Ms Beulah Garner
Senior Curator, Coleoptera
Division: LS Insects Division
Summary
Senior curator of Carabidae and Termite collections.
Curation. Taxonomy. Systematics. Biodiversity. Collections management. Tropical fieldwork. Scientific outreach and communication.
Qualifications
- PhD Evolution and systematics of sub-family Lebiinae, Imperial College London, London, London, 2017 - ongoing
- MA Museology, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, 2007 - 2008
- BSc Conservation Management, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, 1995 - 1998
Degrees
Employment history
- Assistant curator, Horniman Museum, Natural History, United Kingdom, 2008 - 2010
- Volunteer Assistant Curator, Norwich Castle Museum, Natural History, United Kingdom, 2007 - 2008
- Senior Scientific Officer, Rothamstead Research (Brooms Barn), Entomology (crops), United Kingdom, 1998 - 2006
Academic
Fellowships
Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, 2008 - on going.
Committees
Member, The Coleopterists Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2020 - on going.
Chair, Coleopterists Society Committee Improving Inclusiveness and Diversity, 2019 - 2022.
Member, Outreach and Development committee, Royal Entomological Society, St Albans, United Kingdom, 2018 - 2021.
Member, Coleopterist's Society of America, 2018 - 2020.
Systematics Association, 2016 - on going.
Member, Royal Entomological Society Hanbooks Advisory Group, St. Albans, UK, 2015 - on going.
Memberships
Member, The Coleopterist's Society, 2015 - on going.
Member, Natural Sciences Collections Association, 2009 - on going.
Editorships
Assistant editor, Evolve, NHM, 2011 - on going.
Internal Positions
Panama Wildlife Conservation, Trustee NHM, London, 2015 - on going.
Publications
ULLAH M, NAEEM M, MAHMOOD K, GARNER B (null) Addition to the knowledge of Tribe Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Pakistan. Zootaxa, 5115 (4) : 451 - 486. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.1
Garner B (2021) Book Review. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 75 (3) : doi: 10.1649/0010-065x-75.3.612
Hansen OLP, Svenning J, Olsen K, Dupont S, Garner BH, Iosifidis A, Price BW, Høye TT (2020) Species‐level image classification with convolutional neural network enables insect identification from habitus images. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2) : 737 - 747. doi: 10.1002/ece3.5921
Garner B, Erwin T, Vogler A, Laura Z (2019) The Carabids in the Trees: rapid biodiversity assessment of an Ecuadorian Rainforest. Presented at The 19th European Carabidologists' Meeting.
HAMMOND PM (2019) BRITISH COLEOPTERA LARVAE A Guide to the Families and Major Subfamilies. null :
Garner BH, Hancock EG (2018) The ‘Lost’ Types of Carabus Pallens Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae) from the Banks and Hunter Collections: Lectotype Designation, Redescription, and Distribution. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72 (4) : 845 - 845. doi: 10.1649/0010-065x-72.4.845
van Emden HF, Barclay MVL, Garner BH (2017) Recollections on the Life and Work of a great immature-beetle pioneer, Fritz Isidore van Emden (1898 - 1958).. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 57 (2) : 839 - 842.
Moore MR, Jameson ML, Garner BH, Audibert C, Smith ABT, Seidel M (null) Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies. ZooKeys, 666 : 1 - 349. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.666.9191
Garner B, mcalister E (2016) Collecting versus scientific outreach - a fine balance; The Natural History Museum and Operation Wallacea in Dominica. Presented at Entomological Collections Network, Florida, USA.
Garner B, Erwin TL (2015) Pantropical Carabidae: studies of the genus Plochionus Dejean 1821, the tent-caterpillar hunters. Presented at Entomological Society of America.
Barclay MVL, Garner BH, Booth RG, Geiser MF, Taylor CE (2015) The Coleoptera Collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Presented at Entomological Society of America.
Garner B, barclay MVL, Geiser MF, Booth RG, Taylor C (2015) The Coleoptera Collections of the Natural History Museum, London.. Presented at Entomological Collections Network.
Garner BH, Syfert M, Russell S, Knapp S, Percy D (2015) Testing the utility of museum specimens for DNA barcoding and phylogenetics of the Colorado potato beetle genus, Leptinotarsa (Coleoptera). Presented at Systematics Association.
Barclay MVL, Garner , B.H. (2014) Conference Paper: Summary of the London Scarab Symposium. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014, 1611 11 - 16 11 11http://www.entsoc.org/PDF/2014/2015_AM_Program.pdf 1 (1) :
Leavengood JM, Garner BH (2014) Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). Zootaxa, 3760 : 301 - 335.
GARNER B, TWEDDLE J (2013) Biodiversity: what does it mean to you?.
TAKANO H, GARNER BH, BARCLAY MVL (2012) Megatoma undata (Linnaeus) (Dermestidae) attacking dry insect specimens in a collection. The Coleopterist, 21 :
Garner B (2011) The van Emden larval collection of coleoptera housed in the Natural History Museum, London. Presented at Immature Beetles Meeting, Prague.
GARNER BH (2011) The van Emden larval collection of Coleoptera housed in the Natural History Museum, London. Fikáček M, Skuhrovec J, Šípek P (Eds). Abstracts of the Immature Beetles Meeting 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, September 29-30, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Praga, 51:731-756 :
GARNER BH, GIUSTI A, KERLEY MD (2011) Conservation of Insect Specimens Affected by Verdigris. NatSCA News, 21 : 50 - 59.
Brooks DR, Bohan DA, Champion GT, Haughton AJ, Hawes C, Heard MS, Clark SJ, Dewar AM, Firbank LG, Perry JN, Rothery P, Scott RJ, Woiwod IP, Birchall C, Skellern MP, Walker JH, Baker P, Bell D, Browne EL, Dewar AJG, Fairfax CM, Garner BH, Haylock LA, Horne SL, Hulmes SE, Mason NS, Norton LR, Nuttall P, Randle Z, Rossall MJ, Sands RJN, Singer EJ, Walker MJ (2003) Invertebrate responses to the management of genetically modified herbicide–tolerant and conventional spring crops. I. Soil-surface-active invertebrates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 358 (1439) : 1847 - 1862. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1407
Haughton AJ, Champion GT, Hawes C, Heard MS, Brooks DR, Bohan DA, Clark SJ, Dewar AM, Firbank LG, Osborne JL, Perry JN, Rothery P, Roy DB, Scott RJ, Woiwod IP, Birchall C, Skellern MP, Walker JH, Baker P, Browne EL, Dewar AJG, Garner BH, Haylock LA, Horne SL, Mason NS, Sands RJN, Walker MJ (2003) Invertebrate responses to the management of genetically modified herbicide–tolerant and conventional spring crops. II. Within-field epigeal and aerial arthropods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 358 (1439) : 1863 - 1877. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1408
Hawes C, Haughton AJ, Osborne JL, Roy DB, Clark SJ, Perry JN, Rothery P, Bohan DA, Brooks DR, Champion GT, Dewar AM, Heard MS, Woiwod IP, Daniels RE, Young MW, Parish AM, Scott RJ, Firbank LG, Squire GR (2003) Responses of plants and invertebrate trophic groups to contrasting herbicide regimes in the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide–tolerant crops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 358 (1439) : 1899 - 1913. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1406
Squire GR, Brooks DR, Bohan DA, Champion GT, Daniels RE, Haughton AJ, Hawes C, Heard MS, Hill MO, May MJ, Osborne JL, Perry JN, Roy DB, Woiwod IP, Firbank LG (2003) On the rationale and interpretation of the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 358 (1439) : 1779 - 1799. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1403
Dewar AM, May MJ, Woiwod IP, Haylock LA, Champion GT, Garner BH, Sands RJN, Qi A, Pidgeon JD (2003) A novel approach to the use of genetically modified herbicide tolerant crops for environmental benefit. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 270 (1513) : 335 - 340. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2248
Dewar AM, Haylock LA, Garner BH, Baker P, Sands RJN, BCPC (2002) The effect of clothianidin on aphids and virus yellows in sugar beet. BCPC CONFERENCE - PESTS & DISEASES 2002, VOLS 1 AND 2 647 - 652.
Dewar AM, Haylock LA, Garner BH, Sands RJN, Baker PM, May MJ (2002) The effect of late weed control in GM herbicide-tolerant sugar beet on the biodiversity of arthropods. 12TH EWRS (EUROPEAN WEED RESEARCH SOCIETY) SYMPOSIUM 2002, WAGENINGEN, PROCEEDINGS 100 - 101.
Haylock LA, Dewar AM, Garner BH, Sands RJN, Baker P, Foster SP, Cox D, Mason N, Denholm I, BCPC (2002) The effect of dose rate of imidacloprid and clothianidin on insecticide-resistant clones of Myzus persicae (Sulzer). BCPC CONFERENCE - PESTS & DISEASES 2002, VOLS 1 AND 2 805 - 810.
Dewar AM, Haylock LA, Bean KM, Garner BH, Sands RJN, Ecclestone PMJ (2001) Novel seed treatments to control aphids and virus yellows in sugar beet. SEED TREATMENT: CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES, PROCEEDINGS 33 - 40.
Dewar AM, Haylock LA, Bean KM, Garner BH, Boyce R, BCPC , BCPC (2000) The ecology and control of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, in sugar beet. BCPC CONFERENCE: PESTS & DISEASES 2000, VOLS 1-3, PROCEEDINGS 1-3 : 913 - 918.
Bian X, Garner BH, Liu H, Vogler AP (null) The SITE-100 Project: Site-Based Biodiversity Genomics for Species Discovery, Community Ecology, and a Global Tree-of-Life. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10 : doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.787560
Garner BH (null) Monophyly within the Plochionida group (Chaudoir, 1872) of lebiine carabids (Coleoptera: Lebiini: Agrina). Entomological Society of America, 511 11 - 5 11 11
Garner BH, livermore L, Price B, Allan L, durrant J, vogler A (null) Combining natural history collections and large-scale image analysis for a novel taxonomy of ground beetles (Lebiinae: Carabidae). Entomological collections Network, 411 11 - 4 11 11
Touzel SG, Garner B (null) "The Person Herself is Not Interesting": Lucy Evelyn Cheesman's Life Dedicated to the Faunistic Exploration of the Southwest Pacific". Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 14.04 (Fall) : 497 - 532.
Contributed Publications
Pizzolotto R (null) The 19th European Carabidologists' Meeting in brief. ARPHA Conference Abstracts 2 : Pensoft Publishers : doi: 10.3897/aca.2.e46378
Courses taught
Short course: Introduction to British Beetle Larvae
Natural History Museum
7/2022 - on going.
Other: British family level larval identification
2/2015.
Professional training: Coleoptera Larva
12/2014.
Media
Broadcasts
Natural History Hereos Eveyln Cheesman, Evelyn Cheesman and her contribution to the science and collections of the NHM., Radio 4, 6/10/2015. Natural History Heroes Evelyn Cheesman
Breaking Bio, Beetle collections of the NHM, Breaking bio, Jackson M, 29/9/2015. Breaking Bio: Beetles and Battling Sexism
The Entomology of Gregor Samsa, Kafka's Metamorphosis, Baddiel D, 9/5/2015. Radio 4
Radio 4, Kafka's Metamorphosis, Humphrys J, 5/3/2015. Radio 4 Today