Ralph Edward Dewalt

Ralph Edward Dewalt

Contact Information

Illinois Natural History Survey
Rms. 2025, 2000, MC-652
1909 S Oak St.
Champaign, IL 61820
Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Entomology

Additional Campus Affiliations

Associate Research Scientist, Aquatic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey

Recent Publications

Cook, T. Z., Edward DeWalt, R., Grubbs, S. A., Hogan, P. N., Hart, L. V., Clark, S. M., Baumann, R. W., Burton, D. K., & Myers, L. W. (2026). The stoneflies (Plecoptera) of West Virginia: a new occurrence dataset. Biodiversity Data Journal, 14, Article e185229. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e185229

DeWalt, R. E., Haeuser, C. L., & Gray, W. A. (2026). The closing of the Species 2000 Organisation. Biodiversity Data Journal, 14, Article e209643. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.14.e209643

Grubbs, S. A., Edward DeWalt, R., & Verdone, C. J. (2026). An integrated taxonomic approach reshapes the conservation status and distribution of the rare Mountain Needlefly, Leuctra monticola Hanson, 1941 (Plecoptera: Leuctridae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 30(4), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-026-00806-8

Grubbs, S. A., Verdone, C. J., Myers, L. W., & DeWalt, R. E. (2025). New Stonefly Synonymy Changes Conservation Outlook: 100-Year-Old Specimens and Integrated Taxonomy Clarify Species Concepts and Distributions of Several Eastern Nearctic Stripetails (Perlodidae: Isoperla Banks, 1905). Diversity, 17(9), Article 633. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17090633

Grubbs, S. A., Hogan, P. N., Myers, L. W., & DeWalt, R. E. (2025). Taxonomic evaluation of Leuctra laura Hitchcock (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) negates the need for a conservation assessment. Journal of Natural History, 59(29-32), 2007-2022. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2514891

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