Journal articles

Traylor, C.R., M.D. Ulyshen, D.C. Bragg, and J.V. McHugh. Forest bees need compositionally diverse canopies, 18 March 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4110135/v1]

Traylor, C.R., M.D. Ulyshen, J.V. McHugh, and R.C. Burner. 2023. Forest age is a primary trait filter for saproxylic beetles in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management 553: 121545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121545

Traylor, C., M. Ulyshen, and J.V. McHugh. 2023. New Host Records and a Review of Deadwood Associations for Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(3): 375-381.  https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.375

Traylor, C., M. Ulyshen, and J.V. McHugh. 2023. Forest age drives saproxylic beetle biodiversity in the southeastern United States. Biological Conservation 285:110238.  https://doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110238

McHugh, J.V., A. Ślipiński, M.V. Nabozhenko, E.E. Perkovsky and E.V. Sadyrin. 2023. A new species of Cerylonidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described from Baltic amber using X-Ray microtomography. Historical Biology. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2023.2220001

Potticary, A.L., H.W. Otto, J.V. McHugh and A.J. Moore. 2023. Spatiotemporal variation in the competitive environment, with implications for how climate change may affect a species with parental care. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e9972. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9972

Murray-Stoker, K. M., McHugh, J. V., Benke, A. C., Parsons, K. A., Murray-Stoker, D., Rosemond, A. D., Wenger, S. J., & Batzer, D. P. 2023. Long-term comparison of invertebrate communities in a blackwater river reveals taxon-specific biomass change. Freshwater Biology, 00, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14052

McHugh, Joseph V., y Caroline S. Chaboo. 2022. Escarabajos (Coleoptera) De Perú, Un Inventario De Las Familias: Sphindidae Jacquelin Du Val, 1860, Corylophidae LeConte, 1852, and Latridiidae Erichson, 1842. Revista Peruana De Biología 29 (4):e23969. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v29i4.23969.

Kaldor A.D., J.V. McHugh, J.M. Schmidt, X. Luo, T.D. Gariepy, B.R. Blaauw 2022. First Documented Wild Population of the “Hunter Fly”, Coenosia attenuata Stein (Diptera: Muscidae) in North America. Insects 13(11):970. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13110970

Janvier, A.J., M.D. Ulyshen, C.A. Braman, C.R. Traylor, M. Edelkind-Vealy, S.K. Braman. 2022. Scale-dependent effects of landscape context on urban bee diversity. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26: 697–709 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00402-6)

Traylor, C.R., M.S. Caterino, M.D. Ulyshen, M.L. Ferro, and J.V. McHugh 2022.  Assessing the old-growth dependency of two saproxylic beetle species in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Insect Systematics and Diversity. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 6(3): 5; 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac012

Murray-Stoker, K.M., McHugh, J.V. and Batzer, D.P., 2022. Temporal and spatial patterns for larval populations of Sisyridae (Neuroptera) in aquatic habitats of east central Georgia, USA. Aquatic Insects, pp.1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2022.2046778

Traylor, C.R., Ulyshen, M.D., Wallace, D., Loudermilk, E.L., Ross, C.W., Hawley, C., Atchison, R.A., Williams, J.L. and McHugh, J.V., 2022. Compositional Attributes of Invaded Forests Drive the Diversity of Insect Functional Groups. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e02092.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02092

Silveira, L.F.L.d., Lima, W., Fonseca, C.R.V.d.; McHugh, J. 2022. Haplocauda, a New Genus of Fireflies Endemic to the Amazon Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insects 2022, 13, 58.  https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010058

Traylor, C.R., Hoebeke, E.R., Ulyshen, M.D. and McHugh, J.V., 2021. First Report of Dere thoracica White (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) in the United States, with Notes on Its Discovery, Recognition, Biology, and Habits. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 75(4), pp.859-865.  https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.859

Cardona, G., J. McHugh, B. Clark, and D. Batzer. 2021. Wetlands provide a source of arthropods beneficial to agriculture: A case study from central Georgia, USA. Journal of Entomological Science. 56: 424-440. https://doi.org/10.18474/JES20-61

DiLorenzo, C.L., Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R. and McHugh, J.V., 2021. Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America. ZooKeys, 1028, p.85. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/59467/

Hong P., X.-F. Tang, R.G. Booth, N. Vandenberg, J. Forrester, J. McHugh, A. Ślipiński. 2020. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Genus Novius Mulsant of Tribe Noviini. Annales Zoologici, 70(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.001

Hounkpati K., J.V. McHugh, A.A. Niang, G. Goergen. 2020. Documenting museum records of West African Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) in Benin and Senegal. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e47340. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e47340

Gilbert, A.J., Cline, A.R., Arias-Bohart, E.T., McHugh, J.V., Hartley, C., Smith, N.J., Aalbu, R. and Andrews, J., 2020. Fred Gordon Andrews (November 15, 1933 to April 16, 2019): In Memoriam. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 96(3), pp.111-127.

Murray‐Stoker, K. M., D.P. Batzer, D. Murray‐Stoker, and J.V. McHugh. 2019. Shifts in the community composition of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) in a subtropical river over three decades. Ecol Entomol. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/een.12822

McDaniel, C.H., J.V. McHugh, and D. P. Batzer. 2019.  Colonization of drying temporary wetlands by Coptotomus loticus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): a unique strategy for an aquatic wetland insect. Wetlands Ecology and Management, July 2019.  DOI: 10.1007/s11273-019-09681-4

Hounkpati, K., Forrester, J.A. and McHugh, J.V., 2019. Neotype designation for Rodolia iceryae Janson in Ormerod, 1887 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Zootaxa, 4563(2), pp.396-400.  DOI: https://sitedx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.12

McElrath, T. and J.V. McHugh. 2018. Undocumented beetle diversity in the southeastern United States: a case study of the minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera: Monotomidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity.  Zootaxa. 4472(1): 127-140.

Monné, M., F. Shockley, H. Zaher, and J. McHugh. 2018. Obituary – José Adriano Giorgi (20/12/1970 – 22/04/2018). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 83.

Ulyshen, M.D., Horn, S., Pokswinski, S., McHugh, J.V. and Hiers, J.K. 2018. A comparison of coarse woody debris volume and variety between old-growth and secondary longleaf pine forests in the southeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 429, pp.124-132. https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/2018/ja_2018_ulyshen_002.pdf

Pitts, J., Camacho, G., Gotzek, D., McHugh, J., & Ross, K. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(2): 308-411.  DOI:  10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.308

Murray, K., J. McHugh, and D. Batzer. 2017. Published datasets of aquatic insect assemblages from Georgia rivers and streams. Proceedings of the 2017 Georgia Water Resources Conference.

McDaniel, C.H., J.V. McHugh, and D.P. Batzer. 2017. Congeneric predaceous diving beetle species fail to segregate in a floodplain system: a case of amplified sympatry. Environmental Entomology 46(3): 494-501.  DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvx063

Seltmann, K.C., Cobb, N.S., Gall, L.F., Bartlett, C.R., Basham, M.A., Batancourt, I., Bills, C., Brandt, B., Brown, R.L., Bundy, C., Caterino, M.S., Chapman, C., Cognato, M.S., Colby, J., Cook, S.P., Daly, K.M., Dyer, L., Franz, N.M., Gelhaus, J.K., Grinter, C.C., Harp, C.E., Hawkins, R.L., Heydon, S.L., Hill, G.M., Huber, S., Johnson, N., Kawahara, A.Y., Kimsey, L.S., Kondratieff, B.C., Krell, F.-T., Lebanc, L., Lee, S., Marshall, C.J., McCabe, L., McHugh, J.V., Menard, K.L., Opler, P.A., Palffy-Muhoray, Pardikes, N., Peterson, M.A., Pierce, N.E., Poremski, A., Sikes, D.S., Weintraub, J.D., Wikler, D., Zaspel, J.M. & Zolnerowich, G.  2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247 (1): 073–077.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10

Fair, C. and K. Braman. 2017. Assessment of habitat modification and varied planting dates to enhance potential natural enemies of Anasa tristis (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in squash. Environmental Entomology 04;46(2):291-298.

Murray, K., J. McHugh, and D. Batzer. 2017. Published datasets of aquatic insect assemblages from Georgia rivers and streams. Proceedings of the 2017 Georgia Water Resources Conference.

Clark, B., D. Batzer, and J. McHugh. 2017. Migrations of Insect Natural Enemies from Wetlands into Agricultural Fields. GWRC Proceedings.

McElrath, T.C., O.F. Boyd, and J.V. McHugh. 2016. MonotomidGen–A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). ZooKeys 634: 47-55.  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.634.9857

McElrath, T.C., R.A. Androw, and J.V. McHugh. 2016. Antibothrus morimotoi Sasaji, a genus and species of Old World Bothrideridae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) newly established in North America. Zootaxa 4154 (3): 323–330.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.3.7

Robertson, J.A., S.A. Ślipiński, M. Moulton, F.W. Shockley, J.A. Giorgi, N.P. Lord, D. McKenna, W. Tomaszewska, J. Forrester, K.B. Miller, M.F. Whiting, and J.V. McHugh. 2015. Phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea and the recognition of a new superfamily Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12138

McKenna, D.D., A.L. Wild, K. Kanda, C.L. Bellamy, R.G. Beutel, M.S. Caterino, C.W. Farnum, D.C. Hawks, M.A. Ivie, M.L. Jameson, R.A.B. Leschen, A.E. Marvaldi, J.V. McHugh, A.F. Newton, J.A. Robertson, M.K. Thayer, M.F. Whiting, J.F. Lawrence, S.A. Ślipiński, D.R. Maddison, and B.D. Farrell. 2015. Tree of Life for Beetles (Coleoptera) Reveals the Order Survived End Permian Mass Extinction to Diversify During the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution.  Systematic Entomology.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12132

McElrath, T.C., J.A. Robertson, M.C. Thomas, J. Osborne, K.B. Miller, J.V. McHugh, and M.F. Whiting. 2015. A molecular phylogenetic study of Cucujidae sensu lato, (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology.  DOI: 10.1111/syen.12133

Joseph, S.V., E.R. Hoebeke, and J.V. McHugh.  2015. Rove Beetles of the Genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Parasitizing the Cabbage Maggot, Delia radicum (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in the Northern Central Coast of California. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117(4):525-528.  DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.117.4.525

DA Jenkins, C Millan-Hernandez, AR Cline, TC McElrath, B Irish, R. Goenaga. 2015. Attraction of Pollinators to Atemoya (Annona squamosa x Annona cherimola) in Puerto Rico Using Commercial Lures and Food Attractants. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108(4):1923-1929. DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov136

McHugh, J.V. and C.S. Chaboo.  Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Erotylidae (Pleasing Fungus Beetles). 2015. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2):274-282.  DOI: 10.2317/kent-88-02-274-282.1.

Cave, R.D., C. Majka, M. Ferro, J.V. McHugh. 2015. Thanks to Our 2014 Reviewers. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1):20-20· DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.20a

Pselaphacus maternal care cover

Robertson, J.A., S.A. Ślipiński, K. Hiatt, K.B. Miller, M.F. Whiting, and J.V. McHugh. 2013.  Molecules, morphology, and phylogeny of the minute hooded beetles: implications for the evolution and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Corylophidae). Systematic Entomology 38(1):  209-232.  Published online October 2012, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00655.x.

Thayer, M.K. and J.V. McHugh.  2011.  Range Extension and Biological Notes on Eudectus crassicornis LeConte, 1885 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Coryphiini).  The Coleopterists Bulletin, 65(3): 292-293.

Brook, G.A., L.B. Railsback, A.C. Campbell, L.H. Robbins, M.L. Murphy, G. Hodgins, and J.V. McHugh.  2010.  Radiocarbon Ages for Coatings on Cupules Ground in Quartzite Bedrock at Rhino Cave in the Kalahari Desert of Botswana, and their Paleoclimatic Significance.  Geoarchaeology: An International Journal.  26(1): 1-22.  DOI: 10.1002/gea.20337.

Chaboo, C.S. and J.V. McHugh. 2010. Maternal care by a species of Pselaphacus Percheron (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae) from Peru.  The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(2): 116-118.

Cline, A.R. and J.V. McHugh.  2010.  New generic synonymy in Biphyllidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with a checklist of Anchorius Casey 1900.  Coleopterists Bulletin 64(1):  98-99.

Lord, N.P., C.S. Hartley, J.F. Lawrence, J.V. McHugh, M.F. Whiting, and K.B. Miller. 2010.  Phylogenetic Analysis of the Minute Brown Scavenger Beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and Recognition of a New Beetle Family, Akalyptoischionidae, fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea).  Systematic Entomology 35: 753–763.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x

Cline, A.R., and J.V. McHugh. 2010. New generic synonymy in Biphyllidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with a checklist of Anchorius Casey 1900. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64: 98-99.

Shockley, F.W. 2010. Micropsephodes bahamaensis, a new species of Anamorphinae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae) from the Bahamas, with a key to the New World genera of Anamorphinae. Insecta Mundi, 0112: 1-11.

Bradford, M.A., J.L. Devore, J.C. Maerz, J.V. McHugh, C. Smith, and M.S. Strickland. 2010. Native, insect herbivore communities derive a significant proportion of their carbon from a widespread invader of forest understories. Biological Invasions, 12: 721-724.

bio control coccinellid cover

Giorgi, J.A., N.J. Vandenberg, J.V. McHugh, J.A. Forrester, A. Ślipiński, K.B. Miller, L.R. Shapiro, and M.F. Whiting. 2009. The evolution of food preference in Coccinellidae. Biological Control, 51: 215-231.  

Shockley, F.W., and N.J. Vandenberg. 2009. Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types. Zootaxa, 2229: 1-64.

Shockley, F.W., and M.D. Ulyshen. 2009. An interesting deformity in Alobates pennsylvanica (DeGeer),1775 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Entomological Science, 44: 284-286.

Ślipiński, A., W. Tomaszewska, and J.F. Lawrence. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae. Systematic Entomology, 34: 409-433.

Forrester, J.A., N.J. Vandenberg, and J.V. McHugh. 2009. Redescription of Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), with first description of the egg, larva, and pupa, and notes on adult intraspecific elytral pattern variation. Zootaxa, 2112: 25-40.

Shockley, F.W., K.W. Tomaszewska, and J.V. McHugh. 2009. A review of the natural history of the Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae). Insecta Mundi, 72: 1-24.

Shockley, F.W., K.W. Tomaszewska, and J.V. McHugh. 2009. An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae). Zootaxa, 1999: 1-113.

Shockley, F.W., M.D. Ulyshen, and N.P. Lord. 2008. New distributional records and natural history notes for Micropsephodes lundgreni Leschen and Carlton (Coleoptera: Endomychidae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 62(3): 350-352.

Ellis, J.D., K.S. Delaplane, A. Cline, and J.V. McHugh. 2008. The association of multiple sap beetle species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) with western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in North America. Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World, 47(3): 188-189.

Kiselyova, T. 2008. Description of the larval stage of Myrmeanthrenus frontalis Armstrong and Anthrenocerus stigmacrophilus Armstrong (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), with a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships. Coleopterists Bulletin, 62(2): 333-343.

Forrester, J.A., and N.J. Vandenberg. 2008. First Florida records for Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A natural enemy of Icerya genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae). Zootaxa, 1720: 66-68.

Robertson, J.A., M.F. Whiting, and J.V. McHugh. 2008. Searching for natural lineages within the Cerylonid Series (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46 (1): 193-205.

Forrester, J.A., and J.V. McHugh. 2007. A Review of the Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Madagascar. Coleopterists Bulletin, 61 (4): 590-603.

Shockley, F.W., and K.W. Tomaszewska. 2007. First larval description for Symbiotes gibberosus (Lucas) (Coleoptera: Endomychidae). Annales Zoologici, 57(4): 741-755.

Shockley, F.W. 2007. Stenotarsus nigrivestis, a New Species of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) from the Dominican Republic. Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(3): 479-486.

Shockley, F.W. 2006. Discolomopsis dominicana , a new genus and species of Handsome Fungus Beetle (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from Dominican Amber . Insecta Mundi, 20(3-4): 1-4.

Shockley, F.W., and K. Murray. 2006. Discovery of a parasitoid and a predator of batflies (Diptera: Streblidae) at La Selva, Costa Rica. Biotropica, 38(6): 789-790.

Slipinski, A., and J.A. Giorgi. 2006. Revision of the Australian Coccinellidae (Coleoptera). Part 5. Tribe Chilocorini. Annales Zoologici, 56(2): 265-304.

dermestid larva cover

Young, J.D., J.V. McHugh, and C.W. Berisford. 2006. Authorship of Rhyacionia frustrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 79(4): 378-379.

Kiselyova, T.G., and J.V. McHugh. 2006. A Phylogenetic Study of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Based on Larval Morphology. Systematic Entomology, 31: 469-507. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00335.x

Giorgi, J.A., and D.C. Corbett. 2005. Sinopse do gênero Xylergates (Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini). Iheringia, Sér. Zool., Mar 2005, vol.95, no.1, p.5-8.

Suh, S.O., J.V. McHugh, D.D. Pollock, and M. Blackwell. 2005. The Beetle Gut: A hyperdiverse source of novel yeasts. Mycological Research, 109(3): 261-265.

Pitts, J.P., J.V. McHugh, and K. Ross. 2005. A cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta 34: 493-505.

Robertson, J.A., J.V. McHugh, and M.F. Whiting. 2004. A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the pleasing fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae): Evolution of colour patterns, gregariousness and mycophagy. Systematic Entomology, 29: 173-187.

Shockley, F. W., and A. R. Cline. 2004. A Contribution to the Inventory of Coleoptera of Missouri : Records from Benton County. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77 (3): 280-284.

Suh, S.O., J.V McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2004. Expansion of the Candida tanzawaensis clade: sixteen new Candida species from basidiocarp-feeding beetles. International Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology, 54: 2409-2429.

Suh, S.O., C. Marshall, J.V. McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2003. Wood ingestion by passalid beetles in the presence of xylose-fermenting gut yeasts. Molecular Ecology, 12: 3137-3145.

McHugh, J.V., and T.G. Kiselyova. 2003. First descriptions for larval stages of Eurysphindus (Cucujoidea: Sphindidae). Coleopterists Bulletin. 56(4): 17-25.

Pitts, J.P. 2003. First host record of Dilophotopsis (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae). Journal of Entomological Science, 38: 485-486.

Kiselyova, T. 2002. Description of the larval and pupal stages of Cryptorhopalum triste LeConte (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), with notes on biology and rearing. Coleopterists Bulletin 56(1): 41-49.

Pitts, J.P., and J.V. McHugh. 2002. Review of Acrophotopsis Schuster (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae), with a description of a new species from Baja California. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 11(2): 338-349.

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Suh, S.O., J.V McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2002. One hundred new species of yeasts. MSA, Corvallis, Oregon. 

Kratzer, E.B., D.P. Batzer, and J.V. McHugh. 2002. Macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Okenfenokee Swamp: influences of plant community, hydrology, and season. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society, 19:148.

Pitts, J.P., and D.G. Manley. 2002. Description of the females of Stethophotopsis Pitts and Photopsioides Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104: 672-679.

Manley, D.G., and J.P. Pitts. 2002. Key to the genera and subgenera of Mutillidae of America North of Mexico. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 11: 72-101.

Pitts, J. P., E.H. Tilgner, and M.J. Dalusky. 2002. New host records for Perilampus hyalinus (Hymenoptera: Perilampidae) and Phasmophaga antennalis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Entomological Science, 37: 128-129.

Tilgner, E. 2001. Fossil Record of Phasmida (Insecta: Neoptera). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 31: 473-480.

Pitts, J.P., and T.L. Pitts-Singer. 2001. New host record for Pseudacteon crawfordi (Diptera: Phoridae). Florida Entomologist, 84: 310.

McHugh, J.V. 2001. Description of immature stages for Megischyrus (Erotylidae:Triplacinae) and a review of literature on larval Erotylidae. Annales Zoologici. 51(3): 113-124.

Suh, S.O., J.V McHugh, and M. Blackwell. 2001. Yeasts from the gut of Coleoptera: taxonomic characteristics and molecular phylogeny. MSA, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pitts, J.P. 2000. Review of Bordontilla Fritz and Martinez (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Entomological News, 111: 32-38.

Pitts, J.P., and R.W. Matthews. 2000. Description of the larval stage of Sphaeropthalma pennsylvanica (Mutillidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Entomological Science, 35: 334-337.

Bilger, E.E., D.P. Batzer, and J.V. McHugh. 2000. Influence of plant community, hydrology, and season on macroinvertebrate assemblages in the Okefenokee Swamp. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society. 17(1): 218.

George, B.M., R. Noblet, J.V. McHugh, and D.P. Batzer. 2000. Invertebrates as bioindicators of mercury in the Okefenokee Swamp of Southeast Georgia. Bulletin of the North American Benthological Society. 17(1): 218.

Pitts, J.P., and J.V. McHugh. 2000. Stethophotopsis, a new apterous genus of Sphaeropthalmini (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae) from Arizona. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9(1): 29-33.

Tilgner, E.H., G.R. Camilo, and C. F. Moxey. 2000. A new species of Lamponius (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from Puerto Rico. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9: 37-39.

Chiao, E., and J.V. McHugh. 2000. Larval Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea): Phylogenetic implications and new descriptions. Invertebrate Taxonomy. 14: 807-824.

McHugh, J.V., and C.N. Lewis. 2000. Three New Species of Carinisphindus (Coleoptera: Sphindidae) from Bahamas, Florida and Puerto Rico. Coleopterists Bulletin. 54(2): 143-153.

Tilgner, E.H., and J.V. McHugh. 1999. First record of parasitism of Manomera tenuescens Scudder (Phasmida: Heteronemiidae) by Phasmophaga antennalis Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological News. 110(3): 151-152.

Tilgner, E.H., T.G. Kiselyova, and J.V. McHugh. 1999. A morphological study of Timema cristinae Vickery with implications for the phylogenetics of Phasmida. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46(1999)2: 149-162.

Tilgner, E.H., and J.V. McHugh. 1997. Diapheromera carolina Scudder (Phasmatodea: Heteronemiidae), first description of the female form and new range records. Transactions, American Entomological Society. 123(3): 191-196.

Skelley, P.E., R.A.B. Leschen, and J.V. McHugh. 1997. A revision of Lybanodes Gorham, 1888 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritominae). Annales Zoologici. 47(1/2): 33-48.

McHugh, J.V., and J. Pakaluk. 1997. Review of the larval stages of Epipocinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Endomychidae). Annales Zoologici. 47(1/2): 59-77.

McHugh, J.V., C.J. Marshall, and F.L. Fawcett. 1997. A study of adult morphology in Megalodacne heros (Say) (Coleoptera: Erotylidae). Transactions, American Entomological Society.123(4): 167-223.

McHugh, J.V. 1994. Case 2918: Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation as the correct original spelling, and Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter, 1877 (1859): proposed placement on the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 51(4): 1-5.

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McHugh, J.V. 1994. On the natural history of Canopidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102(l): 112-114.

Wheeler, Q.D. and J.V. McHugh. 1994. A new southern Appalachian species, Dasycerus bicolor, (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae), from declining endemic fir forests. Coleopterists Bulletin. 48(3): 265-271.

Stephenson, S.L., Q.D. Wheeler, J.V. McHugh, and P.R. Fraissinet. 1994. New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes. Journal of Natural History. 28: 921-936.

McHugh, J.V. 1994. Software review: Beetle Larvae of the World: Interactive identification and information retrieval for families and subfamilies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 102(2): 276-280.

McHugh, J.V. 1993. A revision of the world Eurysphindinae with a review of classification and phylogeny in Sphindidae. Systematic Entomology. 18: 57-92. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00654.x

McHugh, J.V. 1993. First records of parasitoids for slime mold beetles of the family Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Entomological News. 104(3): 136-138.

McHugh, J.V. and Q.D. Wheeler. 1991. Notosphindus slateri, a new genus and species of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia) from Australia. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 99(3): 527-537.

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McHugh, J.V. and A. Bruneau. 1990. The eighth annual meeting of the Willi Hennig Society. Cladistics. 6: 197-204.

Slipinski, S.A., Q.D. Wheeler, and J.V. McHugh. 1990. Axiocerylon watrousi: a new species of aculognathous Cerylonidae from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Clavicornia). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 66(3): 195-198.

McHugh, J.V. 1990. Carinisphindus, a new genus and three new species of neotropical Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Clavicornia). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 44(3): 307-322.

McHugh, J.V., and Q.D. Wheeler. 1989. Inordinate fondness for beetles. Cornell Plantations. 44(3): 9-11.

Wheeler, Q.D., and J.V. McHugh. 1987. A portable and convertible “Moczarski/Tullgren” extractor for fungus and litter Coleoptera. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 41(l): 9-12.

Wheeler, Q.D., and J.V. McHugh. 1987. Watrous Trays: A storage system for disarticulated and dissected insects. Curator. 30(l): 73-76.

Books, chapters, monographs

Murray, K., J. McHugh, D. Batzer, and L. Roberson. 2018. Aquatic Insects of the Ogeechee River: A Pictorial Guide to Common Taxa.  Ogeechee Riverkeeper, Savannah, Georgia, 38 pp.     [download PDF]

Lord, N. & J.V. McHugh. 2014. A Monographic Revision of the Genus Deretaphrus Newman (Coleoptera: Bothrideridae). Vaurie Monograph Series, Coleopterists Society. Sheridan Press, Hunt Valley, MD, 107 pp.

Hartley, C.S., and J.V. McHugh. 2010. Latridiidae Erichson, 1842. Pp. 481-486. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Ślipiński, A., and W. Tomaszewska. 2010. Coccinellidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 454-472. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

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Tomaszewska, W. 2010. Endomychidae Leach, 1815. Pp. 442-454. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Ślipiński, A., and W. Tomaszewska. 2010. Alexiidae Imhoff, 1861. Pp. 432-434. In: Leschen, R.A.B.,R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Ślipiński, A., N. Lord, and J.F. Lawrence. 2010. Bothrideridae Erichson, 1845. Pp. 411-422. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Ślipiński, A., and W. Tomaszewska. 2010. Cavognathidae Sen Gupta & Crowson, 1966. Pp. 357-360. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Leschen, R.A.B., P.E. Skelley, and J.V. McHugh. 2010. Erotylidae Leach, 1815. Pp. 311-319. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

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Cline, A.R., and F.W. Shockley. 2010. Biphyllidae LeConte, 1861. Pp. 306-311. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

Forrester, J.A., and J.V. McHugh. 2010. Sphindidae Jacquelin du Val, 1861. Pp. 300-306. In: Leschen, R.A.B., R.G. Beutel, and J.F. Lawrence (eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie. Band IV, Teilband 38, vol. 2. De Gruyter, Berlin. 786 p.

McHugh, J.V. and J.A. Forrester. 2009. Sphindidae. Pp. 102-105. In: Gerlach, J. (ed.). The Coleoptera of the Seychelles islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 266 pp.

Shockley, F.W. 2009. Endomychidae. Pp. 109-114. In: Gerlach, J. (ed.). The Coleoptera of the Seychelles islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 266 pp.

McHugh, J.V. and J.K. Liebherr. 2009. Coleoptera (Beetles, Weevils, Fireflies). Pp. 183-200. In: Resh, V.H. and R. Carde (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. Second Edition. Academic Press, San Diego. 1024 pp.

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Hartley, C., F.G. Andrews and J.V. McHugh. 2007. A revision of Akalyptoischion (Coleoptera:Cucujoidea). Patricia Vaurie Monograph Series Monograph 6.  Coleopterists Society, North Potomac, MD. 50 pp.

Cryan, J. R., J. A. Robertson, and L. L. Deitz. 2003. The New World Treehopper Tribe Microcentrini (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Stegaspidinae): Monographic Revision and Phylogenetic Position. Thomas Say Publications (Monographs of the Entomological Society of America ). 108 pp.

Tilgner, E.H. 2003. Phasmida (Stick and Leaf Insects). Pp. 865-866. In: Resh, V.H. and R. Carde (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press, San Diego. 1266 pp.

Liebherr, J.K. and J.V. McHugh. 2003. Coleoptera (Beetles, Weevils, Fireflies). Pp. 209-230, In: Resh, V.H. and R. Carde (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. First Edition. Academic Press, San Diego. 1266 pp.

McHugh, J.V. 2002. Sphindidae (Jacquelin du Val, 1861): The Cryptic Slime Mold Beetles. Pp. 305-308, In: Arnett, R. H. and M.C. Thomas. American Beetles. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville.

Skelley, P.E. and J. V. McHugh. 2002. Erotylidae (Leach, 1815): The Pleasing Fungus Beetles. Pp 348-353, In: Arnett, R. H. and M.C. Thomas. American Beetles. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville.

e-Publications

McHugh, J.V. and T.C. McElrath. 2022. Statistics of family Sphindidae extracted from Cucujoidea World Catalog curated in TaxonWorks [software]. Available at: https://tmcelrath.github.io/cucujoideaworldcatalog

McHugh J. 2021. Sphindidae in Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil. Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento. Available at: http://sitefauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/faunadobrasil/146013

DiLorenzo, C.L., G.S. Powell, A.R. Cline, and J.V. McHugh (2020) Carpophiline-ID, a taxonomic web resource for the identification of Carpophilinae (Nitidulidae) of eastern North America. (vers. 09.29.2020) University of Georgia, retrieved from https://site.caes.uga.edu/carpophiline-id/

McElrath, T.C., O.F. Boyd, and J.V. McHugh.  2016. MontomidGen.  Web-based taxonomic resource about Monotomidae, including LucID identification key, taxon fact sheets, morphological atlas, and references.  https://www.monotomidae.com/

McHugh, J.V. and Wright, G.N. (2009) The Virtual Roach: An Instructional Tool For The Study of Insect Anatomy (vers. 2009-1)[software]. Athens, Georgia. Available from https://site.caes.uga.edu/mchughlab/research/the-virtual-roach/

Datasets:

Silveira, L.F.L.d., Lima, W., Fonseca, C.R.V.d.; McHugh, J. 2022. Data from: Haplocauda, a New Genus of Fireflies Endemic to the Amazon Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insects 2022, 13, 58.  Dryad, Dataset, https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.w3r2280s7

DiLorenzo, C.L., Powell, G.S., Cline, A.R. and McHugh, J.V., 2021. Data from: Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America. Zootaxa  https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h44j0zphq

McElrath T.C., McHugh J.V. 2018. Data from: Undocumented beetle diversity in the Southeastern United States: a case study of the minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera: Monotomidae). Zootaxa https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.b40gd24  

McElrath T.C., Boyd O.F., McHugh J.V. 2016. Data from: MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea). ZooKeys https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.q9p4j  

Tree of Life Web Project Sections:

Alexiidae — F.W. Shockley

Bothrideridae — N.P. Lord

Cerylonid Series — J.A. Robertson & J.V. McHugh

Cerylonidae — J.A. Robertson, A. Slipinski (CSIRO) & J.V. McHugh

Coccinellidae — J.A. Giorgi & N.J. Vandenberg (USDA-SEL)

Corylophidae — J.V. McHugh, J.A. Robertson & A. Slipinski (CSIRO)

Discolomatidae — F.W. Shockley & A.R. Cline (CDFA)

Endomychidae — F.W. Shockley

Latridiidae — F.W. Shockley, C.S. Hartley & N.P. Lord

Monotomidae — T. McElrath, Y. Bousquet (CNC) & J.V. McHugh

Phasmida — E.H. Tilgner

Sphindidae — J.V. McHugh & J. Forrester

Electronic Checklists / Surveys:

Missing: Megalodacne — C. Traylor & J.V. McHugh

Find Phellopsis — C. Traylor, M. Ferro, M. Caterino, J.V. McHugh

Dragons and Damsels of Sapelo — J.V. McHugh & Lund Club members

Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Sapelo Island — J.V. McHugh & Lund Club members

Checklist of the Alexiidae of the World (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) — F.W. Shockley

Handsome Fungus Beetles of Papua Indonesia — F.W. Shockley

Strohecker Endomychidae Collection at FSCA — F.W. Shockley

Endomychidae of Great Smoky Mountains National Park — F.W. Shockley & J.V. McHugh

Erotylidae of Great Smoky Mountains National Park — J.V. McHugh & F.W. Shockley

Erotylidae of Barro Colorado Island — J.V. McHugh & J. Johnson

Electronic Bibliographies:

A Bibliography of Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) — F.W. Shockley

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