Please read all information in the Taxonomic Support for Surveys (PDF) brochure and reach out to Patrick Haslem, PPQ National Preliminary ID Coordinator, or Darrell Bays, PPQ National Operations Manager for Pest Detection, for questions regarding taxonomic assistance and domestic identifiers.
| Patrick Haslem | (301) 851-2098 | patrick.haslem@usda.gov |
| Darrell Bays | (919) 500-9959 | darrell.a.bays@usda.gov |
Contact information for domestic identifiers is below. Once arrangements have been made with a domestic identifier, please follow all instructions in the Sample Submission Guidelines (PDF) brochure. In addition, before sending samples, please contact the domestic identifier for specific guidance on sample preparation and shipping.
Entomology
| Julieta Brambila | (352) 395-4792 | julieta.brambila@usda.gov | U.S. Postal Service CAPS Office. P.O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 UPS / FedEx |
| *Please always contact Julieta by email before sending packages. Please use an address depending on the package delivery service. | |||
| Bobby Brown | (765) 496-9673 | robert.c.brown@usda.gov | Department of Entomology, Purdue University Smith Hall, 901 W. State St. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2089 |
| Xanthe Shirley | (512) 383-2474 | xanthe.a.shirley@usda.gov | USDA APHIS PPQ 2771 F and B Road, Building 2, Room 105 College Station, TX 77845 |
| Joshua R. Jones, Ph.D. | Office: (504) 461-4230 Mobile: (504) 330-0823 | joshua.jones@usda.gov | USDA APHIS PPQ 924 Kenner Avenue, Suite #11 Kenner, Louisiana 70062 |
Plant Pathology
| Bliss Betzen | (785) 532-1349 | bliss.betzen@usda.gov | USDA-APHIS-PPQ Field Operations Department of Plant Pathology Kansas State University 1712 Claflin/4024 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 |