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Eugenio H. Nearns, usually known as Gino Nearns, is an entomologist and Coleoptera national specialist with APHIS/PPQ's National Identification Services (NIS). He was previously the Collections Manager at the Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC), Department of Entomology, Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN, USA), and a USDA postdoctoral researcher at the Systematic Entomology Lab, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, USA). Gino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and holds both US and Italian citizenships. He received a B.F.A. with honors from the University of Florida in 1996, an M.S. degree in entomology from the University of Florida in 2006, and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 2013. Gino is a member of several professional societies, including the Center for Systematic Entomology, the Coleopterists Society, the Entomological Collections Network (ECN), the Entomological Society of Washington, Entomological Society of America (ESA), and the Pacific Coast Entomological Society.

In the scientific community, Gino Nearns is best known for his work on longhorned wood boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and has authored or co-authored 40+ scientific papers (a complete list may be found on his website). Gino has travelled extensively on collecting expeditions and museum visits, including to Argentina, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Peru, and Zambia, and has discovered and formally described many new species (see list below). To date, 14 beetle species have been named in his honor by fellow scientists:

Family Cerambycidae
 * Elaphidion nearnsi Lingafelter, 2008
 * Glypthaga nearnsi Martins & Galileo, 2008
 * Psapharochrus nearnsi Martins & Galileo, 2010
 * Australodon nearnsi Escalona & Slipinski, 2011
 * Stenolis nearnsi Monné, 2011
 * Oncideres nearnsi Audureau, 2012
 * Aesa nearnsi Komiya & Drumont, 2013
 * Recchia nearnsi Galileo et al., 2015
 * Malacoscylus nearnsi Monné & Monné, 2015
 * Tigrinestola nearnsi Heffern & Santos-Silva, 2017
 * Eclipta nearnsi Wappes & Santos-Silva, 2017

Family Disteniidae
 * Cometes nearnsi Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007
 * Elytrimitatrix nearnsi Santos-Silva & Hovore, 2008

Family Tenebrionidae
 * Nesocyrtosoma nearnsi Hopp & Ivie, 2009

New species formally described by Gino Nearns and co-authors:
 * Plectromerus lingafelteri Micheli & Nearns, 2005
 * Plectromerus ramosi Micheli & Nearns, 2005
 * Plectromerus grimaldii Nearns & Branham, 2005
 * Plectromerus navassae Nearns & Steiner, 2006
 * Curius chemsaki Nearns & Ray, 2006
 * Atimiola rickstanleyi Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
 * Ataxia hovorei Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
 * Hormathus giesberti Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
 * Drycothea indistincta Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
 * Eburia pseudostigma Lingafelter & Nearns, 2007
 * Plectromerus giesberti Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus dezayasi Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus michelii Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus josephi Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus hovorei Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus morrisi Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus thomosi Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus turnbowi Nearns & Branham, 2008
 * Plectromerus roncavei Nearns & Miller, 2009
 * Hesycha tavakiliani Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Trestonia wappesi Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Neodillonia waltersi Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Monneoncideres cristata Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Tibiosioma martinsi Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Lesbates milleri Nearns & Swift, 2011
 * Touroultia lordi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Touroultia swifti Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Peritrox marcelae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Jamesia ramirezi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Trestoncideres santossilvai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Psyllotoxus dalensi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Psyllotoxus faurei Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Trestonia solangae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Lingafelteria giuglarisi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Cylicasta mariahelenae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2012
 * Oncideres aliciae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres barclayi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres bezarki Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres birai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres brunaplanazae Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres jodii Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Oncideres svachai Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
 * Eclipta birai Bezark et al., 2015
 * Prionus geminus Santos-Silva, Nearns, & Swift, 2016
 * Clavidesmus egeri Nearns & Santos-Silva, 2016
 * Oncideres tavakiliani Nearns & Santos-Silva, 2016