Scientific Papers: Recent submissions
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Upper Carboniferous Insects from the Pottsville Formation of Northern Alabama (Insecta: Ephemeropterida, Palaeodictyopterida, Odonatoptera)
(Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 2011-10-21)New Upper Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian, Westphalian A) insects are described from localities in the Pottsville Formation of northern Alabama (including the Union Chapel Mine). Five species are recorded in five palaeopterous ... -
Alloglossura, a new subgenus of the orchid bee genus Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a review of the included species
(Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 2012-11-12)With the availability of phylogenetic hypotheses for the orchid bee genus Euglossa Latreille (Apinae: Euglossini), the infrageneric classification for the genus is reconsidered. One of the major findings from phylogenetic ... -
A new species of the bee genus Eoanthidium with extraordinary male femoral organs from the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
(Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 2004-10-06)Eoanthidium (Eoanthidium) bakerorum, new species (Megachilidae: Anthidiini), is described and figured from individuals collected in Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The new species is distinguished from other Eoanthidium ... -
Male Genitalic Morphology of Orchid Bees of the Genus Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 2008-12-22)Orchid bees constitute an interesting group within the corbiculate clade, most noticeable for their appealing external features that are the basis for their classification, with almost no attention given to the diversity ... -
Geographic variation in size and coloration in the Turdus poliocephalus complex: A first review of species limits
(Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, 2007-09-12)Among the most dramatically variable of bird species under the traditional polytypic ‘biological' species concept is Turdus poliocephalus Latham 1801, which is distributed across parts of Southeast Asia and Oceania. This ... -
Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) in the cordillera occidental in Peru with descriptions of three new species
(Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas, 2007-06-21)Three new species of Eleutherodactylus are described from the Río Zaña Valley in the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occidental in the Departamento de Cajamarca, Peru. One of the species is a member of the Eleutherodactylus ...