August 2016
K. Samanta Orellana Arévalo > Other Awards
In Region Scholarship for Masters Studies 2016-2018, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Samanta Orellana
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Awards

August 2016 In Region Scholarship-DAAD
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
The Coleopterists Society
Entomological Society of America
Colegio Profesional de Farmacéuticos y Químicos de Guatemala

Degrees:

2018
Master
Biological Systems and Organisms
2014
Undergraduate
Biological Systems and Organisms
2024
Doctorate
Biological Systems and Organisms

Publications resulting from Research
Castillo-Cabrera, F.J., [et al.] & Orellana, K.S. (2025). Contribution to the knowledge of urban biodiversity in Central America: A checklist to the species of Guatemala City. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 20(1): 59-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.20.e135435

McKenna, D.D., [et. al. ] Orellana, K.S. (2025). Unraveling the evolution of mycetophagy and phytophagy in fungus weevils (Curculionoidea: Anthribidae): Phylogenomic insights into Anthribinae paraphyly and tribal non-monophyly. Systematic Entomology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12674

Orellana, K.S., Girón, J. (2024). State of the State of knowledge of the Anthribidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in Colombia with a key to genera. Biota Colombiana, 25, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.21068/2539200X.1149

Orellana, K.S., Franz, N.M. (2023). Checklist of the Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Guatemala, including new country records and a key to genera. In: Yoshimoto J, Schuster J, Monzón J. (Eds.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Vol. 3. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala: Guatemala. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10424024 (Book Chapter)

Orellana, K.S., et al. (2023). Digitalización de Colecciones Biológicas en el Portal Symbiota de Biodiversidad de Guatemala (Digitization of Natural History Collections in the Guatemala Biodiversity Symbiota Portal). In: Yoshimoto J, Schuster J & Monzón J. (Eds.) Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Vol. 3. Universidad del Valle de Guatemala: Guatemala. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10424127 (Book Chapter)

Yoshimoto, J., Cano, E.B., Orellana, S. (Editors). (2023). Insectos de Guatemala: Guía de Identificación (Insects of Guatemala: Identification Guide). Third Edition. Guatemala: Universidad Del Valle de Guatemala and Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. (Book).

Orellana, K.S. & Barrios, H. (2021). Catalogue of the Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) of Panama, including new country records and a key to genera. Zootaxa 4904(1), 1-71. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4904.1

Orellana, K.S. & Barrios, H. (2018), Abundancia de coleópteros (Insecta:Coleoptera) en dos órdenes de macrohongos (Basidiomycota) de un bosque tropical de Panamá. Scientia, 28(1), 45-56.

Yoshimoto, J., Cano, E.B. & S. Orellana (Editors). (2015). “Insectos de Guatemala: Guía de Identificación (Insects of Guatemala: Identification Guide)”. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala y Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. (Book).

Orellana, S. & Quezada, M. (2015). Efecto de la conformación del paisaje en coleópteros (Insecta: Coleoptera) asociados a macrohongos de la Ecorregión Lachuá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Revista Científica 48(1), 37-48.

Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America
2026
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Current studies on Central American Anthribidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea): The impressive diversity of fungus weevils in Panama
Equity, Justice and Inclusion in Ento: Making Entomological Collections Research more Accessible Mini Symposium. Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting
2026
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Promoting the digitization of Latin American entomological collections using Symbiota portals
Primera Reunión Virtual de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación
2026
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Digitalización de Colecciones Biológicas Mesoamericanas con los Portales Symbiota
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Awards

August 2016 In Region Scholarship-DAAD