Margaret K. Thayer – Publications

24 July 2006

 

Thayer, M. K.

1978

Redescription of Xenicopoda Moore and Legner (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) with supplementary notes.  Psyche 84: 142-149.[1977]

Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton, Jr.

1979

Revision of the south temperate genus Glypholoma Jeannel, with four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae).  Psyche 85: 25-63.[1978]

Thayer, M. K.

1985 

Micralymma marinum (Stroem) in North America: biological notes and new distributional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).  Psyche 92: 49-55.

1985

Revision of the austral genus Metacorneolabium and studies in the systematics and biogeography of omaliine Staphylinidae (Coleoptera).  Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  289 pp.

1985 

Revision, phylogeny, and biogeography of the austral genus Metacorneolabium Steel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), pp. 113-179.  In: Ball, G. E., ed., Taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography of beetles and ants.  Series Entomologica 33.  W. Junk, Dordrecht.  xiv + 514 pp.

1985

The larva of Brathinus nitidus LeConte and the systematic position of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).  Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 174-184.

Thayer, M. K.

1987 

Biology and phylogenetic relationships of Neophonus bruchi, an anomalous south Andean staphylinid (Coleoptera).  Systematic Entomology 12: 389-404.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer.

1988 

A critique on Naomi's phylogeny and higher classification of Staphylinidae and allies (Coleoptera).  Entomologia Generalis 14: 63-72.

1988.

Pselaphidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): the 'missing link' discovered?  Proceedings XVIII International Congress of Entomology (Vancouver, BC, July 1988) p. 50 [abstract].

Thayer, M. K.

1988

The promise of larval chaetotaxy for phylogenetic studies of Omaliinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).  Proceedings XVIII International Congress of Entomology (Vancouver, BC, July 1988) p. 50

Thayer, M. K.

1989 

Comment on the proposed conservation of Coryphium angusticolle Stephens, 1834 (Insecta, Coleoptera).  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46: 44.

1989 

Coryphium Stephens, Subhaida Hatch and Holoboreaphilus Campbell: first description of larval Coryphiini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Omaliinae).  Abstracts Volume, International Congress of Coleopterology (Barcelona, Spain, September 1989), p. 142.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer.

1990 

Book Review: Zanetti, A. 1987.  Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae. Fauna d'Italia 25, Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, xii + 472 pp.  Coleopterists Bulletin 44: 93-94.

1990 

Comment on the proposed placement of HYDROBIIDAE Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the Official List of Family-Group Names (Case 2699; see BZN 47: 104-109).  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47: 286-287.

Johnson, S. A., R. W. Lundgren, A. F. Newton Jr., M. K. Thayer, R. L. Wenzel & M. R. Wenzel.

1992 

Mazur's World Catalog of Histeridae:  emendations, replacement names for homonyms, and an index.  Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 61 (2): 1-100.[1991]

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer.

1992 

Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera).  Fieldiana: Zoology, N.S. No. 67: 1-92.

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, & C. W. Sabrosky.

1992 

Case 2786.  TACHINIDAE Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and TACHINIDAE Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy, and TACHYPORIDAE MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over TACHINUSIDAE Fleming, 1821.  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 122-126.

Thayer, M. K.

1992 

Case 2764.  Acrolocha Thomson, 1858 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation, and Coprophilus Latreille, 1829: proposed designation of Staphylinus striatulus Fabricius, 1792 as the type species.  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 22-27.

1992 

Discovery of sexual wing dimorphism in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera):  "Omalium" flavidum, and a discussion of wing dimorphism in insects.  Journal of the New York Entomological Society 100: 540-573.

Thayer, M. K., A. F. Newton, Jr., & T. Pape.

1992 

Case 2793.  METOPIINAE Foerster, 1868 (Insecta, Hymenoptera), METOPIINI Raffray, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and METOPIINI Townsend, 1908 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy.  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 200-204.

Thayer, M. K.

1993 

Osellia Zanetti a junior synonym of Orochares Kraatz, with a checklist of Orochares species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae).  Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 285-287.

Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton, Jr.

1994 

New product review:  Lawrence, J. et al., 1993, Beetle larvae of the world; CSIRO Publications, East Melbourne, Victoria; CD-ROM + 52 pp.  Mola 3: 6-7.[1993]

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer.

1995 

Comment on the proposed conservation of Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) as the correct original spelling, and the placement of Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter, 1877 (1859) on the Official List (Case 2918; see BZN 52: 44-47).  Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52: 264-266.

1995

Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera), pp. 219-320.  In: J. Pakaluk and S. A. Slipinski (eds.).  Biology, phylogeny and classification of Coleoptera:  Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson.  Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.  x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols.

Klimaszewski, J., A. F. Newton, Jr., & M. K. Thayer.

1996 

A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 23: 143-160.

Thayer, M. K.

1997 

Proglypholoma aenigma gen. et sp. nov., Glypholoma spp. nov. and new records, and a phylogenetic analysis of Glypholomatinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).  Annales Zoologici 47: 157-174.

Ballard, J. W. O., M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, & E. R. Grismer.

1998

Data sets, partitions, and characters: Philosophies and procedures for analyzing multiple data sets.    Systematic Biology 47: 367-396. Available online.

Newton, A. F., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, & D. S. Chandler.

2000 

Family 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 272-418.  In: Arnett, R. H., Jr. and M. C. Thomas, eds., American Beetles,  Volume 1, Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.  xv + 443 pp. [2001] Corrections available online.

Thayer, M. K.

2000 

Glypholoma larvae at last: phylogenetic implications for basal Staphylinidae? (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Glypholomatinae).  Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 741-754.  Available online.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, & D. S. Chandler.

2002 

Guía ilustrada de los géneros de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de México -- Illustrated Guide to the Genera of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico.  Universidad de Guadalajara y CONABIO, México, D. F. xii + 401 pp.

Thayer, M. K. & J. F. Lawrence.

2002 

Family 98. Ciidae, Leach in Samouelle, 1819, pp. 403-412.  In: Arnett, R. H., Jr.,   M. C. Thomas, , P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., American Beetles,  Volume 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.  xiv + 861 pp.

Betz, O., M. K. Thayer, & A. F. Newton.

2003 

Comparative morphology and evolutionary pathways of the mouthparts in spore-feeding Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera).  Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 84: 179-238, available online; supplemental figures free online

Peck, S. B. & M. K. Thayer.

2003 

The cave-inhabiting rove beetles of the United States (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae; excluding Aleocharinae and Pselaphinae): Diversity and distributions.  Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65(1): 3-8, 12 pp. Free online, also free online Appendix

Thayer, M. K.

2003 

Omaliinae of México:  New species, combinations, and records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)  Memoirs on Entomology, International 17: 311-358.

Thayer, M. K., J. S. Ashe, & R. S. Hanley.

2004  

Discovery of the remarkable larvae of Hoplandriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97: 624-634.  Available free here or free online through ESA

Thayer, M. K. and F. F. Purrington.

2004

Bledius beattyi Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae:  Oxytelinae), new to the United States and co-occurrences of some Bledius Leach and Dyschiriodes Jeannel (Coleoptera:  Carabidae:  Scaritinae) species in south Florida. Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 439-442. Available online

Thayer, M. K. and A. F. Newton.

2004

Southern Beetle Quest.  In The Field [Field Museum membership magazine], Summer 2004: 18-19.

Macnamara, P. (paintings), text by J. H. Boone, P. Z. Goldstein, C. Grinter, J. E. Louderman, A. F. Newton, P. P. Parrillo, M. B. Prondzinski, M. K. Thayer, P. Sierwald, D. A. Summers, & J. A. Wagner.

2005

Illinois Insects and Spiders. University of Chicago Press in association with The Field Museum, Chicago and London.  xv + 118 pp. incl. 28 color plates.  [popular book] http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/154890.ctl

Thayer, M. K.

2005

11. Staphylinoidea. 11.7. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 296-344.  In: Coleoptera, Vol. I. Morphology and Systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 2. Arthropoda: Insecta (ed. by Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G., vol. ed. by Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B.). De Gruyter, Berlin, New York. http://www.degruyter.com/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110171309-1&l=E

 

 

 

 

Internet publications or resources

 

Thayer, M. K.

1997-8

Chief content specialist for Field Museum’s Butterfly web pages: http://www.fmnh.org./butterfly/default.htm

Thayer, M. K.

2001–

Personal research web pages.  http://tinyurl.com/4g4zz  or http://fm1.fmnh.org/aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=thayer

Thayer, M. K., A. F. Newton, A. Yu. Solodovnikov, and D. J. Clarke.

2003–

Austral Staphylinidae web site, including Staphyliniformia databases:  URL: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/  [last updated September 2005]

Newton, A. F. and M. K. Thayer.

2003–

Catalog of higher taxa of Staphyliniformia and genera and subgenera of Staphylinoidea [online]. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History [last updated 27 August 2005]. Available from: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/db_1a.html

2003–

Catalog of austral species of Staphylinidae and other Staphylinoidea [online]. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History [last updated 27 August 2005]. Available from: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/db_1b.html

2003–

Bibliography supporting catalogs of Staphyliniformia family-, genus- and species-group names [online]. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History [last updated 27 August 2005]. Available from: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/db_1d.html

Thayer M. K. and A. F. Newton.

2003–

Summary of distributions of austral species of Staphylinidae and some related families of Staphylinoidea [downloadable pdf files]. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 306 pp. [last generated 27 August 2005]. Available from: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/peet_staph/db_1c.html