Museum, University of Nebraska State
University of Nebraska State Museum: Staff and Affiliates, Publications
2023
Orb-web spider Argiope (Araneidae) as indigenous arrow poison of G/ui and G//ana San hunters in the Kalahari, Tharina L. Bird, Smith Moeti, Robert K. Hitchcock, Melinda C. Kelly, Lefang L. Chobolo, Nonofo Gotcha, Kgosi K. Moatlhodi, Leungo D. Mukoka, Emmanuel K. Sekopo, and Caroline Simmrita Chaboo
The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Maryland (Coleoptera), Dana L. Price and Brett C. Ratcliffe
2022
Male mastodon landscape use changed with maturation (late Pleistocene, North America), Joshua H. Miller, Daniel C. Fisher, Brooke E. Crowley, Ross Secord, and Bledar A. Konomi
The Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in Lincoln, Nebraska, Melissa J. Panella, Shaun M. Dunn, Thomas E. Labedz, and Hugh H. Genoways
Three New Species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a Checklist of Cyclocephala Species in Peru, Fernando Paz, Brett C. Ratcliffe, and Luis Figueroa
Terrestrial carbon isotope stratigraphy and mammal turnover during post-PETM hyperthermals in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA, Sarah J. Widlansky, Ross Secord, Kathryn E. Snell, Amy E. Chew, and William C. Clyde
Accuracy of COVID-19 Relevant Knowledge among Youth: Number of Information Sources Matters, Patricia Wonch Hill, Judy Diamond, Amy N. Spiegel, Elizabeth VanWormer, Meghan Leadabrand, and Julia McQuillan
2021
Developing Pandemic Comics for Youth Audiences, Judy Diamond, Amy Spiegel, Patricia Wonch Hill, Elizabeth VanWormer, judi m. gaiashkibos, Bob Hall, Aaron Sutherlen, and Julia McQuillan
Conservation Status and Natural History of Ctenomys, Tuco-Tucos in Bolivia, Scott Lyell Gardner, Sebastian Botero-Cañola, Enzo Aliaga Rossel, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan, and Jorge A. Salazar-Bravo
Parasites: The Inside Scoop, Scott Lyell Gardner, Judy Diamond, Gábor R. Rácz, and Brenda Lee
The Dynastine Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Chile, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Ronald D. Cave, and José Mondaca
A New Species of Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Peru, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Jochen-P. Saltin
A new species of Chalepides Casey, 1915 (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from the Pantanal of Brazil, Brett Ratcliffe and Matthias Seidel
2020
Gaharitrema droneni n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Zoogonidae: Lepidophyllinae) from the Pudgy Cuskeel, Spectrunculus grandis (Ophidiiformes: Ophidiidae), from Deep Waters off Oregon, with Updates Keys to Zoogonid Subfamilies and Genera, Charles K. Blend, Gábor R. Rácz, and Scott Gardner
Before the Pandemic Ends: Making Sure This Never Happens Again, Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, Walter A. Boeger, Scott Lyell Gardner, Sabrina B. L. Araujo, Katalin Bajer, Sebastian Botero-Cañola, Brian Byrd, Gábor Földvári, Joseph A. Cook, Jonathan L. Dunnum, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Dávid Herczeg, Ferenc Jakab, Alicia Juarrero, Gábor Kemenesi, Kornélia Kurucz, Virginia León-Règagnon, Hugo H. Mejía-Madrid, Orsolya Molnár, Richard A. Nisbett, Wolfgang Preiser, Michael Stuart, Eors Szathmary, and Valeria Trivellone
A New Genus and Two New Species of Unarmed Hymenolepidid Cestodes (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from Geomyid Rodents in Mexico and Costa Rica, Scott Lyell Gardner, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan, Mariel Campbell, and S. Elizabeth Rácz
Obituary: Sydney Anderson (1927–2018), Scott Lyell Gardner, Robert M. Timm, Nancy Olds, and Hugh H. Genoways
Hydrogeology and Geology of the Lower North and South Platte Rivers of Nebraska: Nebraska Geological Society Field Trip 2020, Douglas R. Hallum, Paul R. Hanson, Shane Tucker, and Robert F. Diffendal Jr.
Using a College Curriculum to Integrate Informal Science Learning Opportunities for University and Middle School Students, Eileen Hebets, Patricia Wonch Hill, Ann Matthews, Kathie Phillips, Susan Weller, Cassidy Whitney, and Tyler B. Corey
Description of the immature stages of Stenocrates agricola Dechambre & Hardy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with redescription of the adult and discussion of its tribal position, Mario G, Ibarra-Polesel; Jhon C. Neita-Moreno; and Brett Ratcliffe
Flowers are essential to maintain high beetle diversity (Coleoptera) in a Neotropical rainforest canopy, Susan Kirmse and Caroline S. Chaboo
Catalogo ilustrado de los Cetoniinae y Trichiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de Nicaragua., Jean-Michel Maes and Brett Ratcliffe
Description of a New Species of Gymnetis Macleay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Colima, Mexico, Brett Ratcliffe and Guillermo Nogueira
First Description of the Female of the Rare Megasoma lecontei Hardy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Dynastini), Brett Ratcliffe, Guillermo Nogueira, and Rich Cunningham
Winter use of a rock crevice by northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) in Nebraska, Jeremy A. White, Patricia Freeman, Hans W. Otto, and Cliff Lemen
Host Relationships and Geographic Distribution of Species of Blanchard, 1848 (Onchoproteocephalidea, Onchobothriidae) in Elasmobranchs: A Metadata Analysis, Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia, Griselda Pulido-Flores, Scott L. Gardner, and Scott Monks
2019
The Ecological Niche of Echinococcus multilocularis in North America: Understanding Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Parasite Distribution with New Records in New Mexico and Maryland, United States, Sebastian Botero-Cañola, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan, Sara E. Rácz, Parker V. Lowe, John E. Ubelaker, and Scott Lyell Gardner
Occupied, Judy Diamond, Tom Floyd, Rebecca Smith, Ann Downer-Hazell, Martin Powell, Nick Poliwko, Angie Fox, Amy Spiegel, Patricia Wonch Hill, and Julia McQuillan
Variation in reproductive timing for the northern long-eared myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) across Nebraska, Keith Geluso, Cliff Lemen, Patricia Freeman, Brett R. Andersen, Jeremy A. White, and Heather M. Johnson
The Neotropical Variegated Squirrel, Sciurus variegatoides (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Nicaragua, with the Description of a New Subspecies, Hugh H. Genoways and Robert M. Timm
Predictors of Bat Species Richness within the Islands of the Caribbean Basin, Justin D. Hoffman, Gabrielle Kadlubar, Scott C. Pedersen, Roxanne J. Larsen, Peter A. Larsen, Carleton J. Phillips, Gary G. Kwiecinski, and Hugh H. Genoways
Composition and Host-Use Patterns of a Scarab Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Community Inhabiting the Canopy of a Lowland Tropical Rainforest in Southern Venezuela, Susan Kirmse and Brett C. Ratcliffe
Cut, Fill, Repeat: Slot Canyons of Dry Fork, Kane County, David Loope
The Genera of Agaocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia, with Description of a New Species of Lycomedes Breme, Jhon César Neita-Moreno and Brett C. Ratcliffe
Founders of Plant Ecology: Frederic and Edith Clements, Jon H. Oberg
The Dragonflies and Damselflies of Nebraska, Fred Sibley, Janis Paseka, and Roy Beckemeyer
2018
The Beetle Chronicler, Chris Dunker, Kayla Wolf, and Brett Ratcliffe
The Carnivores of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument: Miocene Dens and Waterhole in the Valley of a Dryland Paleoriver, Robert M. Hunt Jr., Robert Skolnick, and Joshua Kaufman
Bats of St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles, Gary G. Kwiecinski, Scott C. Pedersen, Hugh H. Genoways, Peter A. Larsen, Roxanne J. Larsen, Justin D. Hoffman, Fitzroy Springer, Carleton J. Phillips, and Robert J. Baker
Bats of Saint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, Scott C. Pedersen, Gary G. Kwiecinski, Hugh H. Genoways, Roxanne J. Larsen, Peter A. Larsen, Carleton J. Phillips, and Robert J. Baker
Bats of Sint Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands, Scott C. Pedersen, Peter A. Larsen, Sil A. Westra, Ellen van Norren, Wesley Overman, Gary G. Kwiecinski, and Hugh H. Genoways
Description of a New Species of Stenocrates Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from Peru, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Luis Figueroa
2017
Pseudopecoelus mccauleyi n. sp. and Podocotyle sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from the Deep Waters off Oregon and British Columbia with an Updated Key to the Species of Pseudopecoelus von Wicklen, 1946 and Checklist of Parasites from Lycodes cortezianus (Perciformes: Zoarcidae), Charles K. Blend, Norman O. Dronen, Gábor R. Rácz, and Scott Lyell Gardner
A New Species of Catenotaenia (Cestoda: Catenotaeniidae) from Pygeretmus pumilio Kerr, 1792 from the Gobi of Mongolia, Altangerel Tsogtsaikhan Dursahinhan, Batsaikhan Nyamsuren, Danielle Marie Tufts, and Scott Lyell Gardner
Ectoparasitic Mites of the Genus Gigantolaelaps (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) Associated with Small Mammals of the Genus Nephelomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), Including Two New Species from Peru, Donald D. Gettinger and Scott Lyell Gardner
Nematodes Associated with Mammals in the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), F. Agustin Jimenez, Juliana Notarnicola, and Scott Lyell Gardner
Interactions of a Paleocene River, a Rising Fold, and Early-Diagenetic Concretions, David B. Loope and Ross Secord
Habitat selection by the Northern Long-eared Myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) in the Midwestern United States: Life in a shredded farmscape, Jeremy A. White, Patricia Freeman, and Cliff A. Lemen
Autumn Migration of Myotis septentrionalis in Nebraska: Documentation of Fall Activity, Migratory Timing, and Distance Using Radio-telemetry, Jeremy A. White, Patricia W. Freeman, Hans W. Otto, Brett R. Andersen, Jonathan Hootman, and Cliff A. Lemen
A Method for Measuring the Attachment Strength of the Cestode Hymenolepis diminuta to the Rat Intestine, Wanchuan Xie, Gábor R. Rácz, Benjamin S. Terry, and Scott Lyell Gardner
2016
Iron Mobility in Desert Sandstone Aquifers: The Possible Role of Siderite, Lubna Al Azri and David Loope
Taxonomic Review of the Wingmite Genus Cameronieta (Acari: Spinturnicidae) on Neotropical Bats, with a New Species from Northeastern Brazil, Juliana C. Almeida, Donald D. Gettinger, and Scott Lyell Gardner
First record of the beetle family Throscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), a new species of i>Aulonothroscus Horn, and new species records to the fauna of Peru / Primer registro de la familia de escarabajos Throscidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), una nueva especie de Aulonothroscus Horn y tres nuevos registros de especies para la fauna de Perú, Paul J. Johnson and Caroline S. Chaboo
Per Axel Rydberg’s Botanical Collecting Trips to Western Nebraska in 1890 and 1891, Robert B. Kaul and David M. Sutherland
Winter activity of Myotis septentrionalis: Role of temperature in controlling emergence from a hibernaculum, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia Freeman, and Jeremy A. White
Acoustic evidence of bats using rock crevices in winter: A call for more research on winter roosts in North America, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman, and Jeremy A. White
Paleoindians, Proboscideans, and Phytotoxins: Exploring the Feasibility of Poison Hunting during the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition, Alan J. Osborn
The Baller biface cache: A possible Clovis site in Hitchcock County, Nebraska, Alan J. Osborn
Tick-, Mosquito-, and Rodent-Borne Parasite Sampling Designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network [Special Feature: NEON Design], Yuri P. Springer, David Hoekman, Pieter T.J. Johnson, Paul A. Duffy, Rebecca A. Hufft, David T. Barnett, Brian F. Allan, Brian R. Amman, Christopher M. Barker, Roberto Barrera, Charles B. Beard, Lorenza Beati, Mike Begon, Mark S. Blackmore, William E. Bradshaw, Dustin Brisson, Charles H. Calisher, James E. Childs, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser, Richard J. Douglass, Rebecca J. Eisen, Desmond H. Foley, Janet E. Foley, Holly D. Gaff, Scott Lyell Gardner, Howard S. Ginsberg, Gregory E. Glass, Sarah A. Hamer, Mary H. Hayden, Brian Hjelle, Christina M. Holzapfel, Steven A. Juliano, Laura D. Kramer, Amy J. Kuenzi, Shannon L. LaDeau, Todd P. Livdahl, James N. Mills, Chester G. Moore, Serge Morand, Roger S. Nasci, Nicholas H. Ogden, Richard S. Ostfeld, Robert R. Parmenter, Joseph Piesman, William K. Reisen, Harry M. Savage, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Andrea Swet, and Michael J. Yabsley
Phylogeny and biogeography of species of Syphacia Seurat, 1916 (Nemata : Oxyurida : Oxyuridae) from the Australian Bioregion, Haylee J. Weaver, Scott Monks, and Scott Gardner
Acoustic Detection Reveals Fine-Scale Distributions of Myotis lucifugus, Myotis septentrionalis, and Perimyotis subflavus in Eastern Nebraska, Jeremy A. White, Cliff Lemen, and Patricia Freeman
2015
NSF Grant Helps Preserve Parasite Collections [Press Release], Scott Gardner and Leslie Reed
A New Laelapine Mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) Associated with the Spiny Rodent, Scolomys melanops, in Amazonian Peru, Donald Gettinger and Scott Gardner
The Problem of Low Agreement among Automated Identification Programs for Acoustical Surveys of Bats, Cliff Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman, Jeremy A. White, and Brett R. Andersen
Temporal and spatial variability in dune reactivation across the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA, Rebecca L. Schmeisser McKean, Ronald J. Goble, Joseph B. Mason, James Swinehart, and David B. Loope
First Report of the Herb Field Mouse , Apodemus uralensis (Pallas, 1811) from Mongolia, Setev Shar, Nyamsuren Batsaikhan, Dietrich Dolch, Scott Gardner, Ottmar Kullmer, V. S. Lebedev, Davaa Lkhagvasuren, Ulrike Menz, Ravchig Samiya, Michael Stubbe, and Нermann Ansorge
2014
Game Birds of the World: A catalog of the Madson collection, Paul A. Johnsgard, Eric Fowler, Michael Forsberg, Mary Bomberger Brown, Dee Ebbeka, Jacki Loomis, and Patricia W. Freeman
Eye of the Needle: Cold Stress, Clothing, and Sewing Technology during the Younger Dryas Cold Event in North America, Alan J. Osborn
Ashfall Tephra in the Ogallala Group of the Great Plains: Characteristics and Significance, Michael E. Perkins, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Michael R. Voorhies, Barbara P. Nash, and Bruce E. Bailey
Histopathologic aspects in Plagioscion squamosissimus (HECKEL, 1940) induced by Neoechinorhynchus veropesoi, metacestodes and Anisakidae juveniles = Aspectos histopatólogicos em Plagioscion squamosissimus induzidos por Neoechinorhynchus veropesoi, metacestódeos e juvenis da Família Anisakidae, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo, Rogério Antonio Ribeiro Rodrigues, Elane Guerreiro Giese, Scott Lyell Gardner, and Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos
Winter Activity of Bats in Southeastern Nebraska: An Acoustic Study, Jeremy A. White, Brett R. Andersen, Hans W. Otto, Cliff A. Lemen, and Patricia W. Freeman
2013
Worms, Nematoda, Scott Lyell Gardner
Engaging Teenagers with Science Through Comics, Amy N. Spiegel, Julia McQuillan, Peter Halpin, Camillia Matuk, and Judy Diamond
2012
Rinded iron-oxide concretions: Hallmarks of altered siderite masses of both early and late diagenetic origin, David Loope, Richard Kettler, Karrie A. Weber, Nathan L. Hinrichs, and Derek T. Burgess
2011
Some Laelapine Mites (Acari: Laelapidae) Ectoparasitic on Small Mammals in the Galapagos Islands, including a New Species of Gigantolaelaps from Aegialomys galapagoensis, Donald D. Gettinger, Fernanda Martins-Hatano, and Scott Lyell Gardner
Late Pleistocene dune activity in the central Great Plains, USA, Joseph A. Mason, James B. Swinehart, Paul R. Hanson, David Loope, Ronald J. Goble, Xiaodong Miao, and Rebecca L Schmeisser
2010
Simple Predictors of Bite Force in Bats: The Good, the Better, and the Better Still, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
New Species in the Genus Monoecocesuts (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from Neotropical Rodents (Caviidae and Sigmodontidae), Terry Haverkost and Scott Lyell Gardner
Modern and Late Holocene Wind Regimes over the Great Plains (Central U.S.A.), Rebecca L. Schmeisser, David B. Loope, and Joseph A. Mason
2009
A Redescription of Three Species of Monoecocestus (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) including Monoecocestus threlkeldi Based on New Material, Terry R. Haverkost and Scott Lyell Gardner
CLUES TO THE MEDIEVAL DESTABILIZATION OF THE NEBRASKA SAND HILLS, USA, FROM ANCIENT POCKET GOPHER BURROWS, Rebecca L. Schmeisser, David B. Loope, and David A. Wedin
2008
GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE O'NEILL 1º X 2º QUADRANGLE, NEBRASKA, WITH CONFIGURATION MAPS OF SURFACES OF FORMATIONS, Robert Diffendal, Jr.; Michael R. Voorhies; E. Jane Voorhies; H. E. LaGarry; C. L. Timperley; and M. E. Perkins
Pamphlet to Accompany Geologic Map GMC-34: Geologic Map of the O’Neill 1º x 2º Quadrangle, Nebraska, with Configuration Maps of Surfaces of Formations, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Michael R. Voorhies, E. Jane Voorhies, H. E. LaGarry, C. L. Timperley, and M. E. Perkins
A Simple Morphological Predictor of Bite Force in Rodents, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
Material Properties of Coyote Dentine under Bending: Gradients in Flexibility and Strength by Position, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
Measuring Bite Force in Small Mammals with a Piezo-Resistive Sensor, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
Mammals of Nebraska: Checklist, Key, and Bibliography, Hugh H. Genoways, Justin D. Hoffman, Patricia Freeman, Kenneth N. Geluso, Russell A. Benedict, and Jeffrey J Huebschman
Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology, Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti, Armand R. Maggenti, and Scott Gardner
Archeological Survey within the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Murray County, Oklahoma, Alan J. Osborn and Ralph J. Hartley
2007
The Trade-Off between Tooth Strength and Tooth Penetration: Predicting Optimal Shape of Canine Teeth, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
Using scissors to quantify hardness of insects: Do bats select for size or hardness?, Patricia W. Freeman and Cliff A. Lemen
2006
Burrows Dug by Large Vertebrates into Rain-Moistened Middle Jurassic Sand Dunes, David B. Loope
2004
Late-Holocene dune activity linked to hydrological drought, Nebraska Sand Hills, USA, Joseph A. Mason, James B. Swinehart, Ronald J. Goble, and David B. Loope
Poison Hunting Strategies and the Organization of Technology in the Circumpolar Region, Alan J. Osborn
2003
Sulfate oxygen-17 anomaly in an Oligocene ash bed in mid-North America: Was it the dry fogs?, Huiming Bao, Mark H. Thiemens, David B. Loope, and Xun-Lai Yuan
2002
Field Guide to the Geology of the Harlan County Lake Area, Harlan County, Nebraska, with a History of Events Leading to Construction of Harlan County Dam, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Duane R. Mohlman, R. George Corner, F. Edwin Harvey, K. J. Warren, Scott Summerside, Roger K. Pabian, and Duane A. Eversoll
Environmental Change in the Great Plains: An Isotopic Record from Fossil Horses, Benjamin H. Passey, Thure E. Cerling, Michael E. Perkins, Michael R. Voorhies, John M. Harris, and Shane T. Tucker
2000
Thinking Like a Dune Field: Geologic History in the Nebraska Sand Hills, David B. Loope and James Swinehart