Commissioners

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Professor Denis Brothers

photo: Justin Waldman

Overview:

Denis Brothers is Professor of Entomology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal [link to http://www.ukzn.ac.za], South Africa. He has served as Head of School and Deputy Dean at UKZN, as well as in other administrative and advisory capacities. His interests involve the systematics of various groups of aculeate Hymenoptera, specially the families Mutillidae, Bradynobaenidae, Plumariidae and Scolebythidae, both modern and fossil. He has been the President of the International Society of Hymenopterists and of the International Palaeoentomological Society, and a Commissioner since 1996. He is also a member of the Council of the Natal Museum and on the editorial boards of African Invertebrates and Durban Museum Novitates.

Summary of Research & Education:

After completing his BSc(Honours) degree at Rhodes University, and influenced by his uncle and aunt, Charles and Amy Jacot-Guillarmod, both prominent biologists, Denis pursued his PhD at the University of Kansas under the supervision of renowned bee expert Charles Michener. His thesis, published in 1975, established the currently accepted higher classification of the Hymenoptera Aculeata, the stinging wasps, ants and bees. He has published over 80 papers on the systematics and biology of various groups of Hymenoptera (including major contributions in books treating the Hymenoptera of the World and of the Neotropics) and also the principles of systematics and nomenclature. He teaches courses in general entomology and systematics.

Contact details:

School of Biological and Conservation Sciences
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Private Bag X01
Scottsville
3209 SOUTH AFRICA
Tlf. +27 33 260 5106
Fax +27 33 260 5105

E-mail: brothers (at) ukzn (dot) ac (dot) za