Ottawa Plant Laboratory Canadian Food Inspection Agency K.W.Neatby Bldg. 960 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6 CANADA Email: vasily.grebennikovZinspection.gc.ca or v_grebennikovZmail.ru (substitute "Z" with "@") Fax: +1-(613) 759-6938 Phone: +1-(613) 759-7519

I work on phylogeny, biology, taxonomy, immature stages and other evolutionary aspects of beetles (Coleoptera), particularly those feeding on plant tissue and thus threatening Canadian plant resources. The group I presently focus on is the superfamily Curculionoidea (= weevils, particularly from the forest leaf litter). My geographical focus is mainly Asia Pacific, although whenever possible I try to maintain a cosmopolitan approach.

	Recent publications: BOOK: Jendek E., Grebennikov V. 2011: Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) of East Asia. Jan Farkac, Prague, 362 pp. Book information BOOK: Konstantinov A.S., Baselga A., Grebennikov V.V., Prena J., Lingafelter S.W. 2011: Revision of the Palearctic Chaetocnema Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Pensoft, Sofia, 334 pp. Open access from the Publisher Ballerio A., Gill B.D., Grebennikov V.V. 2011: Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa 2892: 1-24. PDF Fresneda J., Grebennikov V.V., Ribera I. 2011: The phylogenetic and geographic limits of Leptodirini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with a description of Sciaphyes shestakovi sp. n. from the Russian Far East. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 69: 99-123. Open access from the Publisher List, PDFs and matrixes of my publications on predominantly Coleoptera
	African Expeditions On a few occasions I went to tropical Africa to collect beetles. This link provides information on some of these trips. African Expeditions
	Ink drawings of insects Here are some insect drawings done with India Ink some ten years ago. Most of them appeared later in my publications. Since then I do not draw. Ink drawings of insects
	"Chasing beetles in Africa: postdoc's notes" Below is a link to a zipped .txt file of my MS "Za zhukami v Afriku: zapiski postdoka" (in Russian only; English translation of the title: "Chasing beetles in Africa: postdoc's notes"), where I sum up my academic and personal experience accumulated during the years 2000-2003 as a postdoc at the Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. postdoc.zip (251 KB)