Zoology publications

Zoology publications from National Museums Liverpool, since national status was achieved in 1986:

  • Fulton, T., Wagner,S., Fisher, C.T. & Shapiro, B. (in press) Nuclear DNA from the extinct Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) confirms its phylogenetic placement within Columbinae. Collaboration with Pennsylvania State University, USA. In Press, Annals of Anatomy (Anatomischer Anzeiger).
  • Fisher, C.T. (in press) The Whiskered Yarke, the Jungli-bukra, the Aequitoon and the Ging-e-Jonga: the living collections at Knowsley. In Reid, G.M., Moore, G., Douglas, G. & Gilbson, C. Papers from the meeting at Chester Zoo in May, 2011. Proceedings of the North of England Zoological Society. North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo), Society for the History of Natural History, the Linnean Society of London, the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and the Bartlett Society.
  • Judd, S. (in press) The scent-less plant bug Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) - regular migrant or established British species? British Journal of Entomology.
  • Judd, S. (in press) First Lancashire & Cheshire records of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and a revised county checklist. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 133 & 134.
  • Judd, S. (in press) Review of A New Atlas of the Kent Flora. E.G Philp. Pp 348 Kent Field Club. 2010. Hardback. £39.50. ISBN 978-0-9561926-2-2. in Watsonia.
  • Liston, A.D*., Knight, G.T*., Barstad, T., Blank, S.M., Boevé, Fiedler, C., Grearson, J.K., Halstead, A.H., Heibo, E., Jacobs, H.A., Jansen, E., Jänicke, Lønnve, O., Nyman, T., Niu, G., Prous, M., Taeger, A. & Wei, M. (in press) On Scots Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta), including results from the 14th International Sawfly Workshop, southern Highlands, 2010 (for Beiträge zur Entomologie)
  • Knight, G.T. (in press) Resources for taxonomy and biodiversity studies at World Museum Liverpool - Conference paper for the Society of Experimental Biology - Measuring Biodiversity, Lancaster University.
  • Wallace, I.D., Wallace, B., Wallace, M.C. (in press) A survey of the status of the Sandhill Rustic Moth Luperina nicherlii at Newborough Warren and Llanddwyn Island NNR. Report for the Countryside Council for Wales.
  • Wallace, I.D. (in press) Species accounts for the UK BAP Trichoptera Glossosoma intermedium (Klapaleke), Hagenalla clathrata (Kolenati), Hydropsyche bulgaromanorum Malicky and Ironoguia dubia (Stephens). Report for the Riverfly Partnership.
  • Wallace, I.D. (in press) An abundance of caddis flies at Southport. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 133 & 134
  • Fisher, C.T. (2011) Knowsley Park and the new Museum of Liverpool. Stanley Estates Newsletter (summer 2011)
  • Fisher, C.T. & Gittins, J. (2011) A.W. Boyd, a Cheshire naturalist. Conference paper for the 2nd New Naturalist Collectors Club Symposium, "Nature in Art", Twigworth, Glos. 6th June 2011
  • Fisher, C.T. & McFarlane, H. (2011) In at Number One! Bat News 94: 10.
  • Judd, S. (2011) Sphragisticus Stål,1872 (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) – a recently established British seed bug genus. British Journal of Entomology. 23(2)
  • Knight, G.T. (2011) Surveys for Biological Diversity on the Dundreggan Estate: Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta). Report for Trees for Life. 60pp.
  • Monson, F.D. (2011) Species of oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) new to Britain. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 24: 57-68.
  • Spawls S. & Largen M.J. (2011) A guide to amphibians and reptiles of Ethiopia & Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt.
  • Wallace, I.D. & Dodd, S. (2011) Report on a survey of Whitmoor Common (SPA, SSSI), Worplesdon, Surrey (VC17) for larval cases of the UK BAP Riverfly species the Window Winged Caddis Hagenella clathrata (Kolenati).
  • Clee, C. & Clee, Y. (2010) An investigation into the male/ female sex ratio of Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby 1802) and the effects of habitat management at Porth Neigwl during 2009. Report for the Countryside Council for Wales (S017064). Countryside Council for Wales.
  • Judd, S. (2010) Northern Dune tiger beetle Cicindela hybrida L. a 'flagship species' of high conservation value on the Sefton Coast sand dunes. Chapter in conference proceedings - Sefton's Dynamic Coast. Proceedings of the conference on coastal geomorphology, biogeography and management 2008.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2010) Identification training guide to china mark moths. Online resource for The Environment Agency
  • Clee, C. & Ashton, S. (2009) The status of the RDB1 mason bee Osmia xanthomelana on the Llyn peninsula in 2007 and 2008. A Report for the Countryside Council for Wales (FC 73-01-589 and R0001963). Countryside Council for Wales.
  • Felton, C. (2009) Records of the Kentish Snail Monacha cantiana (Montagu) (Helicidae) in Lancashire, Cheshire and Flintshire. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 131 & 132
  • Felton, C. (2009) A Lancashire record of the Large Marsh Horsefly Tabanus autumnalis L. (Diptera: Tabanidae). Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 131 & 132
  • Fisher, C.T. (2009) Lost sculptures of Liverpool – has anyone seen a marble lady with her foot on a water pot? Guest blog, Pool of Life (Laura Davis), Liverpool Daily Post. Posted 13th November 2009.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2009) Dodo skeleton. Item posted for “A history of the world” project, BBC / British Museum.
  • Fisher, C.T. & Calaby, J. (2009) The Top of the Top End: John Gilbert’s manuscript notes for John Gould on vertebrates from Port Essington (Northern Territory, Australia); with comments on specimens collected during the settlement period 1838 – 1849 and subsequently. Monograph series of The Beagle, journal of Northern Territory Museums’ Service. Illustrated monograph; 145 illustrations, 240 pages, 2 appendices, index.
  • Judd, S. (2009) Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) a non native seed bug established in a Liverpool glasshouse. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 131 & 132.
  • Judd, S. (ed.) & Knight, G.T. (assistant ed.) (2009) Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society vols 131 & 132.
  • Howe, M.A., Knight., G.T. & Clee, C. (2009) The importance of coastal sand dunes for terrestrial invertebrates in Wales and the UK, with particular reference to aculeate Hymenoptera (bees, wasps & ants) (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Journal of Coastal Conservation. Vol. 14. Issue 2. 91-102.
  • Knight, G.T. (2009) The invertebrate biodiversity and conservation value of Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve. Report for Cumbria Wildlife Trust. 190 pages.
  • Knight, G.T. (2009) The status and ecology of the jewel wasp Chrysis fulgida at Pembrey Coast SSSI in 2008. Report for Countryside Council for Wales. 10 pages.
  • Knight, G.T. (2009) A Range of Habitats, a Wealth of Invertebrates - Castlemartin Range. Sanctuary, the Ministry of Defence Conservation Magazine. Number 38. 16-19
  • Knight, G.T. (ed.) (2009) Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 4. 16 pages
  • Knight, G.T. (2009) Empria basalis Lindqvist, 1968 - a new sawfly to Britain. Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 4
  • Knight, G.T. (2009) Some records of male sawflies rarely found in the UK. Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 4
  • Knight., G.T., Clee, C. & Howe, M.A (2009) The biogeography of aculeate Hymenoptera on sand dune systems in Wales. Report for Countryside Council for Wales
  • Monson, F. D. (2009) A new species of the genus Carabodes C. L. Koch, 1835 (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) from the British Isles. Naturalist 134: 99–107.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2009) Identification training guide to caddis flies. Online resource for The Environment Agency
  • Wallace, I.D. (2009) Windermere’s special caddisfly Setodes argentipunctellus - the silver-spotted longhorn. The Freshwater Biological Association Newsletter (47)
  • Fisher, C.T. (2008) [Review of] Glimpses of Paradise – the Quest for the Beautiful Parrakeet, by Penny Olsen 2007, National Library, Canberra. Emu 108: 197-200.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2008) Great Gerbils & Humans – a story for a proposed museum. Scenario 2 of Intercom Management Scenarios. INTERCOM (International Committee on Management).
  • Fisher, C.T. (2008) A man of great zeal and assiduity: the pioneering naturalist John Gilbert in Australia, 1838-1845. Chapter 1 In Contributions to Australian ornithology. Ed. William E. Davis. Nuttall Ornithological Club of America. 119 pages, 15 b&w figures.
  • Howe, M.A., Whitehouse, A. & Knight, G.T., (2008) Life on the edge - key coastal soft cliffs for invertebrates in England and Wales. British Wildlife. 19:3.
  • Knight, G.T., Howe, M.A. & Clee, C. (2008) Biogeography of aculeate Hymenoptera on sand dune systems in Wales. Poster for the Royal Entomological Society aculeate Hymenoptera SIG conference.
  • Knight, G.T. (2008) Invertebrate survey of the mesotrophic and calcicolous grasslands of Castlemartin MoD range, Pembrokeshire. Report for Landmarc (MoD Defence Estates). 89 pages.
  • Knight, G.T. (2008) The status and distribution of the RDB3 sawfly Blasticotoma filiceti on the Llŷn peninsula in 2007. Report for Countryside Council for Wales. 18 pages.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2008) The status of the caddis Limnephilus tauricus (Schmid) at Cors Erddreinniog, Anglesey. Report for Countryside Council for Wales.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2008) The status of the caddis Hagenella clathrata (Kolenati) at Fenns/ Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses. Report for Countryside Council for Wales.
  • Felton, C. (2007) Steatoda grossa (C.L. Koch) (Araneae: Theridiidae) a rare comb-footed spider in Lancashire & Cheshire. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 130
  • Fisher, C.T. (2007) The birdman of the Port Essington Expedition. Wingspan 17 (1): 26-29.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2007) [Review of] The Meinertzhagen mystery. The life and legend of a colossal fraud, by Brian Garfield. Potomac Books 2007. Biological journal of the Linnean Society 93: 871-872.
  • Judd, S. (2007) Lancashire and Cheshire true bug (Heteroptera) report for 2006. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 130.
  • Knight, G.T. (ed.) (2007) Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 3. 11 pages
  • Knight, G.T. (2007) Large numbers of the Turnip Sawfly Athalia rosae. Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 2
  • Knight, G.T. (ed.) (2007) Sawfly Study Group, Newsletter 2. 13 pages
  • Knight, G.T. (2007) The Alan Scott spider collection at National Museums Liverpool. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 130.
  • Baker, A.S & Monson, F.D. (2007) Mixturopoda Baker and Monson, a new genus of the uropodine family Metagynuridae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the British Isles. Zootaxa1665: 1–17
  • Wallace, I.D. (2007) National distribution maps of the British caddis flies. Published electronically by the National Biodiversity Network ‘Gateway’.
  • Felton, C. (2006) Hygromia cinctella (Drapanaud) (Mollusca: Helicidae), an alien girdle snail new to Lancashire. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 129.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2006) John Gilbert (1812-1845). The Queensland Naturalist 44 (1-3): 34
  • Hull, M. & Wallace, I.D. (2006) Identifying fluid-collected Lepidoptera. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 130.
  • Judd, S. (2006) Biology and distribution of the RDB2 Northern Dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hybrida (L) in Britain. English Nature Research Report.
  • Judd, S. (2006) Status and distribution of the shieldbug Odontoscelis fuliginosa and seedbug Pionosomus varius (Hemiptera Heteroptera) associated with bare and partially-vegetated dunes on the Castlemartin Peninsula. British Journal of Entomology & Natural History. 19(2).
  • Judd, S. (2006) Rabbits are a bugs best friend – on Castlemartin Peninsula. Sanctuary, the Ministry of Defence Conservation Magazine.
  • Knight, G.T. (2006): First British Records of the sawfly Emphytus laticinctus (Serville) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). - British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 19: 193-198
  • Knight, G.T. & Howe, M.A., (2006) The conservation value for invertebrates of selected coastal soft cliff sites in Wales. Countryside Council for Wales Contract Science Report No. 761.
  • Largen M.J. & Spawls S. (2006) Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification key. Tropical Zoology, 19(1).
  • Taylor, M.J. & Clee, C. (2006) The orchid, Epipactis turcica C.A.J. Kreutz, and its pollination by the potter wasp, Eumenes lunulatus F. (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae), discovered near Olympi, Chios, Greece. Pelineo Editions. Dec Issue.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2006) Simple ‘Aidgap’ key to caddis larvae. Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. Ca. 53 pages.
  • Clee, C. (1995) Survey of selected sites on the Lleyn Peninsula in 1995 for the endangered mason bee Osmia xanthomelana (Kirby). Countryside Council for Wales Contract Science Report No. 136, CCW, Bangor.
  • Robinson, N.A. & Clee, C. (2005) Status of the Wall Mason Bee Osmia parietina Curtis in North West England and North Wales. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 128.
  • Felton, C. (2005) Psilochorus simoni (Berland) (Araneae: Pholcidae) a rare ‘daddy long-legs’ spider resident in a Liverpool warehouse. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 128.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2005) A memorial in Queensland to the ornithologist John Gilbert. Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. 125 (2): 162-163.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2005) Report on the BOU’s one-day meeting on Recent Avian Extinctions. 1 November 2004, London. Ibis 147: 438-440.
  • Olson, S.L., Fleischer, R., Fisher, C.T. & Bermingham, E. (2005) Expunging the “Mascarene Starling” Necropsar leguati: archives, morphology and molecules topple a myth. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 125(1):31-42.
  • Judd, S. & Howe, M.A. (2005) First records of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from North Wales. Journal of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society. 128.
  • Taylor, M.J. (2005) Illustrated checklist - Orchids of Chios, Inouses and Psara. Pelineo Editions, Chios. 99 pages.
  • Taylor, M.J. (2005) The naturalist on Chios. The Anglo-Hellenic Review, 32:14-16.
  • Wallace, I.D. (2005) Simple key to caddis larvae. Aidgap Test Version, Field Studies Council, Shrewsbury. 53 pages.
  • Hammett, M.J. & Wallace, I.D. (2005) A survey for the stonefly Isogenus nubecula (Newman) on the Welsh River Dee and its tributaries (December 2003 to April 2004). Survey Report for the Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency, Bangor Office. 9 pages.
  • Felton, C., Judd, S. & Merrett, P. (2004) Agroeca dentigera Kulczyński, 1913, a liocranid spider new to Britain (Araneae, Liocranidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 13 (3):90-92.
  • Fisher, C.T. (2004) Biographies for New Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Benjamin Bynoe (of the Beagle); The XIIIth Earl of Derby (of Knowsley Hall, near Liverpool); James Drummond (Government Botanist in Western Australia]; James Fisher (Ornithologist); Louis Fraser (Curator and collector to the XIIIth Earl of Derby); Alfred Garrod (anatomist); John Gilbert (collector and explorer in Australia); Edwin Goodrich (zoologist); Osbert Salvin (ornithologist); Frederick Strange (collector in Australia); Robert Swinhoe (ornithologist in Asia); George Waterston (Scottish nature conservationist); Joseph Wolf (natural history artist).
  • Fisher, C.T. (2004) Dr Janet Kear (obituary). National Museums Liverpool’s Gazette Extra for 6th December 2004: 1-2.
  • Fisher, C.T., Fuller, R., Dudley, S. et al. (2004) British Ornithologists’ Union’s “Union Medal”. Citation for Gwen Bonham. Ibis. Vol.146: 547-548.
  • Fisher, C.T. & Yalden, D. (2004) The Steppe Pika Ochtotona pusilla in Britain, and a new northerly record.