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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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A new species of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-10-29)A new species of the allodapine bee genus Braunsapis Michener (Allodapini: Allodapina) is described and figured from a series of females collected in the Central African Republic. Braunsapis maxschwarzi Engel, new species, ... -
A new species of Microsphecodes from Peru, with notes on the classification of the genus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-10-19)A new species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Microsphecodes Eickwort & Stage (Halictinae: Halictini) is described and figured from Amazonian Peru. Microsphecodes stenochorus Engel, new species, is closest to M. kathleenae ... -
A new species of Chiasmognathus from Kazakhstan (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-05-07)A new species of the ammobatine bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is described and figured from near Almaty, Kazakhstan. Chiasmognathus scythicus Engel & Packer, new species, is superficially similar ... -
A minute stingless bee in Eocene Fushan amber from northeastern China (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-07-29)The first fossil bee in Eocene amber of the Fushan Coalfield, Liaoning, China is described and figured. Exebotrigona velteni Engel & Michener, new genus and species (Apinae: Meliponini) is based on a stingless bee worker ... -
A male of the bee genus Agapostemon in Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
(University of Kansas, 2013-09-04)The first fossil species of the caenohalictine bee genus Agapostemon Guérin-Méneville (Halictinae: Caenohalictini:Agapostemonina) is described and figured from a single male preserved in EarlyMiocene (Burdigalian) amber ... -
First record of Chiasmognathus from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2013-10-25)The cleptoparasitic bee genus Chiasmognathus Engel (Nomadinae: Ammobatini) is recorded from Saudi Arabia for the first time. Chiasmognathus nearchus Engel was previously known from specimens collected in the United Arab ... -
Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera): Taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity
(SpringerOpen, 2013-05)The recently discovered definite giant fleas from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna and the Early Cretaceous Jehol fauna of northeastern China represent significant evidence for understanding ectoparasitism in the Mesozoic ... -
A new trap-jawed ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber
(Cambridge University Press, 2013-05-15)A new genus and species are described within the extinct tribe Haidomyrmecini, and tentatively placed within the subfamily Sphecomyrminae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Haidoterminus cippus new genus and species expands the ... -
Wasp mimicry among Palaeocene reduviid bug from Svalbard
(Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii, 2013)The enigmatic Svalbard Palaeocene fossil taxon Hymenopterites deperditus is revised, and is neither a wasp nor a plant seed, but turns out to be a bug hemelytra corresponding to the oldest described reduviid bug. It can ... -
A termite from the Late Oligocene of northern Ethiopia
(Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii, 2013)Termites of the family Stolotermitidae are a relict lineage of primitive Isoptera. The fossil record of Stolotermitidae is exceptionally poor, with only two Miocene (Neogene) species documented to date. Herein, a new genus ... -
A new genus of nemonychid weevil from Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
(Pensoft Publishing, 2014-04-28)The first fossil nemonychid (Nemonychidae) in Burmese amber, belonging to the subfamily Rhinorhynchinae, is described and figured as Burmonyx zigrasi Davis & Engel, gen. n. and sp. n. While this specimen also comprises the ... -
A new interpretation of the bee fossil Melitta willardi Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) based on geometric morphometrics of the wing
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-03-14)Although bees are one of the major lineages of pollinators and are today quite diverse, few well-preserved fossils are available from which to establish the tempo of their diversification/extinction since the Early Cretaceous. ... -
Integrating multi-origin expression data improves the resolution of deep phylogeny of ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
(Macmillan Publishers Limited, 2012-05-10)The actinopterygians comprise nearly one-half of all extant vertebrate species and are very important for human well-being. However, the phylogenetic relationships among certain groups within the actinopterygians are still ... -
Description of Oculogryphus shuensis sp. n. (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), the first species of the genus in the Sino-Japanese realm, with a modified key to the subfamily Ototretinae
(Pensoft Publishers, 2014-02-06)A new species of the lampyrid genus Oculogryphus Jeng, Engel, and Yang, O. shuensis sp. n. from China (Sichuan Province) is described and figured. The genus previously was known only from Vietnam, and the new species is ... -
New species of the Eastern Hemisphere genera Afroheriades and Noteriades (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae), with keys to species of the former
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-11-23)New species of the rarely encountered megachilid genera Afroheriades Peters from South Africa, Afroheriades hyalinus sp. n., and Noteriades Cockerell from Myanmar and Thailand, Noteriades jenniferae sp. n. and Noteriades ... -
Leioproctus rosellae sp. n., the first record of the genus from northern South America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-28)Leioproctus Smith is a diverse colletine genus found in the Australian region and primarily temperate areas of South America. A new species of Leioproctus subgenus Perditomorpha Ashmead, Leioproctus rosellae Gonzalez, sp. ... -
Nobloedischia rasnitsyni, a new genus and species of Oedischiidae (Orthoptera) from the Lower Permian Wellington Formation of Oklahoma, USA
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-09-24)Nobloedischia rasnitsyni gen. et sp. n. (Oedischiidae) is described from the Lower Permian Wellington Formation of Noble County, Oklahoma. The genus is similar to both Petrelcana (Oedischiidae: Mezenoedischiinae) and ... -
New earthworm species of the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867 from Thailand (Clitellata, Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-04-14)Four new species of terrestrial earthworms from the zebrus-group in the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867, are described from Nan province, north Thailand: Amynthas phatubensis sp. n., from Tham Pha Tub Arboretum, Amynthas ... -
Evolution, Systematics, and Phylogeography of Pleistocene Horses in the New World: A Molecular Perspective
(Public Library of Science, 2005-06-28)The rich fossil record of horses has made them a classic example of evolutionary processes. However, while the overall picture of equid evolution is well known, the details are surprisingly poorly understood, especially ... -
Webspinners in Early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta, Embiodea)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2011-10-21)The family Scelembiidae (Neoembiodea: Embiomorpha: Archembioidea) is recorded from Asia for the first time, based on two individuals preserved in Early Eocene amber from the Cambay Basin, western India. Kumarembia hurleyi ...