Dr Duncan Sivell
Senior Curator in Charge, Diptera + Siphonaptera
Division: LS Insects Division
Summary
I am a Curator of Diptera working mostly with Nematoceran families and with the Dolichopodidae. I have a broad interest in these and other Diptera families, particularly British and European faunas. I have been studying entomology for 18 years, during which time my work has focussed on insect ecology, species distributions and dispersal, and the conservation of biodiveristy.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of York, United Kingdom, 2000 - 2003
- MSc, University of Lancaster, United Kingdom, 1993 - 1994
- BSc (Hons), University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 1988 - 1992
Degrees
Employment history
Non-academic
Diptera Recorder, London Natural History Society, 2014 - ongoing
Vice-chairman, British Myriapod and Isopod Group, 2015 - ongoing
Indoor Meetings Secretary, Dipterists Forum, 2012 - 2016
Events
Organisation
Organiser, Dipterists Forum Annual Meeting 2016, (Annual general meetings), 2016 - 2016.
Organiser, Dipterists Forum Annual Meeting 2015, (Annual general meetings), 2015 - 2015.
Organiser, Dipterists Forum Annual Meeting 2014, (Annual general meetings), 2014 - 2014.
Publications
STARKEVICH P, PODĖNAS S, SIVELL D (null) Tipula (Vestiplex) levisoni sp. nov., a new cranefly (Diptera, Tipulidae) from the Western Himalayas. Zootaxa, 5115 (1) : 131 - 145. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.9
Sivell D, Irwin T (2016) Clogmia albipunctata (Diptera, Psychodidae) in London. Dipterists Digest, 23 : 111 - 115.
Briscoe AG, Sivell D, Harbach RE (2017) The complete mitochondrial genome of Dixella aestivalis (Diptera: Nematocera: Dixidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 28 (1) : 83 - 84. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2015.1110809
Sivell D, Gregory SJ (2015) Oritoniscus flavus (Budde-Lund, 1906) – a woodlouse new to Scotland (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae). Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group, 28 : 44 - 49.
Nesbit RL, Hill JK, Woiwod IP, Sivell D, Bensusan KJ, Chapman JW (2009) Seasonally adaptive migratory headings mediated by a sun compass in the painted lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui. Animal Behaviour, 78 (5) : 1119 - 1125. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.07.039
Chapman JW, Reynolds DR, Hill JK, Sivell D, Smith AD, Woiwod IP (2008) A seasonal switch in compass orientation in a high-flying migrant moth. Current Biology, 18 (19) : R908 - R909. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.014
Chapman JW, Reynolds DR, Mouritsen H, Hill JK, Riley JR, Sivell D, Smith AD, Woiwod IP (2008) Wind Selection and Drift Compensation Optimize Migratory Pathways in a High-Flying Moth. Current Biology, 18 (7) : 514 - 518. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.02.080
Chapman DS, Sivell D, Oxford GS, Dytham C (2006) Ecology of the tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) in Britain. Naturalist, 131 : 41 - 54.
Sivell D, Harrington R, Shortall C (2006) Monitoring potential mosquito vectors of West Nile virus in the UK using the Rothamsted suction trap network.
Oxford GS, Sivell D, Dytham C, Key R (2003) The jewel of York – ecology and conservation of the Tansy Beetle. British Wildlife, 14 : 332 - 337.
Sivell D, Phillips DS (1999) Local Biodiversity Action Plans – Technical Information on Species: III. Invertebrate Animals..
Sivell D, Lee T, Allan C (1996) Semuliki Wildlife Reserve. A Biological Assessment.
Sivell D, Lee T, Stewart L (1996) Kibale National Park. Grassland Survey.
Allan C, Lee T, Sivell D (1995) Bugungu Game Reserve. A Biological Assessment.
Sivell D, Balding S (1995) Aberdeen Expedition to Mt. Kupe, Cameroon. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 26 (1) : 35 - 38.
Courses taught
MRes: Working with Collections
Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
10/2022.
MRes: Working with Collections
Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
10/2019.
MSc: Collecting and identifying entomological specimens
10/2017.
MSc: Setting up traps for entomology
10/2017.
MSc: Collecting and identifying entomological specimens
10/2016.
MSc: Setting up traps for entomology
, London, United Kingdom
10/2016.