John Morse

Professor Emeritus of Entomology
Director Emeritus of the Clemson University Arthropod Collection
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department, Public Service Activities

Office: 310 Long Hall
Phone: 864-656-5049
Fax: 8646563443

Email: jmorse@clemson.edu
Personal Website: https://www.clemson.edu/cafls/faculty_staff/profiles/jmorse

Educational Background

Ph.D. Entomology
University of Georgia 1974

M.S. Entomology
Clemson University 1970

B.S. Biology
Davidson College 1968

Courses Taught

Aquatic Insects (1975-present)
Taxonomy of Immature Insects (1982-present)
Applied Systematics (1976-2014)
Creative Inquiry--Insects of the Clemson Experimental Forest (2001-present)

Profile

Besides courses in insect systematics, insect larvae, and a variety of other topics, I have taught courses related to aquatic insects at Clemson, at Highlands Biological Station in North Carolina, in several other states, and in 9 countries so far in East Asia for more than 50 years. My research specialty is the identification, biology, and historical development of caddisflies, which I have studied in many streams of the world since 1967. My students and I also investigate the identification, biology, and distribution of other aquatic insects, of stream ecology and conservation, and of the use of insect communities to monitor water pollution.

Research Interests

World Trichoptera systematics and historical biogeography; Aquatic insect faunistics and biology; Use of insects for water quality biomonitoring; Insect species diversity and endangered species

Publications

206. Ge, X., Peng, L., Vogler, A.P., Morse, J.C., Yang, L., Sun, C. et al. (2022) Massive gene rearrangements of mitochondrial genomes and implications for the phylogeny of Trichoptera (Insecta). Systematic Entomology, 48(2): 278–295.
https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12575

207. Laudee, P.; Malicky, H.; Seetapan, K.; Thamsaenanupap, P.; Karnkasem, S.; Vongsombath, C.; Oo, S.S.L.; Kong, C.; Zalyan, P.; Morse, J.C. (2022) Distribution of Ecnomus McLachlan, 1864 (Trichoptera, Ecnomidae) from the Lower Mekong River with a description of Ecnomus stungtrengensis new species. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10: e94936
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e94936
ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2CBB4225-9DF3-4085-B0A7-526208793791

208. Chuluunbat, S., Boldgiv, B. & Morse, J.C. (2022) Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Mongolia: An updated checklist with faunistic and biogeographical notes. Zookeys, 1111 (9), 245–265.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1111.76239

209. *Bishoff, M.J., Peng, L., Zang, H-m., & Morse, J.C. (2023) Defensive phragmosis and cathaptosis in Trichoptera larvae. Contributions to Entomology, 73 (2): 209–218.
https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e110394
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gtht76ht5

210. Evelyn, I.G, Morse, J.C. & Peoples, B.K. (2023) Facilitation of benthic assemblages by Bluehead Chubs: Testing the stress-gradient hypothesis in streams. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Special Issue, 14 pp.
https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12748

211. Harrak, R., El Alami, M., Hajji, K., Morse, J.C. & Daki, M. (2024) Calamoceras sp. nov. (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) from the Western Rif area, Morocco. Zootaxa, 5418 (5): 576–588.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5418.5.7

212. Thomas, J.A., Frandsen, P.B. & Morse, J.C. (2023) Revised chronology of Trichoptera evolution. Contributions to Entomology, 73 (2): 289–294.
https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.73.e110405

213. Frandsen, P.B., Holzenthal, R.W., Espeland, M., Breinholt, J., Thomas, J.A., Simon, S., Kawahara, A.Y., Plotkin, D., Hotaling, S., Li, Y., Nelson, C.R., Niehuis, O., Mayer, C., Podsiadlowski, L., Donath, Al, Misof, B., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A., Morse, J.C., Liu, S., Pauls, S.U., & Zhou, X. (2024) Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insects: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291: 20240514.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.0514

214. Ge X-y, Peng L, Morse JC, Wang J-y, Zang H-m, Yang L-f, Sun C-h, & Wang B-x. (2024) Phylogenomics resolves a 100-year-old debate regarding the evolutionary history of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 201 (108196): 1006–1020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108196

2015. Yadamsuren, O., Dashdondog, N., Puntsag, T., Gantugs, T., Gerelchuluun, Y. & Morse, J.C. (2024) Initial development of a benthic macroinvertebrate multimetric index for monitoring the ecological integrity of northern Mongolian streams. Limnologica, 106: 126171, 9 pp.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2024.126171

216. Zieritz A, Gibbins C, Cai Y-x, Diba F, Gan LX, Lopes-Lima M, Mendoza JCE, Morse J, Ng TH, Toh EXP, Pfeiffer J, Low BW, Marwoto R, Rahim KAA, Shellman B, Sulaiman Z, Tan ZW, Wowor D, Yusuf NS, Yeo DCJ (2024) Prioritising challenges and actions for freshwater conservation in a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Biological Conservation, 299: 110839. [online version: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320724004014]
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110839

217. Morse, J.C., Barnard, P.C., Holzenthal, R.W., Huisman, J., Ivanov, V.D., de Moor, F.C., Tanida, K., Wells, A. & Wichard, W. Insecta-Trichoptera CheckList (generated Thu Dec 22 22:10:33 +0100 2011 from FADA website) 2011 December 19. Electronic publication. Available online at http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/39 [date accessed]

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