• An update of the goblin spider genus Birabenella Grismado, 2010 (Araneae, Oonopidae), with the description of three new species. (American Museum novitates, no. 3883) 

  Piacentini, Luis N.; Grismado, Cristian J.; Ramírez, Martín J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-09-06)

  The taxonomy of the poorly known South American goblin spider genus Birabenella Grismado (Araneae: Oonopidae) is updated in light of recently collected material. Three new species are described: B. kamanchaca, from northern ...
• The Ordovician succession adjacent to Hinlopenstretet, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen. (American Museum novitates, no. 3882) 

  Kröger, Björn.; Finnegan, Seth.; Franeck, Franziska.; Hopkins, Melanie J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-09-05)

  The Ordovician sections along the western shore of the Hinlopen Strait, Ny Friesland, Spitsbergen were discovered in the late 1960s and since then prompted numerous paleontological publications; several of these publications ...
• A new species of nectar-feeding bat of the genus Hsunycteris (Phyllostomidae, Lonchophyllinae) from northeastern Peru. (American Museum novitates, no. 3881) 

  Velazco, Paúl M.; Soto-Centeno, J. Angel.; Fleck, David W. (David William), 1969-; Voss, Robert S.; Simmons, Nancy B. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-06-19)

  A new species of the nectarivorous bat genus Hsunycteris is described from lowland Amazonian forest in northeastern Peru. The new species, H. dashe, can be distinguished from other congeners by its larger size; V-shaped ...
• The taxonomic status of Oligoryzomys mattogrossae (Allen 1916) (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae), reservoir of Anajatuba hantavirus. (American Museum novitates, no. 3880) 

  Weksler, Marcelo.; Lemos, Elba M. S.; D'Andrea, Paulo Sérgio.; Bonvicino, Cibele R. (Cibele Rodrigues) (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-05-02)

  Species of the cricetid genus Oligoryzomys are found across most Neotropical biomes, and several of them play important roles as natural reservoirs of hantaviruses and arenaviruses. Here we demonstrate that O. mattogrossae, ...
• Larval anatomies, eggs, and developmental biologies of Centris bicornuta and Epicharis albofasciata (Apoidea, Apidae). (American Museum novitates, no. 3879) 

  Rozen, Jerome George, 1928- (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-05-02)

  This paper presents detailed comparative descriptions of the mature larvae and eggs of Centris (Heterocentris) bicornuta Mocsáry and Epicharis (Epicharoides) albofasciata Smith as representatives of two genera that are ...
• New material of Eocene Helaletidae (Perissodactyla, Tapiroidea) from the Irdin Manha Formation of the Erlian Basin, Inner Mongolia, China, and comments on related localities of the Huheboerhe area. (American Museum novitates, no. 3878) 

  Bai, Bin, 1981-; Wang, Yuan-qing.; Mao, Fang-yuan.; Meng, Jin (Paleontologist) (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-04-14)

  Perissodactyls first appeared at the beginning of the early Eocene and reached their highest diversity, dominating contemporaneous mammalian faunas in species richness during the middle Eocene. Tapiroidea is an important ...
• Discovery of the bee tribe Tarsaliini in Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae), with the description of a new species. (American Museum novitates, no. 3877) 

  Engel, Michael S.; Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Shebl, Mohamed A. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-03-20)

  The uncommonly encountered bee tribe Tarsaliini (Apinae) is recorded from the Arabian Peninsula for the first time, and based on a new species of the genus Tarsalia Morawitz. The tribes Ancylaini and Tarsaliini are diagnosed ...
• A new crown-group frog (Amphibia, Anura) from the early Cretaceous of northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. (American Museum novitates, no. 3876) 

  Gao, Keqin, 1955-; Chen, Jianye. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-03-14)

  Based on 12 well-preserved skeletons of postmetamorphic individuals, a new crown-group frog taxon is named and described from the Lower Cretaceous Guanghua (upper part of Longjiang) Formation (stratigraphic equivalent of ...
• Pectoral morphology in Doliodus : bridging the 'acanthodian'-chondrichthyan divide. (American Museum novitates, no. 3875) 

  Maisey, John G.; Miller, Randall F. (Randall Francis), 1956-; Pradel, Alan.; Denton, John S. S.; Bronson, Allison.; Janvier, Philippe. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-03-10)

  Doliodus problematicus (NBMG 10127), from the Lower Devonian of New Brunswick, Canada (approx. 397-400 Mya) is the earliest sharklike jawed vertebrate (gnathostome) in which the pectoral girdle and fins are well preserved. ...
• Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia. (American Museum novitates, no. 3874) 

  Velazco, Paúl M.; Buczek, Alexandra J.; Novacek, Michael J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-02-21)

  Two new genera and species of Tritylodontidae, Shartegodon altai and Nuurtherium baruunensis, are described and compared with other known tritylodontids. The new taxa are represented by two partial skulls and, in the case ...
• Rollo Beck's collections of birds in northeast New Guinea. (American Museum novitates, no. 3873) 

  Lecroy, Mary.; Diamond, Jared M. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-02-15)

  In 1928-1929 Rollo Beck discovered in New Guinea a spectacular new species of bowerbird, Sericulus bakeri, which according to his specimen labels he collected near the previously well-studied lowland town and former colonial ...
• A new species of Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon. (American Museum novitates, no. 3872) 

  Pavan, Silvia E.; Mendes-Oliveira, Ana C.; Voss, Robert S. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-02-10)

  We describe a new species of the didelphid marsupial genus Monodelphis from Brazil, where it appears to be widely distributed in the states of Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. Monodelphis saci, new species, belongs ...
• New evanioid wasps from the Cenomanian of Myanmar (Hymenoptera, Othniodellithidae, Aulacidae), with a summary of family-group names among Evanioidea. (American Museum novitates, no. 3871) 

  Engel, Michael S. (American Museum of Natural History., 2017-01-27)

  Three new evanioid wasps (Euhymenoptera: Evanioidea) are described and figured from individuals preserved in mid-Cretaceous (earliest Cenomanian) amber from northern Myanmar. The new species represent the families ...
• Roosting ecology of Amazonian bats : evidence for guild structure in hyperdiverse mammalian communities. (American Museum novitates, no. 3870) 

  Voss, Robert S.; Fleck, David W. (David William), 1969-; Strauss, Richard E.; Velazco, Paúl M.; Simmons, Nancy B. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-12-14)

  The ecological mechanisms that sustain high species richness in Neotropical bat communities have attracted research attention for several decades. Although many ecologists have studied the feeding behavior and diets of ...
• Nesting biology of the solitary bee Epicharis albofasciata (Apoidea, Apidae, Centridini). (American Museum novitates, no. 3869) 

  Rozen, Jerome George, 1928- (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-12-05)

  This paper describes the extensive nesting site and the nesting behavior of a large population of the solitary, ground-nesting bee Epicharis (Epicharoides) albofasciata Smith, found in Trinidad in association with its ...
• A revised subgeneric classification of short-tailed opossums (Didelphidae, Monodelphis). (American Museum novitates, no. 3868) 

  Pavan, Silvia E.; Voss, Robert S. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-12-01)

  Members of the didelphid marsupial genus Monodelphis have previously been classified into species groups, but such informal subdivisions are inconsistent among authors and have contributed little but confusion to the ...
• Systematics of the genus Palaeictops Matthew, 1899 (Mammalia, Leptictidae), with the description of two new species from the Middle Eocene of Utah and Wyoming. (American Museum novitates, no. 3867) 

  Velazco, Paúl M.; Novacek, Michael J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-11-18)

  Palaeictops is a genus of early Cenozoic Leptictidae, currently comprising six species known from Eocene faunas in the United States and Canada. Two new species, Palaeictops altimontis and P. robustus, are represented by ...
• Osteological assessment of Pleistocene Camelops hesternus (Camelidae, Camelinae, Camelini) from Alaska and Yukon. (American Museum novitates, no. 3866) 

  Zazula, Grant D.; MacPhee, R. D. E.; Hall, Elizabeth (Paleontologist); Hewitson, Susan. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-10-19)

  During the past century, fossils of Pleistocene camels have been occasionally reported from unglaciated regions of Alaska and Yukon (collectively known as eastern Beringia), yet detailed descriptions of these materials are ...
• The Mesozoic family Eremochaetidae (Diptera, Brachycera) in Burmese amber and relationships of Archisargoidea. (American Museum novitates, no. 3865) 

  Grimaldi, David A.; Barden, Phillip. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-09-29)

  All 16 species of the family Eremochaetidae occur from the late Jurassic to the mid-Cretaceous of eastern and Central Asia. The first species in amber, and the latest occurrence of the family, was recently described as ...
• Mature larvae and nesting biologies of bees currently assigned to the Osmiini (Apoidea, Megachilidae). (American Museum novitates, no. 3864) 

  Rozen, Jerome George, 1928-; Praz, Christophe J. (American Museum of Natural History., 2016-09-27)

  The purpose of this study is to describe the mature larvae of all taxa of the tribe Osmiini (Megachilidae) whose postdefecating larvae have been collected and are available. The hope is that data uncovered will eventually ...

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