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forensic entomology, systematics, phylogentics,

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Rhodes University: Grahamstown, ZA

1993-01-01 to 2024-02-29 | Professor (Zoology & Entomology)
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Martin H. Villet

Education and qualifications (4)

Rhodes University: Grahamstown, ZA

2005-02 to 2005-11 | PGDHE (Education)
Education
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Martin H. Villet

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

1986-01 to 1989-11 | PhD (Zoology & Entomology)
Education
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Martin H. Villet

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

1984-01 to 1985-11 | MSc (Department of Zoology)
Education
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Martin H. Villet

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, ZA

1980-02 to 1983-11 | BSc Hons (Department of Zoology)
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Martin H. Villet

Professional activities (5)

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity: Grahamstown, ZA

2007 to present | Research Fellow
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Entomological Society of Southern Africa: Pretoria, ZA

1993 to present | Life Member
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Martin H. Villet

Psyche: Cambridge, MA, US

2007 to 2016 | Editorial board member
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Martin H. Villet

Centre for North American Herpetology: Lawrence, Kansas, US

2010 to 2010 | 2010 Joseph B. Slowinski Award for excellence in snake systematics
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African Entomology: Pretoria, ZA

2006 to 2009 | Scientific Editor
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Martin H. Villet

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Replacement name for the homonymous genus Ctenophlebia Hong, 2009, not Stål, 1873 (Insecta: Mecoptera)

Zootaxa
2025-02-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.8
Contributors: MARTIN H. VILLET
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Morphology, biology and molecular characterisation of the endemic Canary Islands blowfly Calliphora splendens Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2024-12-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12777
Contributors: Anabel Martínez‐Sánchez; Krzysztof Szpila; Martin H. Villet; Gunilla Ståhls; Arianna Thomas‐Cabianca; Yelitza Velásquez; Jonathan J. Parrott; Santos Rojo
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“Bactricia nematodes Kby., 1894” (Phasmida, Diapheromeridae, Diapheromerinae) is a nomen nudum

African Invertebrates
2024-02-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.115507
Contributors: Martin H. Villet
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Historical diversification of Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Journal of Natural History
2023-11-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2257373
Contributors: Clarke J. M. van Steenderen; Ernest L. Pringle; Martin H. Villet
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A replacement name for Bostra Stål (Insecta, Phasmida, Diapheromeridae), a junior homonym of Bostra Walker (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pyralidae)

Journal of Orthoptera Research
2023-09-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/jor.32.97047
Contributors: Martin H. Villet
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#SideHustle: Jason G. H. Londt’s contribution to holdings of the South African Cicadidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum

African Invertebrates
2023-05-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.64.100851
Contributors: Martin H. Villet
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South African nose flies (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Rhiniinae): taxonomy, diversity, distribution and biology

Biodiversity Data Journal
2023-01-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e72764
Contributors: Arianna Thomas-Cabianca; Martin Villet; Anabel Martínez-Sánchez; Santos Rojo
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A confirmed feeding attempt by the haematophagous horse fly Philoliche (Philoliche) rondani (Bertoloni, 1861) (Diptera: Tabanidae) on fresh carrion

Biodiversity Data Journal
2022-03-31 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.10.e77507
Contributors: Benjamin Miller; Martin Villet; John Midgley
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The cicada genus Tugelana Distant, 1912 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae): phylogenetic position and conservation status

African Invertebrates
2021-08-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.66891
Contributors: Martin H. Villet; Shelley Edwards
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Revision of the Afrotropical genus Fainia Zumpt, 1958, with notes on the morphology of Rhiniidae subfamilies (Diptera, Oestroidea)

ZooKeys
2021-04-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1033.58539
Contributors: Arianna Thomas-Cabianca; Anabel Martínez-Sánchez; Martin H. Villet; Santos Rojo
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Metrological framework for selecting morphological characters to identify species and estimate developmental maturity of forensically significant insect specimens

Forensic Sciences Research
2021-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2020.1794347
Contributors: John Mark Midgley; Martin Herrer Villet
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A new genus and three new species of South African Cicadettini (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettinae)

Zootaxa
2020-11-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.4.7
Contributors: ALLEN F. SANBORN; MARTIN H. VILLET
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Department of Zoology and Entomology

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.c.4929393
Contributors: Martin H Villet; Megan A Ridden
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Department of Zoology and Entomology

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.c.4929393.v1
Contributors: Martin H Villet; Megan A Ridden
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Figure 1: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095883.v1
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Figure 1: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095883
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Figure 2: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095988.v1
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Figure 2: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095988
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Figure 3: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095985
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Figure 3: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12095985.v1
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Table 1: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12096003
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Table 1: Phylogeographic, morphometric and taxonomic re-evaluation of the river sardine, Mesobola brevianalis (Boulenger, 1908) (Teleostei, Cyprinidae, Chedrini)

2020-04-08 | Other
DOI: 10.21504/RUR.12096003.v1
Contributors: Megan A Ridden; Roger Bills; Martin H Villet
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Molecular phylogeny of Chondrocyclus (Gastropoda: Cyclophoridae), a widespread genus of sedentary, restricted-range snails

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.018
Contributors: Mary L. Cole; Dinarzarde C. Raheem; Martin H. Villet
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The uses of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in forensic entomology

Forensic Sciences Research
2018-01-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2018.1426136
Contributors: Rozane Badenhorst; Martin H. Villet
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Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) assemblages in the western Italian Alps: benchmark data for land use monitoring

Biodiversity Data Journal
2016-11-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e10059
Contributors: Claudia Tocco; Martin Villet
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Global Cicada Sound Collection I: Recordings from South Africa and Malawi by B. W. Price & M. H. Villet and harvesting of BioAcoustica data by GBIF

Biodiversity Data Journal
2015-09-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5792
Contributors: Ed Baker; Benjamin Price; Simon Rycroft; Martin Villet
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Advantages of using development models of the carrion beetles Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius) and T. mutilatus (Castelneau) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) for estimating minimum post mortem intervals, verified with case data

International Journal of Legal Medicine
2013 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s00414-013-0865-0
Contributors: Ridgeway, J.A.; Midgley, J.M.; Collett, I.J.; Villet, M.H.
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Ancient and modern hybridization between Lucilia sericata and L. cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

European Journal of Entomology
2013 | Journal article
EID: 2-s2.0-84875939834
Contributors: Williams, K.; Villet, M.H.
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The final instar exuvium of pycna semiclara germar, 1834 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)

African Invertebrates
2013 | Journal article
EID: 2-s2.0-84877894523
Contributors: Midgley, J.M.; Bouwer, N.; Villet, M.H.
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A review of the alderfly genus Leptosialis Esben-Petersen (Megaloptera, Sialidae) with description of a new species from South Africa

ZooKeys
2012 | Journal article
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10.3897/zookeys.201.2623
Contributors: Price, B.W.; Liu, X.; de Moor, F.C.; Villet, M.H.
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Amplified fragment length polymorphism confirms reciprocal monophyly in Chrysomya putoria and Chrysomya chloropyga: A correction of reported shared mtDNA haplotypes

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00976.x
Contributors: Picard, C.J.; Villet, M.H.; Wells, J.D.
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Cryptic variation in an ecological indicator organism: Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data confirm distinct lineages of Baetis harrisoni Barnard (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in southern Africa

BMC Evolutionary Biology
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1186/1471-2148-12-26
Contributors: Pereira-Da-Conceicoa, L.L.; Price, B.W.; Barber-James, H.M.; Barker, N.P.; De Moor, F.C.; Villet, M.H.
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Molecular phylogenetics of Oestroidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) with emphasis on Calliphoridae: Insights into the inter-familial relationships and additional evidence for paraphyly among blowflies

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ympev.2012.08.007
Contributors: Marinho, M.A.T.; Junqueira, A.C.M.; Paulo, D.F.; Esposito, M.C.; Villet, M.H.; Azeredo-Espin, A.M.L.
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The distribution, habitat, diet and forensic significance of the scarab Frankenbergerius forcipatus (Harold, 1881) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

African Invertebrates
2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.5733/afin.053.0214
Contributors: Midgley, J.M.; Collett, I.J.; Villet, M.H.
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3000 miles from home: A new gastrosericus baobabicus pulawski, 1995 (hymenoptera, larridae) distribution record highlights that the sahel has a distinct entomofaunal signature

African Entomology
2011 | Journal article
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10.4001/003.019.0312
Contributors: Clitheroe, C.-L.; Villet, M.H.
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Advances in Entomological Methods for Death Time Estimation

2011 | Other
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10.1007/978-1-61779-249-6_11

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1556-5661

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978-1-61779-248-9
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Advances in entomological methods for estimating time of death

Forensic Pathology Reviews
2011 | Book chapter
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Martin H. Villet

Molecular systematics of the African snake family Lamprophiidae Fitzinger, 1843 (Serpentes: Elapoidea), with particular focus on the genera Lamprophis Fitzinger 1843 and Mehelya Csiki 1903

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2011 | Journal article
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10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.010
Contributors: Kelly, C.M.R.; Branch, W.R.; Broadley, D.G.; Barker, N.P.; Villet, M.H.
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Morphology and identification of first instars of African Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) commonly of forensic importance

Journal of Medical Entomology
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1603/ME10238
Contributors: Szpila, K.; Villet, M.H.
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Using molecules and morphology to infer the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the Dirini (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a tribe of butterflies endemic to Southern Africa

Systematic Entomology
2011 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00560.x
Contributors: Price, B.W.; Villet, M.H.; Walton, S.M.; Barker, N.P.
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A comparison of two sampling methods for surveying mammalian herbivore impacts on beetle communities in the canopy of Acacia drepanolobium in Kenya

African Entomology
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.4001/003.018.0109
Contributors: Kuria, S.K.; Villet, M.H.; Palmer, T.M.; Stanton, M.L.
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A watershed study on genetic diversity: Phylogenetic analysis of the Platypleura plumosa (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) complex reveals catchment-specific lineages

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.011
Contributors: Price, B.W.; Barker, N.P.; Villet, M.H.
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An accidental but safe and effective use of lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in maggot debridement therapy in Alexandria, Egypt

Journal of Medical Entomology
2010 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1603/ME09183
Contributors: Tantawi, T.I.; Williams, K.A.; Villet, M.H.
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Data quality in thermal summation development models for forensically important blowflies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00819.x
Contributors: Richards, C.S.; Villet, M.H.
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Development of thanatophilus micans (Fabricius 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) at constant temperatures

International Journal of Legal Medicine
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s00414-008-0280-0
Contributors: Midgley, J.M.; Villet, M.H.
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Effect of the killing method on post-mortem change in length of larvae of Thanatophilus micans (Fabricius 1794) (Coleoptera: Silphidae) stored in 70% ethanol

International Journal of Legal Medicine
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1007/s00414-008-0260-4
Contributors: Midgley, J.M.; Villet, M.H.
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Flies in the ointment: A morphological and molecular comparison of Lucilia cuprina and Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00765.x
Contributors: Tourle, R.; Downie, D.A.; Villet, M.H.
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Models of development for blowfly sister species Chrysomya chloropyga and Chrysomya putoria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00767.x
Contributors: Richards, C.S.; Crous, K.L.; Villet, M.H.
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Phylogeny, biogeography and classification of the snake superfamily Elapoidea: A rapid radiation in the late Eocene

Cladistics
2009 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00237.x
Contributors: Kelly, C.M.R.; Barker, N.P.; Villet, M.H.; Broadley, D.G.
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Predicting geographic distribution of seven forensically significant blowfly species (diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa

African Entomology
2009 | Journal article
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10.4001/003.017.0207
Contributors: Richards, C.S.; Williams, K.A.; Villet, M.H.
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Peer review (78 reviews for 30 publications/grants)

Review activity for ["[Arabic characters]","10","Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences."] (1)
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Review activity for European Journal of Taxonomy. (2)
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Review activity for International journal of legal medicine. (5)
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