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- John R. Holsinger
- Adjunct Instructional Faculty
- Department of Biological Sciences
- 306 Mills Godwin Bldg
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3606
- jholsing@odu.edu
- Recently retired from active teaching but still carry on an active research program. including direction of graduate students
and participation in department activities.
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Education
- University Of Kentucky,
1966
- Major: Biological Science
- Degree: Ph. D.
- James Madison University,
1963
- Major: Biology
- Degree: M.S.
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Research Interests
- Systematics, including evolution, ecology and biogeography of subterranean/groundwater organisms, especially emphasizing crangonyctid
amphipods in the genus Stygobromus that live in caves and related groundwater seeps.
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Expertise
- Biology
- Crustacean Systematics/ Cave Biology/ Biogeography/ Biodiversity and Conservation of Groundwater Organisms
- Caves
- Crustacean Systematics/ Cave Biology/ Biogeography/ Biodiversity and Conservation of Groundwater Organisms
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Articles
- Sidorov, D., and Holsinger, J. R. (2007). Procrangonyx stygoedincus, a new species of subterranaean amphipod crustacean (Pseudocrangonyctidae) from the far east of
Russia, with remarks on biogeographic relationships., 80 (4), (pp. 417-430).
- Holsinger, J. R., Reddy, Y. R., and Messouli, M. (2006). Bogidiella indica, a new species of subterranean amphipod crustacean (Bogidiellidae) from wells in southeastern India, with
remarks on the biogeographic importance of recently discovered bogidiellids on the Indian subcontinent..
- Iannilli, V., Holsinger, J. R., Ruffo, S., and Vonk, R. (2006). Two new genera and two new species of subterranean amphipod crustaceans in the family Bogidiellidae from groundwaters in northern
Oman, with notes on the geographic distribution of the family. Zootaxa, 1208, (pp. 37-56).
- Fellow, National Speleological Society