Articles & Papers

The following studies are some recent examples of how specimens, tissue/DNA collections, or records from the Beaty Biodiversity Museum research collections have been used by colleagues in Canada, the USA, and abroad.

General

Taylor, Eric B. 2013. The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC: An Experiment in Curation, Research, and Public Outreach. Proceedings of APRU Research Symposium on University Museums: Forming a University Museum Collection Network as the Core of Frontier Research: 65-68.

Cowan Tetrapod Collection

Bédard, Jean H. 1967. Ecological segregation among plankton-feeding Alcidae (Aethia and Cyclorrhynchus). PhD thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 177pp.

Blood, Donald A. 1961. An ecological study of California Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californiana in Southern BC. MS thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 127 pp.

Cottle, Water H. 1949. A study of the feeding behavior of some Anatinae wintering in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia. UBC, BA Honours thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 65 pp. | Cottle, Walter h. 1951. A study of the ecology of beaver in BC. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 58 pp.

Cowan, Ian McT. and Wayne McCrory. 1970. Variation in the mountain goat Oreamnos americanus (Blainville). Journ. of mammalogy 51:60-73.

Gómez de Silva, Héctor, Mónica B. Pérez Villafaña, Javier Cruz Nieto, Juan Cruzado Cortés, Robert A Hamilton, Santiago Vásquez, Miguel Angel Cruz Nieto. 2017. Review of the avifauna of the Tres Marias Islands, Mexico, including new and noteworthy records. Western Birds 48(1): 2-25. DOI: 10.21199/wb48.1.1

Demarchi, Raymond A. 1965. An Ecological Study of the Ashnola Bighorn winter ranges. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 103 pp.

Erskine, Anthony John. 1960. A discussion of the distributional ecology of the Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola; Anatidae; Aves) based upon breeding biology studies in BC. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 240 pp.

Fisher, Harold Dean. 1947. The biology, economic status and control of the Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in BC, with particular reference to the Skeena River Area. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 104 pp.

Foster, J. Bristol. 1963. The evolution of the native land mammals of the Queen Charlotte Islands and the problem of insularity. PhD thesis, UBC. 210 pp.

Geist, Valerius. 1966. On the behaviour and evolution of American Mountain Sheep. PhD thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 251pp.

Guiguet, Charles Joseph. 1950. An ecological study of Goose Island, BC, with special reference to terrestrial mammals. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 80 pp.

Hayward, John Stanley. 1964. Aspects of temperature adaptation in Peromyscus. PhD thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 110.pp

Herbert, Daryll M. 1967. Natural salt licks as a part of the ecology of the Mountain Goat. MS thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 138pp.

Huang, A.C., Elliott, J.E., Hindmarch, S. et al. 2016. Increased rodenticide exposure rate and risk of toxicosis in barn owls (Tyto alba) from southwestern Canada and linkage with demographic but not genetic factors. Ecotoxicology 25, 1061–1071 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-016-1662-6

Jackson, Mary Fairfield. 1952. Variation in an isolated population of shrews of the Vagran-obsurus group. MA Thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 73 pp.

Kearns, A.M., Restani M., Szabo I., Schrøder-Nielsen A., Kim J.A., Richardson H.M., Marzluff J.M., Fleischer R.C., Johnsen A., Omland K.E. Genomic evidence of speciation reversal in ravens. Nature Communications. 9: 906. PMID 29500409 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03294-w.

Krebs, Charles J. 1959. Growth studies in the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) with an analysis of population changes in the Mackenzie Delta Herd over the period 1938-1958. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 164pp. | Krebs, Charles J. 1962. The lemming cycle at Baker Lake, NWT during 1959-61. PhD dissertation, UBC, Department of Zoology. 183pp.

McCrory, Wayne. 1965. Variations in the mountain goat Oreamnos americanus. Honours thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 44pp.

Munro, David Aird. 1947. A preliminary study of the waterfowl of Burnaby Lake, BC. BA Honours thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 66 pp.

O’Keeffe, James John. Dry-matter intake during early phases of growth for subspecies of Deer (Odocoileus hemionus). MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 63 pp.

Pfeiffer, E. W. 1947. Ecology of the Winter Ranges of Jasper National Park. Honours thesis, UBC. 63pp.

Spalding, David J. 1963. Comparative feeding habits of the Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus), Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubata) and Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina) on the British Columbia Coast. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 113 pp.

Stephenson, Arthur B. 1956. Preliminary studies on growth, nutrition and blood chemistry of beavers. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 135pp.

Szabo, I., K. Walters, J. Rourke, and D. E. Irwin. 2017. First record of House Swift (Apus nipalensis) in the Americas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129: 411-416.

Taylor, Ernest William. 1948. Winter Food Habits of the Ring-necked Pheasant in the Lower Fraser Valley of BC. Honours thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 59 pp. | Taylor, Ernest William. 1950. A study of factors affecting reproduction and survival of Ring-necked Pheasant in the Lower Fraser Valley of BC. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 116 pp.

Tener, John Simpson. 1952. A preliminary study of musk-oxen at Slidre Fjord District, Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island. MA Thesis, UBC. 91pp. | Tener, John Simpson. 1960. A study of Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) in relation to its environment. PhD thesis, UBC. 259pp.

Toochin, Rick and Louis Haviland. 2014. Status and occurrence of Cook’s Petrel (Petrodroma cookii) in British Columbia. 7 pp.

Van Tets, Gerrard Frederick. 1959. A comparative study of the reproductive behaviour and natural history of three sympatric species of Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus, P. penicillatus and P. pelagicus) on Mandarte Island, BC. MA thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 86pp. | Van Tets, Gerrard Frederick. 1963. A comparative study of some of the social communications patterns of cormorants and related birds in the Pelecaniformes. PhD thesis, UBC, Department of Zoology. 226pp.

Szabo, I., K. Walters, J. Rourke, and D. E. Irwin. 2017. First record of House Swift (Apus nipalensis) in the Americas. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 129: 411-416.

Weeden, Robert Barton. 1959. The ecology and distribution of Ptarmigan in Western North America. PhD thesis, UBC, Department of zoology. 247pp.

Wright, Kenneth G. 2011. A Decade of Counting Winter Birds in British Columbia’s Coast Mountains Rainshadow. American Birds: 111th Christmas Bird Count: 24-31.

Herbarium

Algae

Milstein D & Saunders GW. 2012. DNA barcoding of Canadian Ahnfeltiales (Rhodophyta) reveals a new species –Ahnfeltia borealis sp. nov. Phycologia 51(3): 247–259. Used Herbarium specimens for geography, morphology and DNA extraction.

Halfar J, Williams B, Hetzinger S, Steneck RS, Lebednik P, Winsborough C, Omar A, Chan P & Wanamaker Jr. AD. 2011. 225 years of Bering Sea climate and ecosystem dynamics revealed by coralline algal growth-increment widths. Geology 39(6): 579-582. Used Lebednik’s coralline algae collection, housed in the Herbarium.

Lindstrom SC, Hughey JR & Martone PT. 2011. New, resurrected and redefined species ofMastocarpus (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta) from the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 50(6): 661-683. Most of the specimens used for morphology, geography, and DNA extraction are housed in the Herbarium. Many of the type specimens of this group are housed here as well.

Bryophytes

Carter BE. 2012. Scleropodium occidentale (Brachytheciaceae), a new moss species from western North America. The Biologist 115(2): 222-230. Used Herbarium specimens.

Wang QH, Jia Y. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the Asian species of Ulota Mohr (Orthotrichaceae). The Bryologist 115(3): 412-443. Specimen loan.

Chang Y & Graham SW. 2011. Inferring the higher-order phylogeny of mosses (Bryophyta) and relatives using a large, multigene plastid data set. American Journal of Botany98(5): 839–849. UBC-based research.

Chang Y & Graham SW. 2011. Bryophyte-specific primers for retrieving plastid genes suitable for phylogenetic inference. American Journal of Botany98(5): e109–113. UBC-based research.

Talbot SS, Schofield WB, Talbot SL & Daniels FJA. 2010. Vegetation of Eastern Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Botany 88(4): 366-388.

Blom HH & Darigo CE. 2009. Schistidium viride (Grimmiaceae), a new name for a common but neglected species in eastern North America. The Bryologist 112(2): 273–277. Specimen loan.

Garbary DJ, Miller AG, Scrosati R, Kim K-Y & Schofield WB. 2008. Distribution and salinity tolerance of intertidal mosses from Nova Scotian salt marshes. The Bryologist 111(2): 282–291.

Allen BH. 1988. Studies on the genus Fontinalis (Musci: Fontinaleaceae). Brittonia 40(2): 180-187.

Vascular Plants

Björk CR. 2013. Erigeron pacalis (Asteraceae), a new species from western Canadian boreal grasslands. Novon 22:271-275. The Herbarium houses the holotype of this newly described species.

Harrison K & Hebda RJ. 2013. A morphometric analysis of variation between Elymus alaskanus and Elymus violaceus (Poaceae): implications for recognition of taxa. Modroño 58(1): 32-49. Used Herbarium specimens to perform biogeographical and morphological analysis.

Benedict BG, Modliszewski JL, Sweigart AL, Martin NH, Ganders FR & Willis JH. 2012. Mimulus sookensis (Phrymaceae), a new allotetraploid species derived from Mimulus guttatis and Mimulus nasutus. Modroño 59(1): 29-43. Used Herbarium specimens for DNA extraction; holotype specimen of this newly described species is housed in the Herbarium.

Bennett BA, Catling PM, Cody WJ & Argus GW. 2010. New records of vascular plants in the Yukon Territory VIII. Canadian Field-Naturalist 124(1): 1-27. Bennett publishes a list of new species of the Yukon about every year or two; the Herbarium houses many of his duplicates from his collection and these publications.

Fungi

Niskanen T, Liimatainen K, Ammirati JF & Hughes K. 2013. Cortinarius section Sanguinei in North America. Mycologia 105(2): 344-356. Specimen loan.

Borovička J, Rockefeller A & Werner PG.2012. Psilocybe allenii – a new bluing species from the Pacific Coast, USA. Czech Mycology64(2): 181–195.

Centko RM, Santiago R-G, Taylor T, Patrick BO, Thompson CJ, Miao VP & Andersen RJ. 2012. Ramariolides A−D, antimycobacterial butenolides isolated from the mushroom Ramaria cystidiophora. Journal of Natural Products 75(12): 2178-2182.

Borovička J. 2008. The wood-rotting bluing Psilocybe species in Central Europe – an identification key. Czech Mycology60(2): 173–192. Specimen loan.

Lichens

Coxson DS, Goward T & Connell DJ. 2013. Analysis of ancient western redcedar stands in the upper Fraser River watershed and scenarios for protection. Journal of Ecosystems and Management 13(3): 1-20.

Goward T, Ahti T, Elix JA & Spribille T. 2010. Hypogymnia recurva and Hypogymnia wilfiana spp. nov., two new lichens from western NorthAmerica. Botany88: 345–351.

Björk CR, Goward T, Spribille T. 2009. New records and range extensions of rare lichens from waterfalls and sprayzones in inland British Columbia, Canada. Evansia 26(4): 219-224.

Spribille T, Björk CR, Ekman S, Elix JA, Goward T, Printzen C, Tønsberg T & Wheeler T. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist112(1): 109–137.

Spencer Entomological Collection

Maddison WP & Leduc-Robert G. 2013. Multiple origins of sex chromosome fusions correlated with chiasma localization in Habronattus jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Evolution, in press. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Zhang JX & Maddison WP. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, divergence times and biogeography of spiders of the subfamily Euophryinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 81–92. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Bodner MR & Maddison WP. 2012. The biogeography and age of salticid spider radiations (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 213-240. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Fraser DF, Copley CR, Elle E & Cannings RA. 2012. Changes in the status and distribution of the yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 109:31-37. Locality information.

Maddison WP. 2012. Five new species of lapsiine jumping spiders from Ecuador (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3424: 51-65. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Scudder GGE. 2012. Additional provincial and state records for Heteroptera (Hemiptera) in Canada and the United States.Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 109:55-69. UBC-based research on Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Zhang JX & Maddison WP. 2012. New euophryine jumping spiders from the Southeast Asia and Africa (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3581: 53–80. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Zhang JX & Maddison WP. 2012. New euophryine jumping spiders from Central America and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3578: 1–35. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Zhang JX & Maddison WP. 2012. New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3491: 1–74. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

Zhang JX & Maddison WP. 2012. New euophryine jumping spiders from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3476: 1–54. Used Spencer Entomological Collection specimens.

deWaard JR, Hebert PDN & Humble LM. 2011. A comprehensive DNA barcode library for the looper moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of British Columbia, Canada. PLoS ONE 6(3):e18290. DNA donation.

Baumann RW & Kondratieff BC. 2008. The Alloperla severa complex (Plecoptera: Chloroperlidae) of western North America. Illiesia 4(6):66‐75. Spencer Entomological Collection specimen loan.

Fish Collection

Guo, Z. and N. Bailly. 2024. Length-weight relationships of marine fishes using preserved specimens: a contribution of the UBC Beaty Biodiversity Museum Fish Collection, p. 23-42. In: D. Pauly and V. Ruiz-Leotaud (eds). Marine and Freshwater Miscellanea V. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 32(4). Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Uses preserved BBM specimens to obtain estimates of length-weight relationships in fishes for incorporation in FishBase.

McGee MD & Wainwright PC. 2013. Convergent evolution as a generator of phenotypic diversity in threespine stickleback. Evolution 67(4):1204-1208. Used Fish Collection specimens that were loaned.

Taylor EB, Darveau C-A & Schulte PM. 2013. Setting conservation priorities in a widespread species: phylogeographic and physiological variation in the Lake Chub, Couesius plumbeus (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Diversity 5:149-165. Deposited extensive collections of fish and DNA in a study to help set conservation priorities.

Hubert N, Hanner R, Holm E, Mandrak NE, Taylor E, Burridge M, Watkinson D, Dumont P, Curry A, Bentzen P, Zhang J, April J & Bernatchez L. 2008. Identifying Canadian freshwater fishes through DNA barcodes. PLoS ONE 3(6):e2490. Used Fish Collection DNA and fish specimens for a pan-Canadian effort.

Fossil Collection

Journal Publications with Beaty specimens:

Ware, J., Simonsen, T., Rasmussen, J., and Archibald, B. (in press). 2025. Systematics of the extinct suborder Cephalozygoptera (Odonata): a wing-based analysis comparing its genera with those of extant Zygoptera. American Museum Novitates.

Archibald, S.B. and Makarkin, V.N. New Eocene giant lacewings with once-banded wings (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae) of the Okanagan Highlands at McAbee, Canada, and Republic, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist, 157: 1–9. 2025. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2025.10017

Archibald, S.B., Evans, J.E., Mathewes, R.W., and Cannings, R.A. 2025. The early Eocene Swauka ypresiana n. gen. n. sp., the oldest gossamerwing damselfly (Odonata, Epallagidae, Epallaginae) and first fossil insect described from the Swauk Formation of central Washington, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology, 98: 1048–1052. https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.60

Sorrentino, J.A., Gibson, B.M., Jouault, C., Archibald, S.B., Piunnio, P.A.E., and Laflamme, M. (in revision) Controls on the sinking of hymenopterans and orthopterans in water of varying salinity: a taphonomic study. Lethaia.

Archibald, S.B., and Cannings, R.A. 2024. Three new Odonata species (cf. Cephalozygoptera and cf. Dysagrionidae) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist, 156 (e35): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2024.25

Simonsen, T.J., S.B. Archibald, J.L. Ware, and J.A. Rasmussen. Case 3893 – Furagrion Petrulevičius et al., 2008 (Insecta, Odonata): proposed conservation of usage by designation of a neotype for its type species Phenacolestes jutlandicus Henriksen, 1922. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 81 (31 December 2024) ISSN 2057-0570 (online). http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v81.a017

Simonsen, T.J., Archibald, S.B., Rasmussen, J.A., Sylvestersen, R.L, Olsen, K.O., and Ware, J.L. 2024. Stolleagrion foghnielseni (Odonata, Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae) gen. et sp. nov.: a new odonatan from the PETM recovery phase of the earliest Ypresian Fur Formation, Denmark. Zootaxa 5415 (3): 493–498.

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5415.3.9

Archibald, S.B., Mathewes, R.W., and Perfilieva, K.S. 2024. Fossil weaver ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Oecophyllini) of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of far-western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 156: 1–16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2023.27.

Archibald, S.B., Ware, J.L., Rasmussen, J.S., Sylvestersen, R.L., Olsen, K., and Simonsen, T.J. 2023. The damselfly genus Furagrion Petrulevičius et al. (Odonata, Zygoptera) from the early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark and the dysagrionoid grade. Zootaxa, 5278 (1): 1–29. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.2.4

Archibald, S.B., and Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2023. Cimbicidae (Hymenoptera, ‘Symphyta’) in the Paleogene: revision, the new subfamily Cenocimbicinae, and new taxa from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands. Zootaxa, 5278 (1): 1–38. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.1.1

Archibald, S.B., Mathewes, R.W., and Aase, A. 2023. Eocene giant ants, Arctic intercontinental dispersal, and hyperthermals revisited: discovery of fossil Titanomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formiciinae) in the cool uplands of British Columbia, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 155 (e6): 1–11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2022.49.

Makarkin, V.N., Antell, G.S., and Archibald, S.B. 2022. A revision of Chrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado, with description of new species. Zootaxa 5133 (3): 301–345. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5133.3.1

Archibald, S.B., and Cannings, R.A. 2022 The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 154 (e29): 1­–8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2022.16

Archibald, S.B. and Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2022. The early Eocene Eourocerus anguliterreus gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) from Republic, Washington. Zootaxa 5105 (2): 289–295. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.8

Simonsen, T.J., Archibald, S.B., Rasmussen, J.A., Sylvesternsen, R.L., Olsen, K., and Ware, J.L. 2022. Danowhetaksa gen. nov. with two species from the early Eocene Ølst Formation from Denmark, the first Palearctic Whetwhetaksidae (Odonata: Cephalozygoptera). Zootaxa 5099 (5): 586–592. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5099.5.5

Archibald, S.B., Gu, J.-J., and Mathewes, R.W. 2022. The Palaeorehniidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera, “Zeuneropterinae”), and new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 5100 (4): 559–572. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5100.4.6

Archibald, S.B., Cannings, R.A., and Greenwalt, D.E. 2022. Kishenehna prima, a new genus and species of darner dragonfly (Odonata, Aeshnidae, Gomphaeschninae) from the early middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana, USA. Zootaxa 5099 (4): 496–500. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5099.4.5

Archibald, S.B., and Cannings, R.A. 2021. The head of Cephalozygoptera (Odonata). Zootaxa, 5047(1): 97–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.10

Rubino, E, Leier, A., Cassel, E.J., Archibald S.B., Foster-Baril, Z., and Barbeau Jr., D.L. 2021. Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and Hf-isotopes from Eocene intermontane basin deposits of the southern CanadianCordillera. Sedimentary Geology, 422 (2021), 105969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2021.105969

Archibald, S.B., Aase, A., and Nel, A. 2021. The second North American fossil horntail wood-wasp (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), from the early Eocene Green River Formation. Zootaxa, 4999 (4): 325–334.https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4999.4.2

Mathewes, R.W., Archibald, S.B., and Lundgren, A. 2021. Tips and identification of early Eocene Fraxinus L. samaras from the Quilchena locality, Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 293: 104480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2021.104480

Makarkin, V.N., Archibald, S.B., and Mathewes, R.W. 2021. New Protosmylinae (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from the early Eocene of western North America, with taxonomic remarks. Zootaxa, 4980 (1): 142–156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.9

Archibald, S.B., and Cannings, R.A. 2021. A new genus and species of Euphaeidae (Odonata, Zygoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands locality at Republic, Washington, U.S.A. Zootaxa, 4966 (3): 392–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.11

Archibald, S.B., and Makarkin, V.N. 2021. Early Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of western North America from the Okanagan Highlands and Green River Formation. Zootaxa, 4951 (1): 041–079. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.2

Selected media for Early Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of western North America from theOkanagan Highlands and Green River Formation:

Archibald, S.B., Cannings, R.A., Erickson, R.J., Bybee, S.M., and Mathewes, R.W. 2021. The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa, 4934 (1): 1–133.

Free download at: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4934.1

Selected media for The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America:

Archibald, S.B., and Makarkin, V.N. 2020. A new genus and species of split-footed lacewings (Neuroptera) from the early Eocene of western Canada and revision of the subfamily affinities of Mesozoic Nymphidae. The Canadian Entomologist, 152: 269–287.       https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2020.10

Archibald, S.B., and Cannings, R.A. 2019. Fossil dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 151: 783–816. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2019.61

Selected media for Fossil Dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America:

Mayr, G., Archibald, S.B., Kaiser, G.W., and Mathewes, R.W. 2019. Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada) and Washington State (USA). The Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56: 803–813. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2018-0267

Selected media for Early Eocene (Ypresian) birds from the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada) and Washington State (USA):

Makarkin, V.N., Archibald, S.B., and Jepson, J.E. 2019. The oldest Inocelliidae (Raphidioptera) from the Eocene of western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 151: 521–530. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2019.26

Archibald, S.B., and Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2018. Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera:Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and EoceneHolarctic dispersal of the genus. The Canadian Entomologist, 150: 393–403. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2018.13

Selected media for Two new species of fossil Eomerope (Mecoptera: Eomeropidae) from the Ypresian Okanagan Highlands, far-western North America, and Eocene Holarctic dispersal of the genus:

Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J., and Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands. The Canadian Entomologist, 150: 205–257. PDF

https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2017.59

Archibald, S.B., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J., and Mathewes, R.W. 2018. Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands. The Canadian Entomologist, 150: 205–257. PDF  DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2017.59

Selected media for Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands:

Archibald, S.B., and Makarkin, V.N. 2017. A new fossil green lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene Driftwood Canyon, Canada. Zootaxa, 4324: 397–400. PDF  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.13

Mathewes, R.W., Greenwood, D.R., and Archibald, S.B. 2016. Paleoenvironment of the Quilchena flora, British Columbia, during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. The Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53: 574–590. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0163

Archibald, S.B., and Makarkin, V.N. 2015. The second genus and species of the extinct neuropteroid family Corydasialidae, from early Eocene McAbee, British Columbia, Canada: do they belong to Megaloptera? Zootaxa, 4040 (5): 569–575. PDF  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.5

Archibald, S.B., and Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2015. New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 148: 209–228. PDF  https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.55

Selected media for New early Eocene Siricomorpha (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Pamphiliidae, Siricidae, Cephidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America:

Archibald, S.B., and Bradler, S. 2015. Stem-group stick insects (Phasmatodea) in the early Eocene at McAbee, BC, Canada, and Republic, Washington, USA. The Canadian Entomologist, 147: 744–753. PDF https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.2

Archibald, S.B., and Makarkin, V.N. 2015. A new species of Archaeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene of Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist, 147: 359–369. PDF. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2014.53

Selected media for A new species of Archaeochrysa Adams (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from the early Eocene of Driftwood Canyon, British Columbia, Canada:

Archibald, S.B., Makarkin, V.N., Greenwood, D.R., and Gunnell, G.F. 2014. The Red Queen and Court Jester in green lacewing evolution: bat predation and global climate change. PALAIOS, 29: 185–191 .PDF (text + suppl. info) . https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2013.089

Makarkin, V.N., and Archibald, S.B. 2014. An unusual new fossil genus probably belonging to the Psychopsidae (Neuroptera) from the Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa, 3838: 385–391. PDF https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.8

Archibald, S.B., Morse, G.E., Greenwood, D.R., and Mathewes, R.W. 2014. Fossil palm beetles refine upland winter temperatures in the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 111: 8095–8100. PDF  https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1323269111

Selected media for Fossil palm beetles refine upland winter temperatures in the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum:

Makarkin, V.N., and Archibald, S.B. 2014. A revision of late Eocene snakeflies (Raphidioptera) of the Florissant Formation, Colorado, with special reference to the wing venation of Raphidiomorpha. Zootaxa, 3784: 401-444. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3784.4.4

Archibald, S.B., Kehlmaier, C., and Mathewes, R.W. 2014. Early Eocene Big Headed Flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) from the Okanagan Highlands, western North America. The Canadian Entomologist. 146: 429-443. PDF  https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2013.79

Archibald, S.B., Greenwood, D.R., and Mathewes, R.W. 2013. Seasonality, montane beta diversity, and Eocene insects: testing Janzen’s dispersal hypothesis in an equable world. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 371: 1–8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.043

Selected media for Seasonality, montane beta diversity, and Eocene insects: testing Janzen’s dispersal hypothesis in an equable world:

Archibald, S.B., Greenwood, D.R., Smith, R.Y., Mathewes, R.W., and Basinger, J.F. 2011. Great Canadian Lagerstätten 1. Early Eocene Lagerstätten of the Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia and Washington State). Geoscience Canada, 38: 155–164. PDF

https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/18964

Archibald, S.B., Bossert, W.H., Greenwood, D.R., and Farrell, B.D. 2010. Seasonality, the latitudinal gradient of diversity, and Eocene insects. Paleobiology, 36: 374–398. PDF (Online supplementary materials PDF ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1666/09021.1

Selected media for Seasonality, the latitudinal gradient of diversity, and Eocene insects:

Archibald, S.B. 2007. Climate and Species Diversity: The Eocene Okanagan Highlands Insect View, vols. 1–2. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 623 pp.

Archibald, S.B. and Greenwood, D.R. 2005. The Okanagan Highlands: Eocene biota, environments and geological setting, southern British Columbia, Canada and northeastern Washington, USA. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42: 111–114. PDF

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/e05-012

Greenwood, D.R., Archibald, S.B., Mathewes, R.W. and Moss, P.T. (2005) Fossil biotas from the Okanagan Highlands, southern British Columbia and northern Washington State: climates and ecosystems across an Eocene landscape. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42: 167–185. PDF

            DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/e04-100

Moss, P.T. Greenwood, D.R., and Archibald, S.B. (2005) Regional and local vegetation community dynamics of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands (British Columbia-Washington State) from palynology. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 42: 187–204. PDF

            DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/e04-095

Archibald, S.B., and Farrell, B.D. 2003. Wheeler’s Dilemma. Proceedings of the Second Paleoentomological Congress, Acta Zoologica Crakoviensia, 46 (supplement, fossil insects): 17–23. PDF

Makarkin, V.N., Archibald, S.B., and Oswald, J.D. (2003) New Early Eocene Brown Lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) from Western North America, The Canadian Entomologist, 135: 637–653.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4039/n02-122

Archibald, S.B., and Mathewes, R.W. 2000. Early Eocene insects from Quilchena, British Columbia and their paleoclimatic implications.  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78: 1441–1462.

            DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/z00-070

Pulawski, W.J., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Brothers, D.J. and Archibald, S.B. (2000) New genera of Angarosphecinae: Cretosphecium from Early Cretaceous of Mongolia and Eosphecium from Early Eocene of Canada (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9: 34–40. PDF