A. Yu. Solodovnikov

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

(last updated: July, 2006)

 

Papers In Peer Reviewed Journals

 

Published:

 

1. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1994. Malachiid-beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) fauna of the North-Western Caucasus. Entomologicheskoje Obozrenie. 73 (3): 666-681 [in Russian].

 

2. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1996. New and little-known species of the genus Othius Stephens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) fauna of the Caucasus. Entomologicheskoje Obozrenie. 75(2): 294-302 [in Russian, but also translated into English in Entomol. Rev. 1996. 76(3): 342-349].

 

3. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1997. Staphylinid-beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the North-Western Caucasus. Abstracts of thesis…Ph. D. degree. St.Petersburg. 16p. [in Russian].

 

4. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1998a. Fauna of staphylinids (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the North-Western Caucasus. Subfamilies Staphylininae, Xantholininae, Paederinae, Steninae and Oxyporinae. Entomologicheskoje Obozrenie. 77 (2): 331-354 [in Russian].

 

5. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1998b. To the taxonomy, distribution and ecology of little-known staphylinid beetles fauna of the Caucasus. Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta. Seria 3, vyp. 3: 13-20. [in Russian].

 

6. Assing, V. & A.Yu. Solodovnikov. 1998. Three new species of Othius Stephens from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Stahylinidae: Xantholininae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 7: 299-305.

 

7. Solodovnikov A.Yu. 2000a. New and little-known species of the genus Ocypus Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 9: 313-323.

 

8. Solodovnikov, A.Yu.  2000b. On the Othius Stephens in the fauna of the Caucasus and Northeastern Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholininae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 9: 324-328.

 

9. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. & H. Schillhammer. 2000. Bisnius speculicollis sp.n., a new nidicolous rove beetle from the Western Caucasus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomological Problems. 31(2): 165-170. Abstract.

 

10. Solodovnikov, A.Yu.  2001a.  Revision of the little-known apterous Paederinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from “Circassia” (North-Western Caucasus), with description of Lathrobium (Lobrathium) bettae sp.n. Russian Entomological Journal. 10 (1): 1-11.

 

11. Solodovnikov, A.Yu.  2001b.  A remarkable pair of syntopic nidicolous sibling species of Quedius Stephens, 1829 from the Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Russian Entomological Journal. 11(3): 265-272.

 

12. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. & P. Štourač. 2001. Redescription, new synonym, and revised distribution of Quedius (Raphirus) kirklarensis from Northern Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Entomological Problems. 32(2): 133-137. Abstract.

 

13. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. 2002. Taxonomy and faunistics of some species of Quedius Stephens, 1829 from the Caucasus and Asia Minor (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 72: 137-158.

 

14. Goreslavets, I.N., A.Yu. Solodovnikov, M.Yu. Gildenkov & K.A. Grebennikov. 2002.  Fauna and bionomics of the rove-beetles of Samara Region in European Russia. Subfamilies Omaliinae, Proteininae, Tachyporinae, Habrocerinae, Oxytelinae, Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euasthetinae, Paederinae and Staphylininae. Entomologicheskoje Obozrenie. 81(2): 343-355 [in Russian].

 

15. Belskaya, E.A. & A.Yu. Solodovnikov. 2003. Impact of pyrethrum insecticide DECIS on the populations of rove-beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Agrohimia. 6: 53-58 [in Russian].

 

16. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. 2004. Taxonomy and faunistics of some West Palaearctic Quedius Stephens subgenus Raphirus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 74: 221-243.

 

17. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. 2004. A new species of Quetarsius Smetana from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): first record of the genus from the Asian mainland. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (4): 657-660. Abstract.

 

18. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. & A. Kleeberg. 2004. Two new species and new records of Quedius from Nepal (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Beiträge zur Entomologie. 54 (2): 357-364.

 

19. Solodovnikov, A.Yu., V.G. Knysh. 2004. On the complexes of rove-beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae and Paederinae) of the fruit orchards and elements of adjacent landscapes in the north-western Ciscaucasia. Euroasian Entomological Journal. 3 (2): 129-138 [in Russian].

 

20. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. 2005. New and little known species of Quedius from West Palaearctic (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa. 902: 1-13.

 

21. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. A new species of Stenus (s. str.) from the western Caucasus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 4(3): 221-222.

 

22. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. 2005. Natalignathus gen. nov., and larvae of Atanygnathus: a missing phylogenetic link between subtribes Quediina and Tanygnathinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Invertebrate Systematics. 19: 75-98. Abstract.

 

23. Solodovnikov, A. Yu. & K. Grebennikov. 2005. Revision of Physetops Mannerheim, 1830, a monotypic genus with the polymorphic species P. tataricus (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zoologische Reihe. 81(1): 67-80. Abstract.

 

24. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. & A.F. Newton. 2005. Phylogenetic placement of Arrowinini trib. n. within the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision of the relict South African genus Arrowinus and description of its larva. Systematic Entomology. 30(3): 398-441.

 

25. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 2006. Adult and larval descriptions of a new termitophilous genus of the tribe Staphylinini with two species from South America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. 77: 274-283.

 

In press:

 

26. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. Larval chaetotaxy of Coleoptera (Insecta) as a tool for evolutionary research and systematics: less confusion, more clarity. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research [in press; accepted].

 

27. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of Afroquedius gen. nov. from South Africa: toward new concepts of the genus Quedius, subtribe Quediina and reclassification of the tribe Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). [in press; submitted].

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS OF PRESENTATIONS

 

28. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1992. Mating behaviour of Malachius geniculatus Germ. (Coleoptera,       Malachiidae).  Progress of Entomology in USSR. X Meeting of Entomological  Society of USSR. Abstracts of presentations. Leningrad. P. 231 [in Russian].

 

29. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1998a. Zoogeographical survey of the staphylinomorphid Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) fauna of the North-Western Caucasus. Book of Abstracts, VI European Congress of Entomology (Brunnhofer V. & Soldan T. eds.), Českĕ Budéjovice, August 23-29: 350-351.

 

30. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 1998b. Patterns of vertical distribution of Staphylinidae beetles in the mountains of the North-Western Caucasus. Problems of Entomology in Russia. XI Meeting of Russian Entomological Society. Abstracts of presentations. St.Petersburg. Vol.II: 130-131 [in Russian].

 

31. Solodovnikov, A.Yu., K.A. Grebennikov. 2002. On the intraspecific variability and taxonomic structure of the genus Physetops Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). XII Meeting of Russian Entomological Society. Abstracts of presentations. St.Petersburg: 327-328 [in Russian].

 

32. Solodovnikov, A.Yu., A.F. Newton, 2004. The relict South African rove beetle genus Arrowinus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a phylogenetic puzzle resolved. Southern Temperate Ecosystems and Biota: Contributions towards a global synthesis TOWARDS A SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVE. Program and abstracts of the IV Southern Connections Conference, 19-23 January 2004. University of Cape Town, South Africa: 19.

 

33. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 2004. A new genus and the larvae of Tanygnathinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini). XXII International Congress of Entomology, 15-21 August 2004, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Abstracts of presentations. [On CD]

 
 
Internet publications and resources

 

34. Solodovnikov, A.Yu. 2003. Beetle family Staphylinidae. Brief essay on Staphylinidae at the “Beetles and Coleopterologists” web site. St. Petersburg: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. URL: http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/rus/staph3/ [in Russian].

 

35. Thayer, M. K., A. F. Newton, A. Yu. Solodovnikov, & D. J. Clarke. 2003-. Austral Staphylinidae web site, including Staphyliniformia databases.  Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History [last updated September 2005].  URL: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/