Brent E. Hendrixson, Ph.D. East Carolina University Department of Biology Howell Science Complex - N404A/N410 Greenville, NC 27858 beh0701@ecu.edu curriculum vitae
	B.A. in Biology, University of Northern Colorado, May 1999 Summa Cum Laude M.S. in Biology, West Texas A&M University, May 2002 Thesis: Systematic Studies on the Scorpiofauna of Saudi Arabia (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Diplocentridae, Hemiscorpiidae, Scorpionidae) P.h.D, East Carolina University, May 2006
Arachnids comprise a fairly diverse assemblage of terrestrial arthropods; however, despite their numbers, very little is known about their biology. Understanding this group of organisms is crucial for understanding arthropod phylogeny and other aspects of arthropod biology. Arachnids constitute essential elements of the ecosystem in that they reside at intermediate trophic levels, and contribute a substantial percentage of biomass to their respective ecosystems. Furthermore, a fair number of scorpions and spiders possess medically significant venom that is capable of causing human mortality. Therefore, a basic understanding of arachnid biodiversity (to include systematics, taxonomy and evolution) is essential to answering nearly all questions related to arachnid biology. My research, then, attempts to answer questions directly related to this poorly defined diversity. However, my secondary interests are more general in scope and include a diverse array of fields within biology: conservation biology, biological inventories (e.g., regional floras and faunas), biogeography, geographic information systems, herpetology, natural history and ecology. To date, my major focus has been on Mexican and Middle Eastern scorpions (primarily from the families Vaejovidae and Buthidae), but in this lab, I will concentrate on the group of arachnids I had always hoped to work with: mygalomorph spiders (e.g., tarantulas, trapdoor spiders and their relatives).
Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals Hendrixson, B. E. 2001. A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from Sonora, Mexico. Journal of Arachnology, 29: 47-55. |Abstract| Entire Text in PDF Format Fet, V., B. E. Hendrixson, W. D. Sissom & G. Levy. 2000 (2001). First record for the genus Mesobuthus Vachon, 1950 in Israel: Mesobuthus nigrocinctus (Ehrenberg, 1828), n. comb. (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Mt. Hermon. Israel Journal of Zoology, 46: 287-295. |Abstract| Entire Text in PDF Format Hendrixson, B. E. & W. D. Sissom. 2001. Descriptions of two new species of Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from Mexico, with a redescription of Vaejovis pusillus Pocock, 1898 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). In Scorpions 2001 - In Memoriam Gary A. Polis (V. Fet & P. A. Selden, eds.). British Arachnological Society: 215-223. |Abstract| Entire Text in PDF Format Hendrixson, BE & JE Bond. 2004. A new species of Stasimopus from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), with notes on its natural history. Zootaxa. 619: 1-14. | Abstract | Entire Text in PDF Format Hendrixson, BE, J.E. Bond. 2005. Two sympatric species of Antrodiaetus from Southwestern North Carolina (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Antrodiaetidae). Zootaxa 872: 1-19 | Abstract | Entire Text in PDF Format. Hendrixson, BE, J.E. Bond. 2005. Testing species boundaries in the Antrodiaetus unicolor species complex (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Antrodiaetidae): "Paraphyly and cryptic diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 405-416. | Abstract | Entire Text in PDF Format. Bond, JE and BE Hendrixson. 2005. Ctenizdiae In: Ubick, D., P. Paquin, P.E. Cushing, and V. Roth (eds.), The Spiders of North America: An identification manual: 43-44. Sissom, W. D. & B. E. Hendrixson.  2005.  A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae) from Coahuila and Nuevo Léon, and a key to the vaejovid species from northeastern and north-central México.  Zootaxa, 1088: 33-43. Sissom, W. D. & B. E. Hendrixson.  2005.  Scorpion biodiversity and patterns of endemism in northern Mexico.  In J.-L. E. Cartron, G. Ceballos & R. S. Felger (eds.), Biodiversity, ecosystems, and conservation in northern Mexico (pp. 122- 137).  Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. Hendrixson, BE and JE Bond. 2007. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of an ancient Holarctic lineage of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Antrodiaetidae: Antrodiaetus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 738-755, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.010. Papers in Press Hendrixson, B. E.  2006.  Buthid scorpions of Saudi Arabia, with notes on other families (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Liochelidae, Scorpionidae).  In W. Büttiker, F. Krupp, I. Nader & W. Schneider (eds.), Fauna of Arabia (pp. in press, ~100 pages).  Basel, Switzerland: Karger Libri.