Research Interests
Ecology; entomology; and insects conservation, specially dragonflies; citizen science.
Research Description
Understanding patterns of species diversity has been a common question in biology. Therefore, we are interested in identifying areas of endemism of two insect taxa with different life histories: Odonata and Blattodea.
Education
2021 – 2023: Master in Zoology, Universidade Federal do Pará - Brazil.
2012 – 2016: Bachelor in Biology, Universidad Agraria La Molina - Perú.
Grants
Tambopata - Bahuaja Research Grant Fund
Funded by: AIDER – Peru
Project: "Factors influencing the colonization of Odonata (insects) in environments degraded by gold mining in the Tambopata National Reserve, Peru".
Carlos Ponce del Prado Research Grant
Funded by: Amazon Basin Conservation Association (ACCA).
Project: "Association of species of the order Odonata to habitat variables in Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Peru".
Awards and Honors
2024: Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Additional Campus Affiliations
Museum of Natural History - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Perú
Department of Entomology
Collaborating Researcher
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Medina-Espinoza, E. F., Juen, L., Calvão, L. B., & Arellano Cruz, G. (2024). Variations in the Odonata Assemblages: How Do the Dry Season and Water Bodies Influence Them?. Neotropical Entomology, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01153-6
Medina-Espinoza, E. F. (2022). Abundance of Odonata in different microhabitats at an oxbow lake in the Peruvian Amazon. Acta Amazonica, 52(3), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202200161
Recent Publications
Alves‐Martins, F., Stropp, J., Juen, L., Ladle, R. J., Lobo, J. M., Martinez‐Arribas, J., ... & Hortal, J. (2024). Sampling completeness changes perceptions of continental scale climate–species richness relationships in odonates. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14810
Da Silva Junior, W. F., Calvão, L. B., Carvalho, F. G.; Medina-Espinoza, E. F. (2023): Use of the Zygoptera/Anisoptera Ratio (Insecta: Odonata) for Habitat Alteration Assessment in Cerrado Streams. Internafional Journal of Odonatology, 26, 124-131. https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917214
Pellón, J. J., Medina-Espinoza, E. F., Lim, B. K., Cornejo, F., & Medellín, R. A. (2023). Eat what you can, when you can: relatively high arthropod consumption by frugivorous bats in Amazonian Peru. Mammalian Biology, 103(1), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00327-2
Medina-Espinoza, E. F. (2022). First record of Heteragrion cooki from Peru (Odonata: Heteragrionidae). Notulae odonatologicae, 9(6), 236-240. https://doi.org/10.60024/zenodo.4268583