Tag Archives: taxonomy

A plea for comments on ICZN Case 3769

Posted on January 7, 2019 by

The latest issue of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature contains Case 3769 (Bílý et al. 2018), in which my coauthors and I ask the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to declare the privately published pamphlet “Procrustomachia” as an unavailable work for nomenclatural purposes. … Continue reading →

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Cicindela scutellaris flavoviridis (chartreuse tiger beetle)

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

In previous posts I have discussed some Texas subspecies of Cicindela scutellaris (festive tiger beetle) and C. formosa (big sand tiger beetle)—two widespread and geographically variable species that occur broadly across eastern North America and that segregate into several distinctive and geographically restricted … Continue reading →

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North America’s most “extreme” jewel beetle

Posted on December 11, 2015 by

When Chuck Bellamy passed away two years ago, he left behind a remarkable legacy of study on the family Buprestidae (jewel beetles) that includes not only his insect collection—surely one of the best in the world in terms of representation of genera and species … Continue reading →

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Insect Identifications and Etiquette

Posted on November 26, 2015 by

I’ve been a student of insects for most of my life, and of the many aspects of entomology that interest me, field collecting and identification remain the most enjoyable. My interest in beetles first began to gel during my days at … Continue reading →

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A suitable ode to Warren Knaus

Posted on October 29, 2015 by

Last June Jeff Huether and I made a trip out to a system of sand the dunes just south of Medora, Kansas. These dunes have been a popular historical collecting site since the late 1800s, when Warren Knaus first called attention to … Continue reading →

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The best species name ever!

Posted on October 21, 2015 by

This past February while traveling to see research plots in Argentina, I had the pleasure of accompanying colleague and scarab expert Federico Ocampo to San Juan Province in west-central Argentina to see some of the endemic scarabs that live in the sand dunes that … Continue reading →

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Spring beetles on Coreopsis flowers

Posted on July 24, 2015 by

Each spring the Entomology Group of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society takes a field trip to one of the many natural areas outside of the St. Louis area. This year the destination was Hughes Mountain Natural Area, about 75 … Continue reading →

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