Born 1973, Bratsk, Russia.

Far Eastern State University (Vladivostok, Russia), 1990-1995.
        Major: Zoology. Master degree, 1995.

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Vladivostok, Russia (also known as Institute of Biology and Pedology), 1996-2001.
        Major: Zoology. Ph. D., 1999. Dissertation: "Acaroid mites (Acariformes: Acaroidea) of the Russian Far East"

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Vladivostok, Russia, 1996-2001.
        Junior researcher (1996-1999), researcher (1999-2001).

Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
         Research fellow - present

Systematics: Acaroid mites (Acari: Acaroidea), bee-associated mites

Phylogeny: Analysis of morphological data in PAUP* (Mac & PC).

Cryptic species: Diagnostics and evolution

Statistics & Morphometrics: Principal Component Analysis, Discriminant Function Analysis, Logistic Regression, Univariate analyses in SPSS; Geometric and Traditional Morphometrics.

Applications: MS Office, FileMaker (Mac), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

Internet, Internet scripting languages: HTML, CDML, CSS, W3C DOM; Java Script.

Programming languages: Visual Basic.

Acarology Summer Program: Agricultural Acarology. The Ohio State University. June 24-July 6, 2001

Morphometrics Workshop. The University of California, Berkeley. June 6-12, 2002.

The Bee Course. A Workshop for Conservation Biologists, Pollination Ecologists, and other Biologists. The Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona. August 20-28, 2003

Computerized catalog of insects of the Russian Far East (Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 1999)

Phylogeny of the House Dust Mites and Relatives: Evolution or Devolution of Parasitism? Phylogeny of the House Dust Mites and Relatives: Evolution or Devolution of Parasitism? (NSF DEB-0613769, 2006-2009) (subcontract investigator)

Systematics and ecology of North American bee-associated mites: potential threats to native and introduced pollinators (United States Department of Agriculture, 2002-2004)

Ad hoc grant reviewer for NSF

Ad hoc reviewer for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Invertebrate Systematics, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Journal of Natural History, Experimental and Applied Acarology, Journal of Stored Product Research, Systematic and Applied Acarology, Zoological Science, Neotropical Entomology, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Biologia (Bratislava), Belgian Journal of Entomology.

Klimov, P. B., and B. M. OConnor. 2008. Morphology, Evolution, and Host Associations of Bee-Associated Mites of the Family Chaetodactylidae (Acari: Astigmata), with a monographic revision of North American taxa. Miscellaneous Publications. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 199. 243 pp. Order

Klimov, P. B. and OConnor, B. M. 2008. Origin and higher-level relationships of psoroptidian mites (Acari: Astigmata: Psoroptidia): Evidence from three nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47(3): 1135-1156. PDF

Klimov, P. B. OConnor, B. M., and Knowles, L. L. 2007. Museum specimens and phylogenies elucidate ecology' s role in coevolutionary associations between mites and their bee hosts. Evolution. 61(6): 1368-1379. PDF

Klimov, P. B., Vinson B. S., OConnor, B. M. 2007. Acarinaria in associations of apid bees (Hymenoptera) and chaetodactylid mites (Acari). Invertebrate Systematics. 21: 109-136 PDF

Klimov, P. B. and OConnor, B. M. 2007. Ancestral area analysis of chaetodactylid mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae), with description of a new early derivative genus and six new species from the Neotropics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100(6): 810-829. PDF

Rojas E. W. and Klimov B. M. 2007. Mites of the genus Rhizoglyphus (Acari: Acaridae) infesting cultivated bulbs in central and southern Chile, with taxonomic notes on Acarus hyacinthi Boisduval and Rhizoglyphus frickorum Nesbitt. International Journal of Acarology. Vol. 33(1): 87-90.

Klimov, P. B., Bochkov A. V., OConnor B. M. 2006. Host specificity and multivariate diagnostics of cryptic species in predacious cheyletid mites of the genus Cheletophyes (Acari: Cheyletidae) associated with large carpenter bees. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 87 (1): 45-58.PDF

Klimov, P. B., OConnor B. M. 2004. Multivariate discrimination among cryptic species of the mite genus Chaetodactylus (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with bees of the genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in North America. Experimental and Applied Acarology Vol. 33. P. 157-182.PDF

Klimov, P. B., Lekveishvili, M., Dowling A. P. G., OConnor B. M. 2004. Multivariate analysis of morphological variation in two cryptic species of Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae) from Costa Rica. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Vol. 97, N 2. P. 322-345. PDF

Klimov, P. B and B. M. OConnor. 2003. Phylogeny, historical ecology and systematics of some mushroom-associated mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae), with new generic synonymies. Invertebrate Systematics. Vol. 17. P. 469-514. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 2000. The origin of astigmatid mites ontogenesis (Acariformes, Astigmata). Chteniya Pamyati Alekseya Ivanovicha Kurentsova. Issue 11. Vladivostok: Dal'nauka Press. P. 121-138 [in Russian]

Klimov, P. B. 2000. Notes on systematics, distribution and ecology of mites of the genus Fagacarus (Acariformes: Acaridae). Acarina. Vol.8. N.2. P.105-115. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 2000. A review of acarid mites of the tribe Caloglyphini (Acaridae, Acariformes) with description of a new genus and species from Siberia and Russian Far East. Vestnik zoologii. Ukraine. Vol. 34, N 4-5. p. 27-35.PDF

Klimov, P. B. 2000. Paulacarellus faini sp. n., a new species of acarid mite (Acariformes: Acaridae) from the Russian Far East. Acarologia. T. 41, fasc. 3-4. p. 249-253. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 2000. [Bionomy of acarid mite Calvoliella laphriae (Samsinak, 1956) (Acariformes, Acaridae), phoretic on flies of the genus Laphria (Diptera, Asilidae)]. Chteniya Pamyati Alekseya Ivanovicha Kurentsova. Issue 9. Vladivostok: Dal'nauka Press. P. 109-116.

Klimov, P. B. 1999. Description of a new genus, Umakefeq gen. n., including three new species of mycetophagous acarid mites (Acariformes, Acaridae) from Eastern Palaearctic. Acarina. Vol. 7, N 2. P. 93-106.PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1999. [Notes on systematics and distribution of the mite subfamily Fagacarinae (Acariformes: Acaridae)]. Proceedings of VIIth Acarological meetings Saint Petersburg, 1999. P. 32-33. [in Russian] PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1999. [Akaroidnye kleshi Dal’nego Vostoka Rossii (Acariformes: Acaroidea)]. Ph. D. Thesis. Vladivostok: Dal’nauka. 1-20 p. [in Russian]

Klimov, P. B. 1998. To the knowledge of mites and ticks (Acari) of Kuril Islands. Far Eastern Entomologist. N 36. P. 1-36.PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. To the knowledge of acarid mites of the genus Schwiebea (Acariformes, Acaridae) from Far East, with notes on the genus. Vestnik zoologii. Ukraine. Vol. 32, N 3. P. 13-30. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. A new tribe of acarid mites of the subfamily Rhizoglyphinae (Acariformes, Acaridae). Far Eastern Entomologist. N 59. P. 1-19.PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. Viedebanttia egorovi sp. n., a new acarid mite (Acariformes: Acaridae) from South Korea, with notes on the genus. Zoosystematica rossica. Vol. 8. P. 251-254.PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. Michaelopus longiretinalis sp. n. (Acari, Acaridae), a new species of acaroid mite associated with beetle Onthophagus lenzi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from South Korea. Acarina. Russian Journal of Acarology. Vol. 6, N 1-2. P. 17-19. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. [Biology of development of the acarid mite Sancassania mandzhur (Acari, Acaridae). Chteniya Pamyati Alekseya Ivanovicha Kurentsova. Issue 8. Vladivostok: Dal'nauka Press. P. 93-106. [in Russian] PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1998. [A review of the mite genus Boletoglyphus Volgin, 1953 (Acari, Acaridae)]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. Vol. 77, N. 10. P. 1122-1127. [in Russian] PDF Translated in Entomological Review, Vol. 78, N 9 1998, p. 1094-1101] PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1997. New data on the fauna and biology of acarid mites (Acari, Acaridae) from the Far East. Acarina, Russian Journal of Acarology. Vol. 5, N 1-2. P. 69-72. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1997. [Data on the biology and systematics of Paracaropsis travisi (Acari, Cheyletidae), new mite for Russia]. Fundamental'nye problemy okhrany okruzhayushchey sredy. Vol. 1. P. 9-11. [in Russian] PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1996. A review of the Palaearctic genus Mezorhizoglyphus Kadzhaja, 1966 (Acari, Acaridae). Far Eastern Entomologist. N 25. P. 1-8. PDF

Klimov, P. B. 1996. [New species of acarid mite of the genus Caloglyphus (Acari, Acaridae) from Russian Far East]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal. 1996. Vol. 75, N 4. P. 613-619. [in Russian] PDF

Klimov, P. B, OConnor, B. M. 2004. Visual Key.

Klimov, P. B, OConnor, B. M. 2004. North American bee-associated mites: potential threats to native and introduced pollinators.

The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Dec 15-18, 2005. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Oral presentation: Chaetodactylid mites: Evolution and Host Associations (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) (with Barry OConnor) PPT (44.4Mb)

The National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET-V). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. September 20-23, 2004. Poster presentations: The next generation of identification tools: interactive programs incorporating multivariate models (with B. M. OConnor) PPT (904K)

The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. November 14-17, 2004. Salt Lake City, Utah. Oral presentation: Evaluation of host specificity in mites of the genus Cheletophyes (Cheyletidae) using linear and non-linear multivariate statistics (with Andre Bochkov and Barry M. OConnor) PPT (19100K)

The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Oct. 26-29, 2003. Cincinnati, Ohio. Oral presentation: Multivariate Discrimination Among Cryptic Species of the Mite Genus Chaetodactylus (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) Associated with Bees of the Genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in North America (with Barry M. OConnor) PDF(1134K)

The National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET-IV). The University of California Berkeley. June 1-5, 2002. Two poster presentations: 1) Phylogeny, biogeography and host associations of the genus Boletoglyphus (Acari: Acaridae) associated with polypore fungi (with B. M. OConnor) PDF (961K); 2) Phylogeny and historical ecology of some mushroom-associated mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae), with some new generic synonymies (with M. Lekveishvili & Barry M. OConnor) PDF (172K)

XI International Congress of Acarology. Mérida, Yucatán, México. 8-13 September 2002. Poster presentation: Multivariate tools for distinguishing of cryptic species of mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae) (with Barry M. OConnor) PDF (456K)

The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Dec. 9 - Dec. 12, 2001. San Diego, California. Two poster presentations: 1) Phylogeny, biogeography and host associations of the genus Boletoglyphus (Acari: Acaridae) associated with polypore fungi (with B. M. OConnor) PDF (961K); 2) Phylogeny and historical ecology of some mushroom-associated mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae), with some new generic synonymies (with M. Lekveishvili & Barry M. OConnor) PDF (172K)

VIIIth Acarological Conference (Russia, Saint Petersburg, 1999). Oral presentation: [Notes on systematics and distribution of the mite subfamily Fagacarinae (Acariformes: Acaridae)] [in Russian] PDF (120K)

Fundamental Problems of Nature Protection (Russia, Vladivostok, 1998). Oral presentation: [Acaroid mites of the Russian Far East and neighboring territories (Acariformes, Acaroidea)] [in Russian]

Fundamental Problems of Nature Protection (Russia, Vladivostok, 1997). Oral presentation: [Data on the biology and systematics of Paracaropsis travisi (Acari, Cheyletidae), new mite for Russia] [in Russian] PDF (90K)