About Me

Michael D. Warriner

Most of my work life has been focused on invertebrate conservation.   Unappreciated and understudied species are particularly interesting to me (like bumblebees for example).  I am currently the invertebrate biologist for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.  Prior to coming to Texas, I worked as the invertebrate zoologist for the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and as a research associate working on forest entomology at Mississippi State University.

Technical Publications

Warriner, M.D.  2012.  Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Texas: historical distributions. Southwestern Naturalist 57:442-445.

Warriner, M.D.  2011.  Status of the harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex spp.; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84: 160-162.

Warriner, M.D.  2011.  Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of remnant grasslands in Arkansas. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 84: 43-50.

Warriner, M.D.  2010.  A range extension for the large carpenter bee Xylocopa micans (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with notes on floral and habitat associations. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 83:267-269.

Warriner, M.D.  2008.  Distribution and taxonomic status of tarantulas (Theraphosidae: Aphonopelma) in Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 62:107-114.

Warriner, M.D.  2008.  Notes on the distribution of the robber fly, Laphria vorax. The Prairie Naturalist 39:171-175.

Warriner, M.D.  2008.  First record of the Asian horntail Eriotremex formosanus (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) in Arkansas, U.S.A. Entomological News 119:212-213.

Nebeker, T.E., T.E. Leininger, J.S. Meadows, and M.D. Warriner. 2005. Thinning southern bottomland hardwood stands: insect and disease considerations. In: Fredrickson, L.H., S.L. King, and R.M. Kaminski. eds. Ecology and management of bottomland hardwood systems: the state of our understanding. Gaylord Memorial Laboratory Special Publication No. 10. Puxico, MO. University of Missouri-Columbia: 467-477.

Tucker, S.A., T.E. Nebeker, M.D. Warriner, W.D. Jones and T.K. Beatty. 2004. Effects of artificial defoliation on the growth of cottonwood: simulation of cottonwood leaf beetle defoliation. In: Connor, K.F. ed. Proceedings of the twelfth biennial southern silvicultural research conference; 2003, February 24-28; Biloxi, MS. General Technical Report SRS-71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station:169-171.

Warriner, M.D. 2004. First Arkansas record of the robber fly, Microstylum morosum (Diptera: Asilidae). Southwestern Naturalist 49:83-84.

Warriner, M.D. 2004. Occurrence and conservation status of the milkweed beetle Tetraopes texanus Horn (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Arkansas. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58:567-568.

Warriner, M.D., T.E. Nebeker, and S.A. Tucker. 2004. Longhorned beetles in greentree reservoirs and naturally flooded bottomland hardwood stands. In: Connor, K.F., ed. Proceedings of the twelfth biennial southern silvicultural research conference; 2003, February 24-28; Biloxi, MS. General Technical Report SRS-71. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 172-175.

Warriner, M.D., T.E. Nebeker, S.A Tucker, and T.L. Schiefer. 2004. Comparison of saproxylic beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages in upland hardwood and bottomland hardwood forests. In: Spetich, A., ed. Upland oak ecology symposium: history, current conditions, and sustainability. General Technical Report SRS-73. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station:150-153.

Nebeker, T.E., M.D. Warriner, and E.R. Hart. 2002. Cottonwood fiber farm pest management: cottonwood leaf beetle. In: Outcalt, K.W. ed. Proceedings of the eleventh biennial southern silvicultural research conference. General Technical Report SRS-48. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station:565-568.

Warriner, M.D., T.E. Nebeker, T.D. Leininger, and J.S. Meadows. 2002. The effect of thinning on beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cerambycidae) in bottomland hardwood forests. In: Outcalt, K.W. ed. Proceedings of the eleventh biennial southern silvicultural research conference. General Technical Report SRS-48. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station: 569-573.

Popular Publications

Warriner, M.D.  Lucky ladybugs. Arkansas Wild.  Spring 2008: 38-39.

Warriner, M.D. and T. Frothingham.  The monarch’s fall flight.  Arkansas Wild.  Fall 2007: 34-37.

Warriner, M.D.  The buzz on native bees.  Arkansas Wild.  Spring 2007: 40-41.

Warriner, M.D.  Fall activities on Arkansas natural areas.  Arkansas Wild.  Fall 2005: 24-26.

Warriner, M.D.  Natural area hiking trails.  Arkansas Wild.  Spring 2005: 50-52.

Warriner, M.D.  Arkansas’s System of Natural Areas.  Arkansas Wild.  Fall 2004: 19-20.

Warriner, M.D.  Arkansas tarantulas.  Arkansas Wild.  Fall 2004: 26-29.

Warriner, M.D., T. Foti, J. Krystofik, and J. Jones-Schulz.  2003.  The Grand Prairie of Arkansas: past, present, and future.  Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service: 1-28.