. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20:37-128.