Donald B. Thomas

Donald Byron Thomas, Jr. (1949–2024), U.S. entomologist.

• USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Cattle Fever Tick Research Laboratory, 22675 N. Moorefield Road, Moore Air Base, Edinburg TX 78541.

(List may be incomplete)

• 37 taxon names authored by Donald B. Thomas

(List may be incomplete)

• 1974. The genus Codophila Mulsant in North America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50: 441–442. BHL Reference page. 

• 1980. A new Pseudevoplitus Ruckes from Guatemala with a key to the species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56(4): 293–296. BHL Reference page. 
• Rolston, L.H., McDonald, F.J.D. & 1980. A conspectus of Pentatomini genera of the Western Hemisphere. Part I (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 88(2): 120–132. BHL Reference page. 

• Buxton, G.M., , Froeschner, R.C. 1983. Revision of the species of the sayi-group of Chlorochroa Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Occasional Papers in Entomology 29: 1–23. PDF Reference page. 
• 1983. Taxonomic Status of the Genera Chlorochroa Stål, Rhytidilomia Stål, Liodermion Kirkaldy, and Pitedia Reuter, and Their Included Species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76(2): 215–224. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/76.2.215. . Reference page. 

• 1985. Revision of the Genus Chlorocoris Spinola (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78(5): 674–690. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/78.5.674. . Reference page. 
• & Rolston, L.H. 1985. A revision of the pentatomine genus Serdia Stål, 1860 (Pentatomidae: Hemiptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93(4): 1165–1172. BHL Reference page. 

• Scudder, G.G.E. & 1987. The green stink bug genus Chlorochroa Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 119(1): 83–93. DOI: 10.4039/Ent11983-1. Reference page. 

• 1990. The status of the genus Mineus Stål, 1862 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(2): 304–305. BHL Reference page. 
• 1990. Menudo, a new genus of Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) from Puerto Rico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98(4): 424–428. BHL Reference page. 

• 1991. The Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) of North America. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 67(3): 159–170. BHL Reference page. 

• 1992. Taxonomic synopsis of the asopine Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of the Western Hemisphere. Thomas Say Foundation Monograph, ESA, Vol. 16: iv + 156 pp. DOI: 10.4182/OACO2099 WorldCat Reference page. 
• 1992. Eludocoris, a new genus of Pentatomidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) from Costa Rica. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(1): 63–67 BHL Reference page. 
• & Dolling, W.R. 1992. Podisus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851 (Insecta, Heteroptera): proposed conservation of P. vittipennis Herrich-Schaeffer, 1851 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49(3): 191–193. BHL Reference page. 

• 1994. Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World asopine genera (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Insecta Mundi 8(3–4): 145–212. Online. Reference page. 

• 1997. The Anocellate, Flightless Genus Lojus McDonald (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 90(5): 569–574. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/90.5.569. . Reference page. 

• 1998. A New Species of Chlorocoris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Jamaica. Florida Entomologist 81(4): 483–488. DOI: 10.2307/3495946. JSTOR. Full article. Reference page. 

• & Brailovsky, H. 1999. Review of the genus Dendrocoris Bergroth with descriptions of new species (Pentatomidae: Heteroptera). Insecta Mundi 13(1–2): 1–9. Online. Reference page. 

• 2001. A new, ocellate species in the genus Lojus McDonald (Heteroptera : Pentatomidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103(4): 854–857. BHL Reference page. 

• Arismendi, N. & 2003. Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) of Honduras: a checklist with description of a new ochlerine genus. Insecta Mundi 17(3–4): 219–236. Online. Reference page. 

• Perez-Gelabert, D.E. & 2005. Stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of the island of Hispaniola, with seven new species from the Dominican Republic. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 37: 319–352. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Triplehorn, C.A. & 2011. Studies in the genus Eleodes Eschscholtz with a revision of the subgenus Melaneleodes Blaisdell and Omegeleodes, new subgenus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Eleodini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 137(3–4): 251–281. DOI: 10.3157/061.137.0309 JSTOR Reference page. 

• 2012. Mcphersonarcys, a New Genus for Pentatoma aequalis Say (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) . The Great Lakes Entomologist 45(2): 127–133. DOI: 10.22543/0090-0222.2248 Reference page. 

• , Smith, A.D., Triplehorn, C.A. & Aalbu, R.A. 2014. Walker’s Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 3835(4): 583–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.4.9 Reference page. 

• Triplehorn, C.A. & 2015. A Revision of Eleodes Subgenus Litheleodes Blaisdell (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(14): 251–281. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.11 JSTOR Reference page. 

• Ortega-León, G. & 2016. Pseudocromata, a new genus of Ochlerini based on a new species from Ecuador (Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae). Zootaxa 4137(2): 286–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.2.10. Reference page. 

• Bousquet, Y., , Bouchard, P., Smith, A.D., Aalbu, R.L., Johnston, M.A. & Steiner Jr., W.E. 2018. Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America. ZooKeys 728: 1–455. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.728.20602, PMC: 5799738 PMID: 29416389 Reference page. 
• Rider, D.A., Schwertner, C.F., Davidová-Vilímová, J., Rédei, D., Kment, P. & 2018. Higher systematics of the Pentatomoidea. p. 25–204, In: McPherson, J.E. (ed). Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea): Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management. CRC Press. Taylor & Francis group. Boca Raton, FL. Reference page. 

• 2021. The Moneda Bug, Chrysodarecus moneta Breddin = Placocoris viridis Mayr (Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae: Ochlerini). Zootaxa 4958(1): 595–604. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.35. Reference page. 

• 2024. Notes on the tribe Chlorocorini with the description of a new species of Chlorocoris Spinola (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Panama. Insecta Mundi 1042: 1–7. Online. Reference page. 

• Ratcliffe, B.C., Eger, J.E. & Rider, D.A. 2025. In Memoriam: Donald B. Thomas, Jr., January 26, 1949–November 10, 2024. Insecta Mundi 1134: 1–20. PDF Reference page.