| Murray Fletcher |
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Dr Murray J. Fletcher FRES, LFHCfS*
Principal Research Scientist
Director of the Collections. |
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| Murray Fletcher graduated from the University of Sydney in 1974
and completed a PhD in the Zoology Department of the same University in 1978. Both his
honours project and his doctoral research were on Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, the former a
taxonomic study of the treehopper family Eurymelidae and the latter an embryological study
of two fulgoroid planthoppers. Appointed as an insect taxonomist at BCRI in 1977, Murray's
research concentrated on the fulgoroid family Flatidae.
Since the mid 1980's he has been concentrating primarily on the leafhoppers (family Cicadellidae) and was supported by ABRS funding from
1992-94 (subfamily Deltocephalinae) and again from 1996-98 (subfamily Typhlocybinae). He
was Associate Supervisor of Birgit Löcker's ABRS funded PhD
project revising the Australian Cixiidae. Murray is
also involved in supervision of students at Sydney University's main campus and LaTrobe
University in Melbourne. Murray became Secretary to the
Agricultural Scientific Collections Trust in February 1990 and Director of the Collections
in November 1990. He was made an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, Orange, in
2004 and an Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University in 2006. He has served the
Entomological Society of New South Wales Inc. as President, Vice President and long-term
Editor of the Society's Circular. He has also served the Australian Entomological Society
as Regional Councillor for NSW, Representative Councillor and as Editor of Myrmecia,
the News Bulletin of the Society for 8 years. He is now Vice President and Chairman of the
Core Executive as well as being responsible for maintaining the AES Website (see The Australian Entomological Society). He also
maintains the Auchenorrhyncha Website, Tymbal. Murray is currently the
Chairman of the Standing Committee for International Auchenorrhyncha Congresses and was
the Chairman of the Council of Heads of Australian Entomological Collections (CHAEC) 2000-2003. He is currently
also Secretary of the Friends of Orange Botanic Gardens, Secretary of the Orange Beefsteak
and Burgundy Club as well as being President and Newsletter Editor for the Orange Field
Naturalists and Conservation Society. In 2006, Murray received an Australian Wine and Food
Society Award for his long-term services as President, Vice President (Wine Master), Vice
President (Food Master), Secretary and, more recently, country member of the Metropolitan
Wine and Food Society of Sydney. |
Publications (2004-2008):
Austin, A.D., Yeates, D.K., Cassis, G.,
Fletcher, M.J., La Salle, J., Lawrence, J.F., McQuillan, P.B., Mound, L.A., Bickel, D.J.,
Gullan, P.J., Hales, D.F., Taylor, G. S., (2004) Insects "Down Under" -
Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select
orders. Australian Journal of Entomology 43: 216-234.
Bellis, G.A., Donaldson, J.F., Carver,
M., Hancock, D.L. and Fletcher, M.J., (2004) Records of insect pests on Christmas Island
and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean. The Australian Entomologist 31(3):
93-102.
Chang, J.C., Fletcher, M.J., Gurr,
G.M., Kent, D.S. and Gilbert, R.G., (2005) A new silk: Mechanical, compositional, and
morphological characterization of leafhopper (Kahaono montana) silk. Polymer
46(19): 7909-7917.
Chang, J.C., Gurr, G.M., Fletcher, M.J.
and Gilbert, R.G., (2006) Structure-Property and Structure/Function Relations of
Leafhopper (Kahaono montana) Silk. Australian Journal of Chemistry 59:
571-578.
Emeljanov, A.F. and Fletcher, M.J.,
(2004) Hemielissum evansi, a new genus and species of Breddiniolini (Hemiptera:
Fulgoromorpha), being the first Australian record of the tribe, with a discussion of the
taxonomic position of the Breddiniolini. Australian Journal of Entomology 43(1):
38-42.
Fletcher, M.J., (2004) A revision of
the genus Horouta Knight with description of two new species and notes on other
species of Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). General and Applied Entomology 33:
45-54.
Fletcher, M.J., (2006) A new genus, Warlucephala,
for the reception of Deltocephalus arunda Jacobi, 1909, and two new species
(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Records of the Australian Museum 58(2):
125-128.
Fletcher, M.J., (2007) The identity of Pascoepus
viridiceps (Evans) based on recognition of the male and a new species of Zaletta
from Barrow Island, Western Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Idiocerinae). General
and Applied Entomology 36: 13-16.
Fletcher, M.J., (2008) An impressive new
species of Euacanthella Evans from Western Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae:
Euacanthellinae). General and Applied Entomology 37: 15-19.
Fletcher, M.J., (2008) A key to the genera of
Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) recorded in Australia with notes on the Australian
fauna, including a new species of Epithalamium Kirkaldy. Australian Journal of
Entomology 47(2): 107-120.
Fletcher, M.J. and
Semeraro, L., (2007) Genus Carvaka Distant in Australia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae:
Selenocephalinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 46(2): 89-95.
Fletcher, M.J. and
Zahniser, J.N., (2008) The first record of Goniagnathini from Australia with description
of four new species of Goniagnathus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae:
Deltocephalinae). Zootaxa 1692: 43-54.
Knight, W.J. and
Fletcher, M.J., (2007) A new deltocephaline leafhopper genus, Melanetettix, from
Melanesia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae). Systematics and Biodiversity 5(2):
199-222.
Liang, A.P., Fletcher, M.J. and Jiang,
G.M., (2005) The endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera:
Aphrophoridae) with description of a new species from Tasmania. Journal of the Kansas
Entomological Society 78(4): 301-307.
Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. and Gurr,
G.M., (2006) First record of the planthopper tribe Mnemosynini in Australia with the
description of two new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae). Russian
Entomological Journal 15(3): 287-294.
Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J. and Gurr,
G.M., (2007) Revision of the genus Innobindus Jacobi (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha:
Cixiidae) with the description of six new species and comments on other Australian
Brixiini genera. Australian Journal of Entomology 46(1): 45-55.
Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Holzinger,
W.E. and Gurr, G.M., (2007) Revision of the Australian Andini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha:
Cixiidae) with a description of five new species. Zootaxa 1475:
43-59.
Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J., Lariviere,
M.-C. and Gurr, G.M., (2006) The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha:
Cixiidae). Zootaxa 1290: 1-138.
Löcker, B., Fletcher, M.J.,
Larivière, M.-C., Gurr, G. M., Holzinger, W., Löcker, H. (2006) Taxonomic and
phylogenetic revision of the Gelastocephalini (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Invertebrate
Systematics 20: 59-160.
Moir, M.L., Brennan, K.E.C., Koch,
J.M., Majer, J.D. and Fletcher, M.J., (2005) Restoration of a forest ecosystem: The
effects of vegetation and dispersal capabilities on the reassembly of plant-dwelling
arthropods. Forest Ecology and Management 217: 294-306.
Moir, M.L., Brennan, K.E.C., Majer,
J.D., Fletcher, M.J. and Koch, J.M., (2005) Toward an optimal sampling protocol for
Hemiptera on understorey plants. Journal of Insect Conservation 9:
3-20.
Moir, M.L. and Fletcher, M.J., (2006)
Two new species of Anabunda Emeljanov (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae) from
Australia. Zootaxa 1328: 39-50.
Pilkington, L.,
Gurr, G.M., Fletcher, M.J., Nikandrow, A. and Elliott, E., (2004) Vector status of three
leafhopper species for Australian lucerne yellows phytoplasma. Australian Journal of
Entomology 43(4): 366-373.
Pilkington, L.J., Gurr, G.M., Fletcher, M.J., Elliott, E.,
Nikandrow, A. and Nicol, H. I.
(2004) Reducing the immigration of suspected leafhopper vectors and severity of
Australian lucerne yellows disease. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture.
44(10): 983-992
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