Contact Details

Dr Thom Dallimore
Natural Sciences
National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP

Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3521

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Staff Name

Dr Thom Dallimore

Job Title

Senior Curator: Entomology

Areas of Responsibility:

Day-to-day running of the Museum’s extensive entomology collections. Developing entomological-based research that utilises Museum collections as well as in wild locations across Wales and internationally. Coordinating entomological biodiversity monitoring at Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales sites. Supervision of student placements and research, volunteers, and honorary reseachers.

Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions

PhD in Mosquito Surveillance, Ecology and Genetics (Edge Hill University), Associate Researcher (World Museum Liverpool), Associate Lecturer & Honorary Research Fellow (Edge Hill University), Co-Chair British Ecological Society's Ecological Genetics Group (EGG)

Research Interests

The application of genetics/genomics in biodiversity, conservation, disease vector, conservation management, and population ecology studies, with an emphasis on entomology. The study of mosquitoes and other diptera, frequently straying into the world of tropical botany and zoology. The use of high-powered imagery (e.g. Scanning Electron Microscopy) in museum and ecological research.

Keywords

Genetics, diptera, mosquitoes, biodiversity, conservation, scanning electron microscopy, museum collections

Links

ResearchGate ORCID

Selected Publications

Stenhouse, D., & Dallimore, T. (2024). Parabolitobius barnevillei (Pandellé, 1869) (Staphylinidae) new to Britain. The Coleopterist. 33(2):37–44

Dallimore T. (2024). Cryptic Creatures of the Creuddyn project: Macro moth survey of the Great Orme & Nant y Gamar. Conwy County Borough Council Report: 001.

Pie, M., … Dallimore, T. (2023). Phylogenetic diversity and the structure of host-epiphyte interactions. PeerJ. doi: 10.7717/peerj.15500

Quail, M., Numos Ramos F., Dallimore, T. et al. (2023). Surrounded by Concrete: Genetic isolation of Tillandsia recurvata L. in an Urban Landscape in South-eastern Brazil. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society. doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1422832/v1

Strode, S., Dallimore, T., De Fruitos Olasagasti. (2023). Zika Evidence Summary. UK Health Security Agency Report.

Dallimore T. (2023) Invertebrate Assembly Survey of Lytham St. Annes Sand Dunes SSSI. Natural England Report.

Dallimore T. (2023). Large Heath Butterfly Status, Wimmarleigh Moss SSSI. Natural England Report.

Dallimore T. (2023) Invertebrate Assembly Survey of Winmarleigh Moss SSSI. Natural England Report.

Pie, M., … Dallimore, T. (2022). Fern and lycophyte niche displacement under predicted climate change in Honduras. Annals of Botany. doi:10.1007/s11258-022-01235-8

Batke, S. P., Dallimore, T. et al. (2022). The largest digital database of fern and lycophyte records from Honduras – spatial, temporal and collector biases. Botanical Journal of the Linnaean Society. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boac019

Vaux, A. G. G., …, Dallimore, T. et al. (2021). Identification, surveillance, and management of Aedes vexans in a flooded river valley in Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. JEMCA. doi:10.52004/JEMCA2021.0001

Batke, S. P., Dallimore, T., Bostock, J. (2020). Understanding plant blindness – Students’ inherent interest of plants in higher education. Journal of Plant Sciences. doi:10.11648/j.jps.20200804.14

Vaux, A.G.C., Johnston, C., Dallimore, T. et al. (2020). Working towards a co-ordinated approach to invasive mosquito detection, response, and control in the UK. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145166

Dallimore, T. et al. (2020). A potential global surveillance tool for effective, low-cost sampling of invasive Aedes mosquito eggs from tyres using adhesive tape. Parasites & Vectors. doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3939-0

Vaux, A. G. C., Dallimore, T. et al. (2019). The challenge of invasive mosquito vectors in the U.K. during 2016–2018: a summary of the surveillance and control of Aedes albopictus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. doi:10.1111/mve.12396

Loxton, R., & Dallimore, T. (2018). A note concerning the body surface of Orthocerus clavicornis (Linnaeus) (Colydiidae). The Coleopterist. 27(1):11–19

Dallimore, T. et al. (2017). Discovery of a single male Aedes aegypti (L.) in Merseyside, England. Parasites & Vectors. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2251-0

Loxton, R., & Dallimore, T. (2016). A note on Gabrius exiguus (Nordmann) (Staphylinidae), with micrographs and speculative functions of the hind leg of the male beetle. The Coleopterist. 25(3):131–134

Dallimore, T., & Shaw. P. (2012) Illustrated key to the families of British Springtails (Collembola). Field Studies Council. ISBN: 978-1-908819-09-3