Gary N. Fritz
Professor
Life Science Annex 1112
217.581.2514
gnfritz@eiu.edu
Dr. Fritz's Web Site
My research interests are broad, and I have published papers in ecology, taxonomy, medical entomology, and genetics, including such taxa as frogs, bats, crickets, mosquitoes and mites. My research has focused primarily on the population dynamics, genetics, and evolutionary biology of insects that affect the health of humans and other animals. I am currently investigating the genetic differentiation and ecology of malaria mosquitoes in Bolivia under a grant from the National Institutes of Health. Another aspect of my research program examines sociobiological questions in yellowjackets and fire ants. For example, my students and I recently completed two studies that examine genetic relatedness and reproduction in yellowjacket nests with single or multiple queens.
Dr. Fritz is the director of the department's Biotechnology Center.
Selected Publications
Dantur, M. A., L. M. Augier, J. Liria, J. C. Navaroo, R. Rodriguez, and G. Fritz. Morphometric variability of Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) from Argentina and Bolivia. Medical and Veterinary Entomology (submitted).
Preston, C. A., G. N. Fritz, and R. K. Vander Meer. 2007. Prevalence of Thelohania solenopsae infected Solenopsis invicta newly mated queens within areas of differing social form distributions. J. Invert. Pathol. 94:119-124.
Fritz, G. N., R. K. Vander Meer, and C. A. Preston. 2006. Selective male mortality in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta. Genetics 173:207-213.
Brelsfoard, C. L., G. N. Fritz, and R. Rodriguez. 2006. Sequence analysis of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer 2 and polymerase chain reaction identification of Anopheles fluminensis (Diptera: Culicidae: Anopheles) in Bolivia. J. Med. Entomol. 43:460-466.
Brelsfoard, C. L., G. N. Fritz, and R. Rodriguez. 2006. Identification of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) marajoara (Diptera: Culicidae) in Bolivia using polymerase chain reaction and restriction endonuclease. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 99:707-713.
Selected Presentations
The Red Imported Fire Ant: Addenda to the current breeding system model. Southern Insect Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Stoneville, MS. 2008.
Mating bias in the red imported fire ant. Illinois State Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting Co-presentation (with student). 2008.
Breeding system of the Red Imported Fire Ant. South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. 2007.
Organization on malaria in the Amazon region of S. America: Distribution of species, vector species, and identification problems of malaria mosquitoes in Bolivia. International Meeting in Bogota, Colombia of the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, Colombia Ministry of Health, Pan American Health. 2007.
Isolating and genotyping stored sperm in female Anastrepha suspensa. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America Co-presentation (with student). 2006.
Sperm genotype patterns in newly-mated queens of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Co-presentation (with student). 2006.
Identification, distribution and ecology of malaria mosquitoes in the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, Bolivia. Entomological Society of America Northcentral Branch Meeting. Co-presentation (with student). 2006. Distribution and larval ecology of anopheline mosquitoes in an ecologically complex region of the Neotropics. American Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting. Co-presentation (with student). 2006.
Identification, distribution and ecology of malaria mosquitoes in the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains, Bolivia. 2006
The distribution and ecology of larval malarial mosquitoes in Chapare Valley, Bolivia 2005
