Dr. JoVonn Grady Hill

Dr. JoVonn Grady Hill

Title

  • Assistant Professor

Contact Information

jgh4@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-2988
148 Clay Lyle

Overview

Education

  • Mississippi State University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Life Sciences
  • Mississippi State University, Master of Science (M.S.), Agricultural Life Sciences
  • Mississippi State University, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Interdisciplinary Studies

Websites

Publications

Year Publications
2023

Hill, J. G. 2023. A new Floritettix (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Bombing Range Ridge, Florida, U.S.A. Journal of Orthoptera Research 32:133-142 .

2023

MacGown, J., Hill, J. 2023. A new species of Hypothyce (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae) from Alabama, United States of America. Zookeys 1168:1-10.

2023

Hill, J., 2023. Diversification deep in the heart of Texas: seven new grasshopper species and establishment of the Melanoplus discolor species group (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae). ZooKeys

2023

Seltzer, J. L., MacGown, J., Hill, J., Cross, D. 2023. First report of Imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, S. richteri, and S. invicta x richteri (Hymneoptera: Formicidae) in Kentucky. Insects 14.

2023

Chowdhury, B., Hawk, L., Brazzeal, B. D., Hill, J. G. 2023. What strategies do herbivores employ to exploit carnivorous plants?: a Systematic Map Protocol. . PROCEED 23-00068 .

2022

Hill, J., 2022. Revision of Gymnoscirtetes (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Melanoplinae): a genus endemic to the grasslands of the southeastern North American Coastal Plain. ZooKeys 1134:101-127.

2022

Hill, J. G., Dunaway, B. S., Gesell, J. L. 2022. Notes on the Prairie Nymph, Herberita lahue ssp. caerulea, (Iridacea) at Vicksburg Military National Military Park, MS. Castanea 87(2):155-159.

2022

Wetterer, J., Hill, J. G., MacGown, J. A., Booher, D. 2022. Populations of the Graceful Twig Ant, Pseudomyrmex gracilis, Now Bridge the Distribution Gap between Their Native Range in Texas and Non-Native Range in Florida, USA. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 148(2):51-58.

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2021

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. 2021. An Updated List of Ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New State Records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147(4):961-981.

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2021

Noss, R. F., Cartwright, J. M., Estes, D., Witsell, T., Elliott, G., Adams, D., Albrecht, M., Boyles, R., Comer, P., Doffitt, C., Faber-Langendoen, D., Hill, J., Hunter, W. C., Knapp, W. M., Marshall, M. E., Singhurst, J., Tracey, C., Walck, J., Weakley, A. 2021. Improving species status assessments under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and implications for multispecies conservation challenges worldwide. Conservation Biology 35(187):1715-1724.

2021

Hill, J., 2021. Science Needs of Southeastern Grassland Species of Conservation Concern: A Framework for Species Status Assessments. U.S. Geological Survey 2021–1047:58.

2021

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J., Brown, R. L. 2021. An Annotated List of the Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Mississippi. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 147(1):133-155.

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2020

Hill, J. G. 2020. A new species of Melanoplus (Orthoptera: Acrdidae) from the Cumberland Plateau fo Tennessee, USA. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146(1):221-230.

2020

Hill, J. G. 2020. Paraphyletic species no more – genomic data resolve a Pleistocene radiation and validate morphological species of the Melanoplus scudderi complex (Insecta: Orthoptera) . Systematic Entomology.

2019

Seltzer, J. L., Hill, J. 2019. The first detection of Metamasius hemipterus (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Coastal Mississippi, USA. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 145(3):407-412.

2019

Hill, J., Barton, B. T. 2019. Grasshopper consumption by grey wolves and implications for ecosystems. Ecology

2019

Hill, J., 2019. Survey of the woody flora of the William L. Giles Bur Oak Preserve, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Castanea

2018

Hill, J. G., Seltzer, J. L., Hendon, A. G., Bartlett, C. 2018. First Report of the American Palm Cixiid (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) from Mississippi, USA. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 144(3):593-597.

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2018

Sanders, J. L., Seltzer, J. L., Hill, J. 2018. Mississippi Bug Blues: An Outreach Program of the Mississippi Entomological Museum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 144(2):430-435.

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2017

Hill, J., 2017. First Report of the Dark Rover Ant, Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from Tennessee. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:517-520.

2017

Hill, J., 2017. Preliminary Survey of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of the Big Thicket Region of Texas.

2017

Hill , J. G. 2017. Melanoplus nossi Hill (Orthoptera: Acrididade): a grasshopper endemic to the North American Coastal Plain?. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143(4):973-983.

2017

Marshall, C., Riffell, S. K., Miller, D., Hill, J., Evans, K., Rush, S. A. 2017. Bird response to intercropping switchgrass within loblolly pine plantations. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(4):659-665.

2017

MacGown, J., Hill, J., Whitehouse, R. J. 2017. A list of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected during the 2017 William. H. Cross Expedition to the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas with New State Records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143(4):735-739.

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2017

Fenner, J. L., Seltzer, J. L., Hill, J. G., Counterman, B. 2017. Demographic Variation of Wolbachia Infection in the Endangered Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly. Insects

2017

Marshall, C., Riffell, S. K., Rush, S. A., Hill, J., Evans, K. 2017. Switchgrass cultivation within loblolly pine plantations influences invertebrate community composition and resource use. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143(2):189-197.

2016

Monroe, A. p., Hill, J. G., Martin, J. A. 2016. Arthropod response to native warm-season grass conversion and exotic grass spread. Submitted to Restoration Ecology. Restoration Ecology

2015

Woller, D. A., Hill, J. G. 2015. Melanoplus foxi Hebard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae): recently rediscovered after almost 60 years using historical field notes. . Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141:545-574.

2015

Hill, J. G. 2015. Melanoplus billyharrisi, a replacement name for the junior homonym Melanoplus harrisi (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141(1):26.

2015

Hill, J. G. 2015. Revision and biogeography of the Melanoplus scudderi species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with a description of 21 new species and establishment of the Carnegiei and Davisi species group. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 141:252-350.

2015

Hill, J. G. 2015. The ant fauna of the Big Thicket Region of Texas. MidSouth Entomologist 8:24-34.

2014

Hill, J., 2014. Biological Notes on Some Species of the Melanoplus tribulus Species Group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) from the Southeastern United States with a Description of Two New Species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 140:1–16.

2013

Hill, J., 2013. Noteworthy Collections of Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) From Five Southeastern States.

2012

MacGown, J. A., Wetterer, J. K., Hill, J. 2012. Geographic spread of Strumigenys silvestrii (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini). Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 5(3-4):213–222.

2012

Hill, J., 2012. Habitat associations of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the heterogeneous cedar glade landscape of the Central Basin of Tennessee. Journal of Orthoptera Research 21(2):227–233.

2012

Hill, J., Goddard, J. 2012. Medical and veterinary importance of grasshoppers, katydids, and crickets (Hexapoda: Orthoptera). Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 56(2/3):172–177.

2012

Hill, J., 2012. The Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Fauna of the Cedar Glades and Xeric Limestone Prairies of the Central Basin of Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 87(3).

2011

Hill, J., Dakin, M. 2011. An annotated List of the Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Romaleidae) of the Southeastern United States. Midsouth Entomologist 4(2):39–48.

2011

MacGown, J., Hill, J., Skvarla, M. 2011. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Arkansas with a synopsis of previous records. Midsouth Entomologist 4(2):29–38.

2011

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G., Skvarla, M. 2011. New Records of Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Arkansas with a Synopsis of Previous Records [pdf].

2011

Majure, L. C., Hill, J., Doffitt, C., Majure, T. C. 2011. The Vascular Flora of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, USA. Rhodora 113(956):365–418.

2010

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G. 2010. A new species of Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Mississippi, USA. Florida Entomologist 93(4):571–576.

2010

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G., Brown, R. L. 2010. Dispersal of the exotic Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the United States. Proceedings: Imported Fire Ant Conference

2010

Hill, J., Brown, R. L. 2010. The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna of Black Belt prairie remnants in Alabama and Mississippi. Southeastern Naturalist 9(1):73–84.

2010

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G. 2010. Two new exotic pest ants, Pseudomyrmex gracilis and Monomorium floricola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected in Mississippi. Midsouth Entomol 3:106–109.

2009

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G., Deyrup, M., others, . 2009. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the little Ohoopee River Dunes, Emanuel County, Georgia. Journal of Entomological Science 44(3):193–197.

2009

Hill, J., Stone, W. D., Seltzer, J. L. 2009. Description of an Upland Oak-Hickory Forest in the Black Belt from Osborn Prairie, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. Volume 54 April-July 2009 Number 2 54(2):157.

2009

Hill, J., 2009. First report of the eastern ant cricket, Myrmecophilus pergandei Bruner,(Orthoptera: Mymecophilidae), collected from an imported fire ant colony, Solenopsis invicta$$ richteri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research 18(1):57–58.

2009

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G. 2009. Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new exotic ant in Mississippi. Miss. Acad. Sci 54:172–174.

2009

Hill, J., 2009. The grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) fauna of sand dunes along the Little Ohoopee River, Emanuel County, Georgia, USA. Journal of Orthoptera Research 18(1):29–35.

2008

Hill, J., Summerville, K. S., Brown, R. L. 2008. Habitat associations of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a heterogeneous Mississippi landscape. Environmental Entomology 37(2):453–463.

2008

Hill, J., 2008. New State Record And Northern Range Extension Of Sticthippus californicus (Scudder)(Orthoptera: Acrididae) From Oregon, USA. Entomological News 119(3):298–298.

2008

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G., Majure, L. C., Seltzer, J. L. 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.

2007

Hill, J., Seltzer, J. 2007. A note on additional plants found at Sixteenth Section (Osborn) Prairie. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 52:295–96.

2007

MacGown, J. A., Hill, J. G., Deyrup, M. A. 2007. Brachymyrmex patagonicus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an emerging pest species in the southeastern United States. Florida Entomologist 90(3):457–464.

2007

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

2007

Barone, J. A., Hill, J. 2007. Herbaceous flora of blackland prairie remnants in Mississippi and western Alabama. Castanea 72(4):226–234.

2007

Hill, J., 2007. The grasshopper (Orthoptera: Romaleidae: Acrididae) fauna of Black Belt Prairie remnants in Alabama and Mississippi. Journal of Orthoptera Research 16(2):139–144.

2007

Hill, J., 2007. The Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of the Bibb County Glades, Alabama.

2006

Hill, J., 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.

2006

Hill, J., 2006. First report of the exotic ant, Pheidole obscurithorax Naves (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), attacking a hatchling chicken. Journal of entomological science

2006

Hill, J., Brown, B. V. 2006. New records of the rarely collected ant-decapitating fly Apocephalus tenuipes Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Southeastern Naturalist 5(2):367–368.

2006

MacGown, J. A. 2006. The Eastern Ant Cricket, Myrmecophilus Pergandei Bruner (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae), Reported From Mississippi, USA. 177 Corrections to Denitrification Measurements in Och and Milburn (2003), with Revised View of the Importance of Denitrification to N-Loss from Agricultural Soils of the Mississippi Delta-Clifford 51(3):180.

2006

Hill, J., 2006. The First Record of the Green Stinkbug Chlorochroa persimilis Horvath (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Alabama. Marginelia Insecta 1:2.

2005

Hill, J., 2005. A study of envrionmental variables affecting ant (Formicidae) community compostion in Mississippi’s blackland prairie and flatwoods regions. The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition

2005

MacGown, J. A., Brown, R. L., Hill, J. G. 2005. An annotated list of the Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini) of Mississippi. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 78(3):285–289.

2005

Hill, J., 2005. Disjunct distributions of Pseudopomala brachyptera and Campylacantha olivacea (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the Blackland Prairies of Mississippi, USA. Entomological news 116(3):127.

2005

MacGown, J., Brown, R. L., Hill, J. 2005. JOURNAL or THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 78 (3), 2005, Pp-285—289 An Annotated List of the Pyramica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dacetini) of Mississippi.

2005

Hill, J., Brown, R. 2005. The first record of the genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Mississippi. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 5:120.

2004

Hill, J., 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.

Extension Publications

Year Publications
2021

MacGown, J. A., Brown, R. L., Hill, J. 2021. Exotic Ants of Mississippi. Mississippi State Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

Graduate Students

  • Phillip Barlow
  • Zach Brown
  • Brady Dunaway

Awards & Honors

  • Diversity award
    Mississippi State University College of Ag and Life Science
  • Research Associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
    Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
  • 1st place Ph.D. student Poster
    Mississippi Entomologica Association
  • Mississippi Entomological Association Scholarship
    Mississippi Entomologica Association
  • Excellence in Research Award
    Mississippi State University
  • Merritt Lyndon Fernald Award
    New England Botanical Club
  • Pat and Linda Harris Scholarship
    Mississippi Entomologica Association
  • Outstanding Book
    Mississippi Chapter of the Wildlife Society
  • Pat and Linda Harris Scholarship
    Mississippi Entomologica Association

Society Memberships

  • International Betta Congress
  • Mississippi Entomological Association
  • Mississippi Farm Bureau
  • Mississippi Native Plant Society
  • The American Entomological Society
  • The Entomological Society of America
  • The Orthopterists' Society