The Phorid Genus Platyphora in America

The genus Dacne Latreille (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in tropical America

A new species of Dacne Latreille from Brazil, D. (Dacne) ducke, n. sp., and a new specimen of Dacne brodzinskyi Skelley (amber fossil) show characteristics presently unreported for the genus. Dacne ducke is the first member of the tribe Dacnini to be discovered in South America. A checklist of species and updates to an identification key for all known species are presented. 112 Volume 17, No. 1...

The genus Scelolyperus Crotch in North America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)

The genus Palaeagapetus Ulmer (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae, Ptilocolepinae) in North America.

The genus Palaeagapetus Ulmer (Trichoptera, Hydroptilidae, Ptilocolepinae) is revised in North America. Descriptions of the western species, P. nearcticus Banks 1938, are provided with the first descriptions of the female, pupa, larva, egg and case and with notes on food, habitat and annual life cycle. The male and female of the eastern species, P. celsus Ross 1936, are described or redescribed...

Freshwater Triclads (Turbellaria) of North America, IX: The Genus Sphalloplana

Kenk, Roman. Freshwater Triclads (Turbellaria) of North America, IX: The Genus Sphalloplana. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 246, 38 pages, 62 figures, 1 table.—A revision of the North American species of the genus Sphalloplana is presented. Apart from the nine species already known (S. percoeca, S. georgiana, S. kansensis, S. virginiana, S. weingartneri, S. buchanani, S. pricei, S...

Freshwater Triclads (Turbellaria of North America, VI: The Genus Dendrocoelopsis

Kenk, Roman. Freshwater Triclads (Turbellaria) of North America, VI: The Genus Dendrocoelopsis. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 138, 16 pages, 12 figures, 1973.—Five species of Dendrocoelopsis occur in North America, D. vaginata Hyman, D. piriformis Kenk, D. alaskensis Kenk, D. hymanae Kawakatsu, and D. americana [=Sorocelis americana Hyman]. Dendrocoelopsis vaginata, D. piriformis...