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Leonard S. Vincent
Professor
Division of Natural Sciences e-mail: atypoides@aol.com
Fullerton College lvincent@fullcoll.edu
Fullerton, CA 92832 Telephone: (714) 992-7432
Education
Ph.D. Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.
M.S. Entomology, University of California, Davis.
B.A. Biology, California State University, Northridge.
Ph.D. Dissertation:
The population biology of Atypoides riversi (Antrodiaetidae), a fossorial mygalomorph spider.
Employment: Teaching
Fullerton College, 1987 to present
Biology of Insects and Spiders
General Biology - Lecture & Laboratories
Human Biology
Georgia Southern University, 1981-1986
General Biology - Lecture & Laboratories
General Zoology - Lecture & Laboratories
The Genesis of Modern Culture (Honors Program)
Arachnology - Lecture & Laboratories
Invertebrate Zoology - Lecture & Laboratories
University of California, Berkeley, 1974-1981
General Biology - Laboratories
The Natural History of Insects
The Natural History of Spiders
General Entomology - Laboratories
Introduction to Arachnology - Lecture & Labs
Teaching Techniques for Teachers
Organizations:
Schlinger Foundation Board of Directors 1998 - present
Laguna Greenbelt Board of Directors. 1995 - present
Societies and Memberships:
Sigma Xi
American Arachnological Society -- Archivist 1998 - present
British Arachnological Society
Pan-Pacific Entomological Society
Regional Publications:
Vincent, Lenny. 2005. Spiders; Moths. In: Docent Guide to Orange County Wilderness. Published by: The Nature Conservancy and The Laguna Greenbelt, Inc.
_____. 2000. Garden spiders of the the Coastal Sage Scrub:. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #18 Fall
_____. 2000. Spiders of the Coastal Sage Scrub: Cyclosa turbinata. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #17 July/August
_____. 2000. Spiders of the Coastal Sage Scrub: Labyrinth spider, Metepeira. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #15 March/April
_____. 1999. The Velvet Ant. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #13 Nov./Dec.
_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 3: The Cochineal Bug. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #12 Sept./Oct.
_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 2: The Ant Lion. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #11 July/August
_____. 1999. Inconspicuous Conspicuous Insects, Part 1: The Spittle Bug. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #10 May/June
_____. 1999. Tarantula Hawk Wasp. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #9 March/April
_____. 1999. Tarantulas. Preservation News. The Nature Conservancy #8 Jan/Feb
Reviewed Publications:
Vincent, L. S. 1997. California Turret Spider. Pacific Discovery. September. p. 36,37,52
_____. 1993. The Natural History of the California Turret Spider, Atypoides riversi (Antrodiaetidae: Araneae): Demographics, Growth Rates, Survivorship, and Longevity. Journal of Arachnology 21(2): 29-39
_____. 1987. B.J. Kaston, American Araneologist 1906-1985: A biography and bibliography. Journal of Arachnology 14:283-291.
_____. 1986. Pathogens and parasitoids of the fossorial mygalomorph spider Atypoides riversi O.P. - Cambridge (Antrodiaetidae: Araneae) of various size classes. Proc. IX Internat. Arach. Cong. Panama, 1983. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 291- 294.
_____. and G.W. Frankie. 1985 Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas. IV. The spider fauna. Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. 58(3): 378-385.
_____. 1985. The first record of a tachinid fly as an internal parasitoid of a spider. Pan- Pacific Entomol. 61(3):224-225.
_____. and G. Rack. 1982. Pseudopygmephorus atypoides Rack n. sp. (Acari: Pygmephoridae) associated with the fossorial mygalomorph spider, Atypoides riversi O.P. - Cambridge (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae) in California. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 58(3): 216-222.
_____. 1980. Observations on the biology of Tetragnatha extensa Emerton, (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), in a riparian habitat. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 56(4): 316-318.
_____. 1979. A new record for Sinarachna anomala (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), an external parasitoid of Mallos pallidus (Araneae: Dictynidae). Pan-Pacific Entomol. 55: 192-194.
______ 1974. A method for rearing spiders. Bull. Brit. Arach. Soc. 3(2): 52.
Invited_Papers
"What's So Special About Spiders" Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
Orange Co. Chapter. January 1994
"Desert Spiders" as part of a symposium on "Poisonous Desert Animals"
presented by the Natural Science Council of the Palm Springs Desert
Museum. March 1993
"B.J. Kaston, American Araneologist 1906-1907." Annual Meeting, American Arachnological Society, St. Charles, Missouri. June 1986.
"Spider defenses." Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch, Greenville, S.C., January, 1985.
"An overview of spider biology with an emphasis on the California Turret Spider." California State Univ., Hayward, March, 1981.
Contributed_Papers:
"Benjamin Julian Kaston, Araneologist, 1906-1985; The man and his
work." The Georgia Academy of Science, Georgia College, Milledgeville,
May, 1986.
"Atypoides riversi, its pathogens, parasitoids and predators." IX
International Congress of Arachnology, Panama City, Panama, August,
1983.
Preliminary observations on the population biology of Atypoides riversi, a fossorial mygalomorph spider. American Arachnological Society, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, June, 1978.