Neal Luit Evenhuis

Neal Luit Evenhuis (born 1952), U.S. entomologist.

  • J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Research in Entomology, Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-2704, USA.
  • E-mail: neale@bishopmuseum.org

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

  • 112 taxon names authored by Neal Luit Evenhuis

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1975

1977

  • 1977. New North American Bombyliidae (Diptera) with notes on described species. Entomological News 88(5-6): 121–126. BHL

1978

1979

  • 1979. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). I. A new species of Zaclava from the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia, with a key species in the genus. Pacific Insects 20(1): 87–89. PDF.
  • 1979. A new genus of Anthracinae (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from India. Pacific Insects 20(4): 362–364. PDF.
  • 1979. Catalog of entomological types in the Bishop Museum. Diptera: Stratiomyidae. Pacific Insects 21(1): 1–8. PDF.
  • 1979. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). II. Revision of the genus Geron of Australia and the Pacific. Pacific Insects 21(1): 13–55. PDF. Reference page. 
  • 1979. Scientific Note: First record of Bombyliidae from Santa Barbara Island, California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 55(4): 250. BHL
  • 1979. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). III. On the genus Heteralonia (Acrodisca) from Southeast Asia. Pacific Insects 21(2-3): 253–260. PDF.

1980

  • 1980. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). V. Notes on the Comptosia group of the Australian Region, with a key to genera and descriptions of a new genus and threee new species. Pacific Insects 21(4): 328–334. PDF.
  • 1980. New Neotropical Parabombylius (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Pacific Insects 21(4): 355–358. PDF.
  • 1980. Catalog of entomological types in the Bishop Musuem. Diptera: Asilidae, Leptogastridae. Pacific Insects 22(1): 205–211. PDF.
  • 1980. Catalog of entomological types in the Bishop Musuem. Diptera: Rachiceridae, Scenopinidae, Empididae. Pacific Insects 22(1): 212–215. PDF.

1981

  • 1981. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). VI. Description of a new anthracine genus from the Western Pacific, with notes on some of Matsumura's Anthrax types. Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 189–200. PDF.
  • 1981. Studies in Pacific Bombyliidae (Diptera). VII. On the status of Thyridanthrax auctellus. Pacific Insects 23(3-4): 432–433. PDF.
  • 1981. Book review: Fauna Palaestina. Insects II. Diptera: Asilidae. By Oskar Theodor. Pacific Insects 23(3-4): 489–490.
  • 1981. Two new species of Asian Mythicomyia (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Colemania 1: 5–6.

1982

1989

1990

1991

1993

  • 1993. Catalogue of the types of southern African Mythicomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera). Genus 4(2): 91–102. PDF. Reference page. 

1994

1996

1997

  • 1997. The genus Sigmatineurum Parent in Hawaii (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a revised key to species. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 48: 66–73. PDF.
  • 1997. Review of flightless Dolichopodidae (Diptera) in the Hawaiian islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 53: 1–30. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Grootaert, P. & 1997. A New Species of Thinophilus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1996. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 48: 74–77. PDF. Reference page. 

1999

2000

  • 2000. A revision of the 'microbombyliid' genus Doliopteryx Hesse (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae). Cimbebasia 16: 117-135. Reference page. 
  • 2000. A new species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from rosettes of the lobeliad Lobelia gloria-montis (Campanulaceae) on Maui. Bishop Museum occasional papers 62: 1–3. PDF.
  • 2000. A new species of Sigmatineurum (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from seeps in Waimanu Valley on the Big Island of Hawai'i. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 63: 31–33. PDF.
  • 2000. Water-skating Campsicnemus of the Marquesas Islands, including two new species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 107(4): 289–296. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal.

2001

  • Greathead, D.J. & 2001. Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae) from the island of Sokotra. Zootaxa 14(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.11646/Zotaxa.14.1.1 Paywall. Reference page. 
  • 2001. A new 'microbombyliid' genus from the Brandberg Massif, Namibia (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae). Cimbebasia 17: 137-141. Reference page. 

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

  • 2007. Note: Clarification of the Authorship of Xixuthrus heros (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 91: 39–42. PDF Reference page. 
  • 2007. New Species of Hawaiian Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 1: articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 95: 9–16. PDF.
  • 2007. Lectotype Designations for Hawaiian Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 1: articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 95: 17–37. PDF.

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

  • 2012. Nomenclatural notes on some Diptera genus-group names of P.A. Latreille. Zootaxa 3346: 64–68. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3346.1.5 Paywall. Reference page. 
  • 2012. An overlooked earlier name for the bird blow fly genus Protocalliphora Hough (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Zootaxa 3444: 65–68. Preview Reference page. 
  • 2012. Publication and dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas. Zootaxa 3448: 1–61. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3448.1.1 Paywall. Reference page. 
  • 2012. Review of the Campsicnemus fumipennis group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Hawaiian islands, with descriptions of new species and corrections of misidentifications. Zootaxa 3497: 1–16. Preview PDF Reference page. 
  • 2012. Sir Richard Owen’s fly, Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (Diptera: Oestridae): correction of the authorship and date, with a list of animal names newly proposed by Owen in his little-known 1830 catalogue. Zootaxa 3501: 74–82. Preview PDF Reference page. 
  • 2012. New species of Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Ko'olau Mountains of O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Part I: animals. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 112: 9–16. PDF. Reference page. 
  • 2012. François-Louis Comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) and the mysterious disappearance of his original insect collection. Zootaxa 3168: 53–63. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3168.1.4 Reference page. 
  • Masunaga, K. & 2012. Two new species of the genus Cymatopus Kertész from the Mariana Islands (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa 3159: 36–46. Preview Reference page. 
  • 2012. A new species of Campsicnemus from the Far East of Russia with some new records (Dolichopodidae, Diptera). Amurian Zoological Journal 4(3): 250–252. PDF.

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

  • 2020. Mine's longer than yours: two new Strongylophthalmyia Heller (Diptera: Strongylophthalmyiidae) with remarkably long antennal processes. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 132: 1–7. PDF.
  • 2020. A new genus for Painter & Painter’s Villa “celer”-group in the New World (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Zootaxa 4748(2): 296–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.4 Paywall Reference page. 
  • 2020. Dates of publication for Shaw's General Zoology (1800–1826). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 135: 1–9. PDF.
  • 2020. The hazards of Nomenclatural Archaeology? The Diptera names of Theodorus van Swinderen in his 1822 Index Rerum Naturalium quae conservantur in Museo Academico Groningano. Zootaxa 4859(3): 383–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.3.4 Paywall Reference page. 

2021

2022

2023

2024

  • 2024. Steps toward conserving the family-group name Psilidae (Insecta: Diptera): Reversal of precedence for Psilidae Walker, 1853 (nomen protectum) and Psilomyiidae Macquart, 1835 (nomen oblitum) and invoking Article 35.5 for the precedence of Psilidae Walker, 1853 over Loxoceridae Macquart, 1835. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 1–5. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • 2024. A new species of Tylparua Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Big Island of Hawai‘i. In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 156: 151–153. PDF. Reference page. 
  • 2024. First record of the genus Xenoplatyura Malloch from Fiji (Diptera: Keroplatidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.) Fiji Arthropods (New Series) II. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 158: 1–6. PDF. Reference page. 
  • 2024. The Campsicnemus macula Parent complex in Hawai‘i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): examples of volcanoes acting as islands? In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 156: 155–169. PDF. Reference page. 
  • 2024. A new species of Poecilognathus (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from a known but unknown locality. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 159: 1–8. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • 2024. The genus Tylparua Edwards in Hawaii (Diptera: Keroplatidae). Part II: Review of the subgenus Hardyplatyura Evenhuis. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 161: 1–53. PDF. Reference page. 
  • & Harbach, R.E. 2024. Rhynchotaenia Brèthes, 1910 (preoccupied): transfer of its species to Pseudotaeniorhynchus Theobald, 1911 (Diptera: Culicidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 29–31. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • Pont, A.C., Chainey, J.E. & 2024. The types of Diptera (Insecta) described by J.-M.-F. Bigot. Privately published. Hilo, Hawaii. x + 658 pp. ISBN 979-8-218-46676-3. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • Pont, A.C. & 2024. A new replacement name for a junior primary homonym (Diptera: Asilidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 33–34. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • 2024. An assessment of the Diptera species-group names appearing for the first time in the two 1829 works of James Francis Stephens. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 41–61. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 
  • Oosterbroek, P., & Podėnas, S. 2024. Gonomyiella Meunier, 1899 replaces Oreophila Lackschewitz, 1935, with list of species (Diptera, Limoniidae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.) Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 69–71. PDF. Internet Archive Reference page. 

2025