Photo by M. K. Thayer

Education
Ph.D., Biology, St. Petersburg University, Russia, 1997

Thesis: Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the north-western Caucasus: fauna, ecology, biogeography

Graduated (equivalent to Ms. Sc.) from Kuban University, Krasnodar, Russia, 1993

PEET work
(Post-doctoral Research Scientist)
Monograph of austral Quediina (Staphylininae: Staphylinini)
Research, field work, databasing, illustrating

Research interests

Systematics of Staphylinidae of the world, especially Quediina and related taxa; long-term interest in systematics and faunistics of Palaearctic Staphylinidae; current emphases on elaboration of the phylogenetic classification of the world Quediina with revision of their austral genera; immature stages and ecology of Staphylinidae; application of Staphylinidae in biogeographic studies

Publications:
http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/Files/asolodovnikov/solodovnikov_pubs.htm http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/aa/Files/asolodovnikov/solodovnikov_pubs.pdf

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