Wheeler's research career has focused on the role of
species exploration and
natural history collections in the exploration and conservation of
biodiversity; theory and practice of
phylogenetic systematics and
cybertaxonomy; the evolution and classification of insects, especially
beetles; and public
science education. He has received a number of academic honors, including fellowships from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Linnean Society of London and Royal Entomological Society.[11] He has had three species of beetles named in his honor, such as Tonerus wheeleri,[12]Eleodes wheeleri,[13] and Agathisium wheeleri.[14]
He is the author of approximately 150 scientific articles and six books, including What on Earth? – 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. He has named more than 100 new species and writes a periodic column on new species for The Guardian newspaper in London.[3]
Key works
Articles
Among Wheeler's most highly cited articles are:[15]
Wheeler, Quentin D., and Meredith Blackwell, eds. 1984. Fungus-insect relationships: perspectives in ecology and evolution. New York: Columbia University Press.
ISBN978-0231056946
Novacek, Michael J., and Quentin Wheeler, eds. 1992. Extinction and phylogeny. New York: Columbia University Press.
ISBN978-0231074384
Wheeler, Quentin D., and Rudolf Meier, eds. 2000. Species concepts and phylogenetic theory: a debate. New York: Columbia University Press.
ISBN978-0231101431
Wheeler, Quentin D., eds. 2008. The New Taxonomy. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
ISBN978-0849390883
Knapp, Sandra, and Quentin D. Wheeler, eds. 2009. Letters to Linnaeus. London: Linnean Society of London.
ISBN978-0950620794
Wheeler, Quentin D., and Sara Pennak. 2013. What on Earth? 100 of our planet's most amazing new species. New York: Plume.
ISBN978-0452298149
Williams, David, Schmitt, Michael, and Quentin Wheeler, eds. 2016. "The future of phylogenetic systematics: The legacy of Willi Hennig". Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN978-1107117648
^Miller, Kelly B. (2009). "On the systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Hydradephaga): Phylogeny, description of a new tribe, genus and species, and survey of female genital morphology". Systematics and Biodiversity. 7 (2): 191–214.
doi:
10.1017/S1477200008002946.
S2CID55800126.
^Angelini, Fernando (1990). "New Species and Records of Agathidium from Malaysia (Malaya) and the Philippines (Coleoptera: Leiodidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 44 (3): 241–254.
JSTOR4008726.