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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.

 

 

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