JoVonn Hill Page

Selected Publications ( Alphabetical)

Barone, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2007. Herbaceous flora of blackland prairie remnants in Mississippi and Western Alabama. Castanea 72: 226-234

Hill, J. G. 2004. A note on a continuing Black Belt Prairie restoration effort at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 49: 225-226. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. and R. L. Brown. 2005. The first record of the genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50: 120. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2005. Disjunct distributions of Pseudopomala brachyptera and Campylacantha olivacea (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the Blackland prairies of Mississippi, USA. Entomological News 116: 127-130. [pdf]

MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2005. An annotated list of the Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini) of Mississippi. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 78: 285–289. [pdf]

MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2006. Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) of Mississippi [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 51: 115. [pdf]

Hill, J. G., R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2006. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant (Formicidae) Community Composition in Mississippi’s Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 51: 56. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2006. The life cycle of a mosquito and how I use it as a Betta Breeder. Flare 39: 13-14.

MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2006. The Eastern ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae), reported from Mississippi, U.S.A. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 51: 180-182. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2006. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant Community Composition in Mississippi's Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions. Masters Thesis, Mississippi State University. 72 pp. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. and B. V. Brown. 2006. New records of the rarely collected ant-decapitating fly Apocephalus tenuipes Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Southeastern Naturalist 5: 367-368. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2006. Field observations of Pheidole pilifera (Roger) and Paratrechina arenivaga (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Black Belt Prairie remnant in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 51: 183-186. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2006. The First Record of the Green Stinkbug Chlorochroa persimilis Horvath (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Alabama. Marginalia Insecta 1: 2. (13 October 2006). [full text] [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2006. First report of the exotic ant, Pheidole obscurithorax Naves (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), attacking a hatchling chicken. Journal of Entomological Science 41: 397-398. [pdf]

Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill. 2007. A preliminary list of the Orthopteroid insects of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 52: 153. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2007. The grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of the Bibb County Glades, Alabama. Marginalia Insecta 2: 1 (January 8, 2007). [full text] [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2007. Observations of Neivamyrmex fallax Borgmier and Solenopsis xyloni McCook (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Marginalia Insecta 2: 2 (3 April, 2007). [full text] [pdf]

Hill, J. G. and J. L. Seltzer. 2007. A note on additional plants found at Sixteenth Section (Osborn) Prairie. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 52: 295-297.

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and M. A. Deyrup. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species in the southeastern United States. Florida Entomologist 90: 457-464. [pdf]

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and R. J. Jones. 2007. Ants in Mississippi State Parks [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 52: 153. [pdf]

MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, J. G. Hill, and B. Layton. 2007. Carpenter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Camponotus) of Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 1158. 28 pp. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. 2007. The grasshopper (Othroptera: Romaleidae: Acrididae) fauna of Black Belt Prairie remnants in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Orthoptera Research 16: 139-144. [pdf]

Hill, J. G. and J. L. Seltzer. 2007. A note on additional plants found at Sixteenth Section (Osborn) Prairie. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 52: 295-297.

Hill, J. G., J. A. Barone, R. L. Brown. 2007. Black Belt Prairie. Informative brochure.

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, L. C. Majure, J. L. Seltzer. 2008. Rediscovery of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mainland Mississippi, with an analysis of associated seeds and vegetation. Midsouth Entomologist 1 (1): 17-28. [pdf]

Presentations

Hill, J.G. 2004. The Ant Fauna of the Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions of Mississippi. Mississippi Entomological Association annual meeting.

Hill, J.G., R. L. Brown; and J.A. Barone. 2005. The Black Belt Prairie of Mississippi and Alabama. 11th Symposium of the Natural History of the Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys.

Hill, J. G., R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2005. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant (Formicidae) Community Composition in Mississippi’s Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions. Poster-presented to: Mississippi Entomological Society, 3-4 Nov. 2005; Entomological Society of America, 15-18 Dec. 2005; Mississippi Academy of Science, 22-24 February 2006; and Association of Southeastern Biologists, 29 March-1 April 2006. [power point poster]

MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2005. Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) of Mississippi. Poster-presented to: Mississippi Entomological Society, 3-4 Nov. 2005; Entomological Society of America, 15-18 Dec. 2005; and Mississippi Academy of Science, 22-24 February 2006. [power point poster]

Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill. 2006. A preliminary list of the Orthopteroid sensu lato of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Poster Presentation, Mississippi Entomological Society, 25-27 Oct. 2006. [power point poster]

Hill, J. G. 2006. Ants and Environmental Variables That Affect Their Community Composition. Presentation to the Biology Department of Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. 6 April 2006.

MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and R. J. Jones. 2006. Ants in Mississippi State Parks. Poster Presentation, Mississippi Entomological Society, 25-27 Oct. 2006. [power point poster]

Barone, J. A. and J. G. Hill. Plant community composition and structure of remnant blackland prairies in Mississippi and Alabama. Association of Southeastern Biologist Annual Meeting, April 18-21. Oral Presentation.

Hill, J. G., K. S. Summerville, R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2007. The assembly of ant communities in a heterogeneous landscape in Mississippi. Poster Presentation, Fire Ant Conference, Gainesville, FL, 23-26 April 2007. [power point poster]

Hill, J. G. and R. L. Brown. 2007. The Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Fauna of Black Belt Prairie Remnants in Mississippi and Alabama. Mississippi Entomological Society 24-26 Oct. 2007. [power point poster]

MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species introduced into the southeastern United States. Mississippi Entomological Society 24-26 Oct. 2007. [power point poster]

Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill . A list of the Orthopteroid insects of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Discover Life in America- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 3-5 December 2007. [power point poster]

MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2008. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species introduced into the southeastern United States. Mississippi Academy of Sciences 20-22 Feb. 2008. (poster)

JoVonn Hill Research Associate Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology Mississippi State University Box 9775, Mississippi State 39762-9775 TEL (662) 325-2989 FAX (662) 325-8837 email: jgh4@entomology.msstate.edu
B. S. Interdisciplinary Studies (Biology, Wildlife Science, and Forestry) Mississippi State University M. S. Entomolgy, Mississippi State University I am originally from Meridian, Mississippi, where I attended Meridian High School and Meridian Community College. My interests include studying the ant and grasshopper communities of Mississippi's Black Belt Prairie and their relations to land use patterns and restoration applications. Currently, I am working on a list of Ants of Mississippi with Joe MacGown, and a list of the Caelifera (grasshoppers, grouse locusts, and pygmy mole crickets of Mississippi. I am also working with Dr. John Barone (Columbus State University, Columbus, GA) on inventorying prairie remnants in the Jackson Prairie region of Mississippi and the Black Belt of Mississippi and Alabama. This year I began working with Matt Dakin on surveying the Orthoptera of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park as part of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory being conducted there. I have participated in four W. H. Cross collecting expeditions and have volunteered for fieldwork that examined vegetational changes along an altitudinal gradient in the mountains of Puerto Rico. I am also responsible for handleing and screening exotic pest samples submited to the MEM.
Selected Publications ( Alphabetical) Barone, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2007. Herbaceous flora of blackland prairie remnants in Mississippi and Western Alabama. Castanea 72: 226-234 Hill, J. G. 2004. A note on a continuing Black Belt Prairie restoration effort at Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 49: 225-226. [pdf] Hill, J. G. and R. L. Brown. 2005. The first record of the genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50: 120. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2005. Disjunct distributions of Pseudopomala brachyptera and Campylacantha olivacea (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the Blackland prairies of Mississippi, USA. Entomological News 116: 127-130. [pdf] MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2005. An annotated list of the Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini) of Mississippi. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 78: 285–289. [pdf] MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2006. Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) of Mississippi [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 51: 115. [pdf] Hill, J. G., R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2006. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant (Formicidae) Community Composition in Mississippi’s Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 51: 56. [pdf] Hill, J. G., R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2006. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant (Formicidae) Community Composition in Mississippi’s Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions [Abstract]. Southeastern Biology 53: 279. Hill, J. G. 2006. The life cycle of a mosquito and how I use it as a Betta Breeder. Flare 39: 13-14. MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2006. The Eastern ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae), reported from Mississippi, U.S.A. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 51: 180-182. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2006. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant Community Composition in Mississippi's Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions. Masters Thesis, Mississippi State University. 72 pp. [pdf] Hill, J. G. and B. V. Brown. 2006. New records of the rarely collected ant-decapitating fly Apocephalus tenuipes Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Southeastern Naturalist 5: 367-368. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2006. Field observations of Pheidole pilifera (Roger) and Paratrechina arenivaga (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Black Belt Prairie remnant in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences. 51: 183-186. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2006. The First Record of the Green Stinkbug Chlorochroa persimilis Horvath (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Alabama. Marginalia Insecta 1: 2. (13 October 2006). [full text] [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2006. First report of the exotic ant, Pheidole obscurithorax Naves (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), attacking a hatchling chicken. Journal of Entomological Science 41: 397-398. [pdf] Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill. 2007. A preliminary list of the Orthopteroid insects of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 52: 153. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2007. The grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of the Bibb County Glades, Alabama. Marginalia Insecta 2: 1 (January 8, 2007). [full text] [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2007. Observations of Neivamyrmex fallax Borgmier and Solenopsis xyloni McCook (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Marginalia Insecta 2: 2 (3 April, 2007). [full text] [pdf] Hill, J. G. and J. L. Seltzer. 2007. A note on additional plants found at Sixteenth Section (Osborn) Prairie. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 52: 295-297. MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and M. A. Deyrup. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species in the southeastern United States. Florida Entomologist 90: 457-464. [pdf] MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and R. J. Jones. 2007. Ants in Mississippi State Parks [Abstract]. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 52: 153. [pdf] MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, J. G. Hill, and B. Layton. 2007. Carpenter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Camponotus) of Mississippi. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 1158. 28 pp. [pdf] Hill, J. G. 2007. The grasshopper (Othroptera: Romaleidae: Acrididae) fauna of Black Belt Prairie remnants in Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of Orthoptera Research 16: 139-144. [pdf] Hill, J. G. and J. L. Seltzer. 2007. A note on additional plants found at Sixteenth Section (Osborn) Prairie. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science 52: 295-297. Hill, J. G., J. A. Barone, R. L. Brown. 2007. Black Belt Prairie. Informative brochure. MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, L. C. Majure, J. L. Seltzer. 2008. Rediscovery of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in mainland Mississippi, with an analysis of associated seeds and vegetation. Midsouth Entomologist 1 (1): 17-28. [pdf] Presentations Hill, J.G. 2004. The Ant Fauna of the Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions of Mississippi. Mississippi Entomological Association annual meeting. Hill, J.G., R. L. Brown; and J.A. Barone. 2005. The Black Belt Prairie of Mississippi and Alabama. 11th Symposium of the Natural History of the Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys. Hill, J. G., R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2005. Environmental Variables Affecting Ant (Formicidae) Community Composition in Mississippi’s Black Belt Prairie and Flatwoods Regions. Poster-presented to: Mississippi Entomological Society, 3-4 Nov. 2005; Entomological Society of America, 15-18 Dec. 2005; Mississippi Academy of Science, 22-24 February 2006; and Association of Southeastern Biologists, 29 March-1 April 2006. [power point poster] MacGown, J. A., R. L. Brown, and J. G. Hill. 2005. Carpenter Ants (Camponotus) of Mississippi. Poster-presented to: Mississippi Entomological Society, 3-4 Nov. 2005; Entomological Society of America, 15-18 Dec. 2005; and Mississippi Academy of Science, 22-24 February 2006. [power point poster] Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill. 2006. A preliminary list of the Orthopteroid sensu lato of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Poster Presentation, Mississippi Entomological Society, 25-27 Oct. 2006. [power point poster] Hill, J. G. 2006. Ants and Environmental Variables That Affect Their Community Composition. Presentation to the Biology Department of Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. 6 April 2006. MacGown, J. A., J. G. Hill, and R. J. Jones. 2006. Ants in Mississippi State Parks. Poster Presentation, Mississippi Entomological Society, 25-27 Oct. 2006. [power point poster] Barone, J. A. and J. G. Hill. Plant community composition and structure of remnant blackland prairies in Mississippi and Alabama. Association of Southeastern Biologist Annual Meeting, April 18-21. Oral Presentation. Hill, J. G., K. S. Summerville, R. L. Brown, and J. A. MacGown. 2007. The assembly of ant communities in a heterogeneous landscape in Mississippi. Poster Presentation, Fire Ant Conference, Gainesville, FL, 23-26 April 2007. [power point poster] Hill, J. G. and R. L. Brown. 2007. The Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Fauna of Black Belt Prairie Remnants in Mississippi and Alabama. Mississippi Entomological Society 24-26 Oct. 2007. [power point poster] MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species introduced into the southeastern United States. Mississippi Entomological Society 24-26 Oct. 2007. [power point poster] Dakin, M. E. and J. G. Hill . A list of the Orthopteroid insects of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Discover Life in America- All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory Conference, Gatlinburg, TN, 3-5 December 2007. [power point poster] MacGown, J. A. and J. G. Hill. 2008. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species introduced into the southeastern United States. Mississippi Academy of Sciences 20-22 Feb. 2008. (poster)
Professional Memberships Entomological Society of America International Betta Congress Mississippi Entomological Association The Orthopterists' Society Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
Awards or Offices President of the Entomology and Plant Pathology Club (2003) Winner of the Mississippi Entomological Association’s Pat and Linda Harris Graduate Scholarship (2005)
Links Ants of Mississippi Grasshoppers of the Southeastern United States Orthoptera of the Southeastern United States The Black Belt in Alabama and Mississippi
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