Valeria RodrÍguez-Parra

- Master's Student
Contact Info
Biography —
Mentor: Dr. Nico Franz
Research Interests: Taxonomy, evolution, and biogeography of weevils, especially in Neotropical dry forest ecosystems. I’m also interested in biodiversity assessment and ecological interactions
Hometown: Barranquilla, Colombia
Education —
Selected Presentations —
1. Rodríguez Parra, V. S. & Martínez Hernández, N. J. (2025). Diversidad taxonómica de gorgojos (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en tres fragmentos de bosque seco tropical en el Caribe Colombiano. Oral presentation at the VIII Encuentro de Ciencias Biológicas de la Región Caribe, ACCB seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia.
2. Rodríguez Parra, V. S. & Martínez Hernández, N. J. (2024). Diversidad taxonómica de gorgojos (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) en tres fragmentos de bosque seco tropical en el Caribe Colombiano. Oral presentation at the SOCOLEN 51 Congreso: Mujeres inspirando cambio – Entomología, Sostenibilidad y Diversidad, Cali, Colombia.
3. Rodríguez Parra, V. S. & Martínez Hernández, N. J. (2024). Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of the Tropical Dry Forest in the Colombian Caribbean: Perspectives on their diversity and methodologies for efficient trapping. Oral presentation at the Weevil Workers Meeting, held online.