I know I am not the only woman working on Tenebrionids. However, the number of women working on tenebs is very small. With many experienced Tenebrionidae workers retiring, there are few faculty remaining who are able to take on and train new Tenebrionid workers.

I am currently working on a taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of Stenomorpha Solier 1836 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini). Stenomorpha Solier 1836 has never received a systematic treatment, and the current taxonomy is disorderly with nearly two centuries of isolated specific and sub-specific names. The inferior state of species-level systematics of the group has led to many misidentifications of individuals in ecologically significant habitats, such as vernal pools and desert wilderness, which has kept them off species listings. Morphological variation among species is slight to extreme. Phylogenetic analysis will draw from morphological and molecular genetic data to infer species-level relationships.