Curriculum vitae

RNDr. Jiří Skuhrovec, Ph.D.
Department of Herbology
Crop Research Institute
Drnovská 507
CZ - 161 06 Praha 6 - Ruzyně
EUROPE, CZECH REPUBLIC
e-mail: jirislav@email.cz

Personal information:

Birth date:    May 19, 1980
Residence:    Alešova 773, CZ-436 01, Litvínov I., Czech Republic, Europe

Education:

1998-2003: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, specialization: entomology (MSc.)
2001: I defended my Bc.- Thesis “Distribution of weevils of the genus Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Czech Republic.”
2003: I defended my MSc.- Thesis “Larval taxonomy and bionomy of weevils of the genus Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).”
2003-2007: Charles University, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, specialization: entomology (Ph.D.)
2005: rigoristic exam (RNDr.)
2007: I defended my Ph.D.- Thesis “Taxonomy and bionomy of the weevils of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).”


Grants:

2002-2003: cooperation with Dr. David Král and MSc. Petr Šípek (both Charles University, Department of Entomology, Czech Republic) on the project “Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of selected polyphagous Coleoptera”.
2004-2006: the principal coordinator of the project “Bionomy and taxonomy of weevils of the subfamily Hyperinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)” carried out on the Entomological Section of the Zoological Department, Charles University, Prague
2007: the principal coordinator of the project “The taxonomic revision of Donus caucasicus group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Hyperini)” carried out on the SYNTHESYS (HU-TAF-3028).
2008: the principal coordinator of the project “Revision of the Hypera of the Iberian peninsula” carried out on the SYNTHESYS (ES-TAF-4049).


Main topics of emphasis:

• ecological relationships of phytophagous insects (especially weevils) and theirs host plants, and successive the application its in the applied entomology

Effect of temperature and photoperiod on the development of immature stages of the alfalfa weevil and its usability for applied entomology (with Dr. Alois Honěk; Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic)
Adaptive and non-adaptive interactions between species of Centaurea,  Cirsium (Compositae) and their seed predators (Tephritidae, Curculionidae) (with MSc. Stanislava Koprdová; Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic)
Intraspecific larval aggression in two species of Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (with Prof. P. Štys; Charles University, Czech Republic)
Biology of Ceutorhynchus napi and C. pallidactylus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Brassica (with Ing. Jan Kazda; FAPPZ ČZU, Prague)
Ecological relationships of weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) developing on Trifolium pratense and theirs parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) (with Mgr. Petr Janšta; Charles University, Czech Republic)
Ecological relationships of weevil Hypera arator and population of Dianthus arenarius bohemicus near Kleneč (with Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Prague)
Effect of grazing and cutting on biodiversity of terrestrial insect on the meadow in the Mts. Jizerské hory (with doc. Vilém Pavlů, Crop Research Institute, Czech Republic)

• taxonomy, systematics, ontogeny, comparative morphology, zoogeography and ecology weevils of the tribe Hyperini, including immature stages

Taxonomy and biology of weevils of the tribe Hyperini (with Herbert Winkelmann and Christoph Bayer; both Berlin, GERMANY)
Digital-Weevil-Determination project (2009: Hypera, 2010: Donus) (with Herbert Winkelmann and Christoph Bayer; both Berlin, GERMANY)
Palaearctic Catalogue (Curculionidae: Hyperinae)
Cooperation on the Check-list of Curculinoidea in the Czech Republic
Biodiversity of the Hydrophilidae and Curculionidae inhabiting leaf litter on selected forest localities of Ecuador (with MSc. Martin Fikáček; National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic)


Scientific Publications:

SKUHROVEC J. (2003) Rozšíření nosatců rodu Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) na území České republiky (Distribution of weevils of the genus Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Czech Republic). Klapalekiana, 39: 69-125 (in Czech, English summary).
SKUHROVEC J. (2005) Descriptions of larvae of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): I. Mature larvae of the nominotypical subgenus Hypera. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 68 (2004): 245-280.
SKUHROVEC J. (2005) Živné rostliny nosatců rodu Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) vyskytujících se na území České republiky (Host plants of weevils of the genus Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) occuring in the Czech Republic). Klapalekiana, 41: 215-255 (in Czech and English).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) Hypera kayali sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Syria with bionomic data. Zootaxa, 1282: 17-28.
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) Identification of Instars of Hypera postica by Using Chaetotaxy. Journal of Economic Entomology, 99(6): 2216-2218.
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) Descriptions of larvae of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): II. Mature larvae of the subgenera Antidonus, Eririnomorphus, Dapalinus and Boreohypera of the genus Hypera. Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey, 28: 365-396.
WINKELMANN H. & SKUHROVEC J. (2007) Beitrag zur Ökologie, Verbreitung und systematischen Stellung von Hypera gracilenta (Capiomont, 1868) in Süd-Portugal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperini). - Weevil News: http://www.curci.de/Inhalt.html, No. 35: 4 pp.
SKUHROVEC J. & BOROVEC R. (2007) Revision of Donus caucasicus group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperini) - SNUDEBILLER 8, Studies on taxonomy, biology and ecology of Curculionoidea, Mönchengladbach: CURCULIO-Institute: 154-175
SKUHROVEC J. (2007) Descriptions of larvae of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): III. Mature larvae of the genus Donus. Zootaxa 1606: 1-28.
KOPRDOVÁ S. & SKUHROVEC J. (2007) Pre-disperzní predátoři semen pcháčů. Úroda 55(10): 39-41
SKUHROVEC J. & KAZDA J. (2007) “Bionomie krytonosce řepkového a krytonosce čtyřzubého na ozimé řepce.”, pp. 115-119. In SZPO s.r.o. a Dolňácko a.s. HLUK (eds), Sborník 21.-22.11.2007, 24. vyhodnocovací seminář. Systém výroby řepky. Systém výroby slunečnice, 414 pp (in Czech).
FIKÁČEK M., SKUHROVEC J. & ŠÍPEK P. (eds.) (2007) Abstracts of the Immature Beetles Meeting 2007, October 4-5, Prague, Czech Republic. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 287-306.

SKUHROVEC J., ŠTYS P. & EXNEROVÁ A. (submitted) Intraspecific larval aggression in two species of Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Journal of Insect Behaviour.
SKUHROVEC J. & WINKELMANN H. (in prep.) Revision of the subgenus Dapalinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperini). Prepared for Snudebiller.
SKUHROVEC J. (in prep.) Cladistic analysis of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) based on externally morphological characters of adults. Prepared for Systematic Entomology.

Presentations

SKUHROVEC J. (2003) “Host plants of the genus Hypera (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”, pp. 97-98. In BRYJA J. & ZUKAL J. (eds), Zoologické dny Brno 2003, Sborník abstraktů z konference 13.-14.2.2003, 244 pp (in Czech).
SKUHROVEC J. (2004) “Weevil Hypera vidua (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) - a new bionomic knowledges and overview of distribution in the Czech Republic”, pp. 99-100. In BRYJA J. & ZUKAL J. (eds), Zoologické dny Brno 2004, Sborník abstraktů z konference 12.-13. února 2004, 232 pp (in Czech).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) “Unusual behaviour of larvae of weevil Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”, pp. 116-117. In BRYJA J. & ZUKAL J. (eds), Zoologické dny Brno 2006, Sborník abstraktů z konference 9.-10. února 2006, 268 pp (in Czech).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) “Taxonomy and bionomy of weevils of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”. 4th International Meeting in South France/Cotignac from April 16th to 23rd, 2006 (in English).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) “Nové poznatky o vývoji nosatce Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (New knowledge about the development of Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”, pp. 387-388. In XVII. česká a slovenská konference o ochraně rostlin (XVII. Czech and Slovak Plant Protection Coference), Sborník abstraktů z konference 12.-14. září 2006, Prague, 390 pp (in Czech).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) “Dispersal and agonistic behaviour of larvae of the Alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)”, p 5. In VIIIth European Congress of Entomology, Supplementary Abstract book 2, September 17-22, 2006, Izmir, Turkey, 27 pp (in English).
SKUHROVEC J. (2006) “Morphology and ecology of immature stages of Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)” In Immature Beetles Meeting, November 3, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, (in English).
SKUHROVEC J. (2007) “ Nosatec Hypera nigrirostris se vyvíjí v nerozvité hlávce jetele…..patří stále mezi ektofágy nebo to je už endofág? (Weevil Hypera nigrirostris develop inside compact inflorescence of clover…..ectophagy or endophagy?)” p. 89. In BRYJA J., ZUKAL J. & ŘEHÁK Z. (eds), Zoologické dny Brno 2007, Sborník abstraktů z konference 8.-9. února 2007, 224 pp (in Czech).
SKUHROVEC J. (2007) Which strategy of weevil larvae brings more benefi ts, endophagy or ectophagy? pp. 303-304. In: FIKÁČEK M., SKUHROVEC J. & ŠÍPEK P. (eds.): Abstracts of the Immature Beetles Meeting 2007, October 4-5, Prague, Czech Republic. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 287-306 (in English).

Posters

SKUHROVEC J. (2006) Differential larval morphological characters of weevils of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), p 25. In VIIIth European Congress of Entomology, Supplementary Abstract book 2, September 17-22, 2006, Izmir, Turkey, 27 pp (in English).
SKUHROVEC J. (2007) Hypera larvae living inside compact inflorescences (of clover): Ectophagy or endophagy?, p 174. In 13^th Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Program and Abstracts, July 29-August 3, 2007, Uppsala, Sweden, 178 pp (in English).
SKUHROVEC J. & KAZDA J. (2008) “Bionomie krytonosce řepkového a krytonosce čtyřzubého na ozimé řepce.”, pp. 182-183. In BRYJA J., NEDVĚD O, SEDLÁČEK F. & ZUKAL J. (eds), Zoologické dny České Budějovice 2008, Sborník abstraktů z konference 14.-15. února 2008, 244 pp (in Czech).


Museum collections visited:

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin (Germany)
Deutsche Entomologische Institut, Münchenberg (Germany)
Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (Austria)
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (Spain)
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (Hungary)
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice (France)
Slovenské národné muzeum, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Národní muzeum, Prague (Czech Republic)
Okresní muzeum v Mostě (Czech Republic)
Muzeum východních Čech, Hradec Králové (Czech Republic)
Západočeské muzeum, Plzeň (Czech Republic)
Moravské zemské muzeum, Brno (Czech Republic)
Ostravské muzeum, Ostrava (Czech Republic)
Slezské zemské muzeum, Opava (Czech Republic)


Field Experience:

1999: central Romania (3 weeks)
2000: southwestern Bulgaria (3 weeks)
2001: western Syria (4 weeks)
2002: southeastern Turkey (5 weeks)
2004: south Portugal (5 weeks)
2005: south Greece (4 weeks)
2005: north and central Portugal (3 weeks)
2006: south France (1 week)
2006: Ecuador (provinces Napo and Pastaza) (5 weeks)


Other Activities:

from 1999: member of the Czech Entomological Society
from 2004: member of the CURCULIO-Institut

from 2005: occasional reviewer of the manuscript concerning the superfamily Curculionoidea for some scientific journals: European Journal of Entomology, Folia Heyrovskyana, Weevil News, Zootaxa.

from 2006: one of organizers of Immature Beetles Meeting: An informal meeting on taxonomy, morphology and ecology of immature beetles http://web.natur.cuni.cz/zoologie/entomologie/meeting/IBM_2007.htm

from 2007: co-editor of Snudebiller, special journal oreinted on taxonomy, biology and ecology of weevils.