David Grimaldi (entomologist) (born September 22, 1957) is an entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He received his graduate training at Cornell University, where he earned his doctorate in Entomology in 1986. Dr. Grimaldi is an authority in many fields of insect systematics and paleontology, and evolutionary biology. He is presently the world's leading authority on the fly family Drosophilidae (fruit flies) and is a principal expert on amber fossils and the geological history of insects. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Subfamily Drosophilinae Steganinae Wikispecies has information related to: Drosophilidae Drosophilidae (Order: Diptera) is a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, including the genus Drosophila, which includes fruit flies, vinegar flies, wine flies, pomace flies, grape flies, and picked fruit-flies. ... For other uses, see Amber (disambiguation). ... Orders Subclass Apterygota Symphypleona - globular springtails Subclass Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) Subclass Dicondylia Monura - extinct Thysanura (common bristletails) Subclass Pterygota Diaphanopteroidea - extinct Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Megasecoptera - extinct Archodonata - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets...

Dr. Grimaldi is also an adjunct professor at Cornell University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. Cornell redirects here. ... Columbia University is a private research university whose main campus lies in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. ... City University could be City University of Hong Kong City University, London City University of New York City University, Washington or Dublin City University Oakland City University Oklahoma City University New Jersey City University Osaka City University This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages...

Aside from numerous papers in some of the leading scientific journals, Grimaldi is author of Amber: Window to the Past, and co-author, with Michael S. Engel of Evolution of the Insects (2005). Michael S. Engel (born September 24, 1971 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is a paleontologist and entomologist. ...

References

• Grimaldi, D. (1996). Amber: Window to the Past. Abrams. ISBN 0810926520. 
• Grimaldi, D. and Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5. 

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Eponymy

The following are merely a few of the numerous species that have been proposed in honor of Dr. Grimaldi:

1. Halitheres grimaldii Giribet & Dunlop (a fossil harvestman in Burmese amber)
2. Palaeoburmesebuthus grimaldii Lourenço (a fossil scorpion in Burmese amber)
3. Ambradolon grimaldii Metz (a fossil therevid fly in Dominican amber)
4. Cubanoptila grimaldii Wichard (a fossil caddisfly in Dominican amber)
5. Ctenoplectrella grimaldii Engel (a fossil bee in Baltic amber)
6. Afrarchaea grimaldii Penney (a fossil archaeid spider in Burmese amber)
7. Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns & Branham (a fossil long-horn beetle in Dominican amber)
8. Glabellula grimaldii Evenhuis (a fossil mythicomyiid fly in Dominican amber)
9. Euliphora grimaldii Arillo & Mostovski (a fossil phorid fly in Spanish amber)
10. Phyloblatta grimaldii Vršanský (a fossil roach from the Triassic of Virginia)

The Phalangids (legacy name) or Opiliones (better known as harvestmen) are eight-legged invertebrate animals belonging to the order Opiliones in the class Arachnida, in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. ... Superfamilies Pseudochactoidea Buthoidea Chaeriloidea Chactoidea Iuroidea Scorpionoidea See classification for families. ... Trichoptera, or caddis fly as they are more commonly known, can be divided into two groups, those which live in standing water (such as pond and lakes) and those which live in flowing water (rivers and streams). ... Michael S. Engel (born September 24, 1971 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is a paleontologist and entomologist. ... Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Megachilidae Melittidae Stenotritidae Bee collecting pollen Bees are flying insects, closely related to wasps and ants. ... Diversity 111 families, 40,000 species Suborders Mesothelae Mygalomorphae Araneomorphae  See table of families Closeup image of a Wolf Spider Wikispecies has information related to: Spiders Spiders are predatory invertebrate animals that have two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts and no wings. ... Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Wikispecies has information related to: Coleoptera Beetles are the most diverse group of insects. ... Genera and Species Approximately 230 genera and 3000 species A phorid fly is a small, hump-backed fly of the highly diverse family Phoridae, and resembling a fruit fly in appearance. ... Families Blaberidae Blattellidae Blattidae Cryptocercidae Polyphagidae Nocticolidae Cockroaches are insects of the Order Blattodea. ...

See Also

David A. Grimaldi (Financier), Morgan Stanley.