Researchers
Email: [email protected]
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nathaniel-Levia?ev=hdr_xprf
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8436-7660
Nathaniel Levia
I am a masters student researching Platypodinae systematics. I also curate the labs pinned specimen collection. Previously I have curated Carabidae and Curculionidae in the University of Delaware Insect Research Collection. I have conducted research on the systematics of the planthopper family Flatidae. I am interested in the photography of insect specimens both professionally and as a hobby.
Current Projects
- Key to the Platypodinae genera of the world
- Examining Platypodinae diversity at different elevation gradients in Papua New Guinea
- Molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus Dinoplatypus Wood
- Curation of the labs pinned collection
- Photographing Platypodinae diversity
Education and Experience
2025-present: M.S. in Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida
Summer 2024: Managed tick collecting efforts for CDC funded project
2022-2024: Curated Coleoptera in the University of Delaware Insect Research Collection
2020-2024: B.S. in Insect Ecology and Conservation, University of Delaware
- Levia, N.N. & Bartlett, C.R. (2026) Review of the placement of Flatoides monilis (Hemiptera: Flatidae: Flatoidinae). Zootaxa: 5750(2): 251–258. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.6
- Levia, N.N., Johnson, A.J. & Hulcr, J. (2026) A review of the enigmatic monotypic genus Spathicranuloides Schedl, 1972, with a diagnosis for the subtribe Tesserocerina Strohmeyer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa, 5748(4), 589–596. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5748.4.8
- Levia, N.N., Deczynski, A.M. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) New state records for Carabidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga), inclusive of Cicindelidae in Delaware, U.S.A. Entomological News, 132(4): 553–566. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.132.0411
- Levia, N.N. & Bartlett, C.R. (2025) A review of the genera Atracodes Melichar and Pseudoflatoides Metcalf (Hemiptera: Flatidae: Flatoidinae) from the Caribbean region. Zootaxa, 5590(2): 231–255. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.2.4
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