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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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A Century of Shope Papillomavirus in Museum Rabbit Specimens
(Public Library of Science, 2015-07-06)Sylvilagus floridanus Papillomavirus (SfPV) causes growth of large horn-like tumors on rabbits. SfPV was described in cottontail rabbits (probably Sylvilagus floridanus) from Kansas and Iowa by Richard Shope in 1933, and ... -
No need to replace an “anomalous” primate (Primates) with an “anomalous” bear (Carnivora, Ursidae)
(Pensoft publishers, 2015-03-16)By means of mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequencing of putative “yeti”, “bigfoot”, and other “anomalous primate” hair samples, a recent study concluded that two samples, presented as from the Himalayas, do not belong to an ... -
Biodiversity Governance: A Tower of Babel of Scales and Cultures
(Public Library of Science, 2015-03-12)The recently created Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), originally focused on multilateral and global issues, is shifting its focus to address local issues and to include in its ... -
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Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology
(Public Library of Science, 2015-05-27)Fluorescence using ultraviolet (UV) light has seen increased use as a tool in paleontology over the last decade. Laser-stimulated fluorescence (LSF) is a next generation technique that is emerging as a way to fluoresce ... -
Journal of Melittology: First year ‘abuzz’
(University of Kansas, 2014-01-18)The Journal of Melittology celebrates its first year of activity. In total 26 articles were published comprising 243 pages, and including accounts historical and biographical interest, biological and biogeographic notes, ... -
Recent advances in the climate change biology literature: describing the whole elephant
(Royal Meteorological Society, 2010-06-11)Climate change biology is seeing a wave of new contributions, which are reviewed herein. Contributions treat shifts in phenology and distribution, and both document past and forecast future effects. However, many of the ... -
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 ... -
New genera and subgenera of augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae).
(Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, 1997-12-17)Two new augochlorine genera, Chlerogelloides and Xenochlora, and three new subgenera, Megalopta (Noctoraptor), Megommation (Stilbochlora), and Megommation (Cleptommation), are described and figured. Three new combinations ... -
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 ... -
Wing Shape of Four New Bee Fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Provides Insights to Bee Evolution
(Public Library of Science, 2014-10-29)Bees (Anthophila) are one of the major groups of angiosperm-pollinating insects and accordingly are widely studied in both basic and applied research, for which it is essential to have a clear understanding of their ... -
An orchid bee of the genus Eulaema in Early Miocene Mexican amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-20)The first fossil orchid bee from Early Miocene Mexican amber is described and figured. Eulaema (Apeulaema) zigrasi Engel, new species, represents the first non-meliponine bee fossil documented from Mexican amber as well ... -
Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), Part IV: A new species from southwestern Colombia
(University of Kansas, 2014-05-29)A new species of the diverse augochlorine bee genus Chlerogella Michener (Halictinae: Augochlorini) is described and figured from southwestern Colombia. Chlerogella anchicaya Engel, Gonzalez, & Hinojosa-Díaz, new species, ... -
Meeting Report: GBIF hackathon-workshop on Darwin Core and sample data (22-24 May 2013)
(Genomic Standards Consortium, 2014-01-20)The workshop-hackathon was convened by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) at its secretariat in Copenhagen over 22-24 May 2013 with additional support from several projects (RCN4GSC, EAGER, VertNet, BiSciCol, ... -
A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Thyreus from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-07-23)A new species of cleptoparasitic bee of the genus Thyreus Panzer (Apinae: Melectini) is described and figured from northern Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia. Thyreus shebicus Engel, sp. n. is a relatively small species ... -
First record of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2014-09-26)The cleptoparasitic bee genus Sphecodes Latreille (Halictinae: Halictini) is recorded from Puerto Rico for the first time. Sphecodes (Austrosphecodes) tainoi Engel was previously known from western Cuba but is here recorded ... -
A new species of Ptiloglossa from Mexico, with new records of Ptiloglossa cyaniventris from Panama and Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
(University of Kansas, 2014-06-30)A new bee species of the genus Ptiloglossa Smith (Colletidae: Diphaglossinae: Caupolicanini) is described and figured from Jalisco, Mexico, while new records are provided for Ptiloglossa cyaniventris Friese from Panama and ... -
A diminutive pelecinid wasp from the Eocene Kishenehn Formation of northwestern Montana (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)
(University of Kansas, 2014-07-01)A new genus and species of pelecinid wasp (Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) is described and figured from a single male preserved in oil shale from the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation of northwestern Montana. Phasmatopelecinus ... -
A new stingless bee species of the genus Nogueirapis from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2014-08-26)A new stingless bee species of the genus Nogueirapis Moure (Apinae: Meliponini) is described and figured. Nogueirapis costaricana Ayala & Engel, new species, is distinguished from its congeners, particularly N. mirandula ...