Recent publications

RECENT PUBLICATIONS


Caterino, M.S. and Recuero E. 2023. Shedding light on dark taxa in high Appalachian leaf litter – assessing patterns of endemicity using large scale, voucher-based barcoding. Insect Conservation & Diversity.


Caterino, M.S., and Yamamoto, S. 2023. New onthophiline fossil species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77(3): 432-438. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.432


Yamamoto, S. and Caterino, M.S. 2023. A remarkable new fossil species of Amplectister with peculiar hindleg modifications (Coleoptera: Histeridae): further evidence for myrmecophily in Cretaceous clown beetles. Palaeoworld 32(3): 481-489. doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2022.09.010


Kucuk, R.A., Campbell, B.J., Lyon, N., Shelby, E., and Caterino, M.S. 2023. Gut bacteria of adult and larval Cotinis nitida Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) demonstrate community differences according to life stage and gut region. Frontiers in Microbiology 14. 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1185661


Recuero, E. and Caterino, M.S. 2023. A second species of the pill millipede genus Nearctomeris Wesener, 2013, from the Great Smoky Mountains, USA. ZooKeys 1166: 333-349. 10.3897/zookeys.1166.103516


Gimmel, M.L., Johnston, M.A. and Caterino, M.S. 2023. Annotated checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of the California Channel Islands. PeerJ 11:e14793 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14793


Young, K., Tsalickis, A., Sheehan, T.N., Klepzig, K.D., Caterino, M.S., and Hartshorn, J.A. 2023. Dung beetle community composition in the presence and absence of mesopredators in a longleaf pine forest. Southeastern Naturalist 22(1): 78-90.


Caterino, M.S. 2022. First report of the Euconnus Thomson subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter in the New World, represented by thirteen new Appalachian species. ZooKeys 1137:133-175. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1137.97068


Caterino, M.S. and L.M. Vásquez-Vélez. 2022. A new species of Prespelea Park (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(4): 589-594. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.4.589


Dukes C.D., Janssens F., Recuero E., and Caterino, M.S. 2022. Specific and intraspecific diversity of Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola) in southern high Appalachia (USA). Diversity 14(847): 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14100847


Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2022. A new genus and species of histerid beetle from western México showing a remarkable sexual mesotibial dimorphism (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(3): 357-363. (https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.3.357)


Jiang, R., Caterino, M.S., and Chen, X.-S. 2022. Discovery of the genus Anapleus Horn, 1873 from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Insects 13 (746): 1-7. (https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080746)


Traylor, C.R., M.S. Caterino, M.D. Ulyshen, M.L. Ferro, and J.V. McHugh. 2022. Assessing the old-growth dependency of two saproxylic beetle species in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Insect Systematics & Diversity 6(3): 1-13. (doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac012)


Caterino, M.S. and Harden, C.W. 2022. Unseeing and unseen: On the distribution, morphology, and larva of one of North America’s rarest histerid beetles, Geocolus caecus Wenzel (Coleoptera: Histeridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(2): 191-205.


Harden, C.W., Caterino, M.S. and T.E. Malabad. 2022. Trechus obtusus Erichson, a palearctic species recently established in the Appalachian region of the southeastern United States. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 61-69. (doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-76.1.61)


Caterino, M.S. 2021. New fossil histerid species from Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75(1): 211-221. (doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.211)


Dégallier, N., Kovarik, P.W. Tishechkin, A.K. and Caterino, M.S. 2021. Coleoptera Histeridae de Guyane. XIII. Nouvelles additions au catalogue et description de 4 genres nouveaux et 19 espèces nouvelles (Haeteriinae ; Tribalinae). ACOREP-France : Coléoptères de Guyane. Tome XIII: 99-147.


Megna, Y., Lamoth-Mayet, Y., Caterino, M.S., and Lackner T. 2021. First West Indies records of Phelister completus Schmidt, 1893, with notes on other Cuban species (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae). Check List 17(1): 39-44. (doi: 10.15560/17.1.39)

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2020. Recognition and revision of the Phelister blairi group (Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). ZooKeys 1001: 1-154. (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1001.58447)

Arriagada, G. and Caterino, M.S. 2020. Nueva posición taxonómica para Euspilotus wenzeli (Mazur, 1984)(Coleoptera: Histeridae). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 69(1): 77-85.

Zhou, Y.-L., Slipinski, S.A., Ren, D., and Caterino, M.S. 2020. Phylogeny and evolution of the Mesozoic and extant lineages of Histeridae (Coleoptera), with a discovery of a new subfamily Antigracilinae from the Lower Cretaceous. Cladistics. (https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12418)

Genco, M.S., J.C. Morse, M.S. Caterino, K.M. Murray, and H.T. Pham. 2020. Larvae and adults of Vietnamese species of Drepanocentron and Hydromanicus (Trichoptera: Xiphocentronidae, Hydropsychidae). in: Proceedings of the International Symposium of Trichoptera (Laudee, P. & Morse, J.C., eds.). Zoosymposia 18: 72-92.

Muñoz-Tobar, S.I. and M.S. Caterino. 2020. Mountains as islands: species delimitation and evolutionary history of the of the ant-loving beetle genus Panabachia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the northern Andes. Insects 11(64): 1-19. (https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010064)

Caterino, M.S. and S.S. Langton-Myers. 2019. Intraspecific diversity and phylogeography in Southern Appalachian Dasycerus carolinensis Horn. Insect Systematics & Diversity 3(6): 1-12. (doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixz022)

Muñoz-Tobar, S.I. and Caterino, M.S. 2019. The role of dispersal for shaping phylogeographical structure of flightless beetles from the Andes. PeerJ e7226:1-27. https://peerj.com/articles/7226/

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2019. A revision of the Phelister haemorrhous species group (Histeridae: Exosternini). ZooKeys 854: 41-88. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.854.35133

Caterino, M.S. and S.S. Langton-Myers. 2018. Long-term population persistence of flightless weevils (Eurhoptus pyriformis) across old- and second-growth forests patches in southern Appalachia.BMC Evolutionary Biology 18(1): 165. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1278-y

Anderson, R.S. and Caterino, M.S. 2018. A revision of the genus Eurhoptus LeConte 1876 (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae) of America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 787: 37-80. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=26948

Aalbu, R.L., M.S. Caterino, and A.D. Smith. 2018. Studies in the Cnemeplatiini I: A new subtribe and revision of the genus Alaudes Horn with descriptions of new species from southwestern U.S. and Mexico including notes on distribution and biology (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Cnemeplatiini).The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(2): 249-268. Abstract at BioOne

Zhou, L., Caterino, M.S., Slipinski, S.A., and Cai, C. 2018. Cretohisteridae, a new beetle family from the Early Cretaceous of China and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of Histeroidea (Coleoptera) Systematic Entomology 43: 716-728. Abstract at Systematic Entomology Online

Caterino, M.S. and D.R. Maddison. 2018. An early and mysterious histerid inquiline from Cretaceous Burmese amber. ZooKeys 733: 119-129. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.733.23126.

Caterino, M.S., Vásquez-Vélez, L.M., and S.S. Myers. 2017. On the conservation value of second-growth forests for leaf-litter inhabiting beetles. Insect Systematics & Diversity 1(1): 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixx001

Caterino, M.S. and Ferro, M.L. 2017. A checklist of Staphylinidae of South Carolina based on published records. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(3): 537-551.

Caterino, M.S., and L.M.Vásquez-Vélez. 2017. A revision of the species of Prespelea Park (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). ZooKeys685: 105-130.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2016. A revision of Megalocraerus Lewis, 1902 (Histeridae: Exosternini). ZooKeys 557: 59-78. [available open access]

Schwermann A.H., dos Santos Rolo, T., Caterino M.S., Bechly G., Schmied H., Baumbach .T., van de Kamp T. 2016. Preservation of three-dimensional anatomy in phosphatized fossil arthropods enriches evolutionary inference. eLife 5: e12129. [available open access]

Caterino M.S., Wolf-Schwenninger K., Bechly G. 2015. Cretonthophilus tuberculatus, a remarkable new genus and species of histerid beetle from Middle Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4052: 241-245. [available open access]

Caterino M.S., Caterino K.J., Maddison D.R. 2015. Extant! Living Bembidion palosverdes Kavanaugh & Erwin (Carabidae) found on Santa Catalina Island, California. Coleopterists Bulletin 69(3): 410-411.

McKenna, D.D., A.L. Wild, K. Kanda, C.L. Bellamy, R.G. Beutel, M.S. Caterino, C.W. Farnum, D.C. Hawks, M.A. Ivie, M.L. Jameson, R.A.B. Leschen, A.E. Marvaldi, J.V. McHugh, A.F. Newton, J.A. Robertson, M.K. Thayer, M.F. Whiting, J.F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D.R. Maddison, B.D. Farrell. 2015). The Beetle Tree of Life Reveals Coleoptera Survived End Permian Mass Extinction to Diversify During the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution. Systematic Entomology 40: 835-880. [available open access]

Leivas, F.W.T, Moura, D.P., & Caterino, M.S. 2015. Brazilian Histerini (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Histerinae): a new species, key to the genera, and checklist of species. Zootaxa 3941: 437-444.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2015. Phylogeny and generic limits in New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae). Systematic Entomology 40: 109-142. [abstract]

McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. 2015. Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: Litter as a stepping stone for diversification of non-phytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40: 35-60. [abstract]

Dégallier, N., Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2014. Notes sur Baconia chilense (Redtenbacher, 1868), sa synonymie et désignation d'un lectotype. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 119: 241-242.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2014. New genera and species of New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae). ZooKeys 381: 11-78. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.381.6772)

Caterino, M.S., M. Polihronakis and S. Chatzimanolis. 2014. On the origins of the insect fauna of California’s Channel Islands: A comparative phylogeographic study of island beetles. Proceedings of the 8th California Channel Islands Symposium 7(1): 276-296. (https://doi.org/10.3398/042.007.0121)

Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and G.A. Proudfoot. 2013. A new genus and species of North American Exosternini associated with cavity nesting owls, and a reassignment of Phelister simoni Lewis  (Histeridae: Histerinae: Exosternini). Coleopterists Bulletin 67(4): 557-565.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. A systematic revision of the genus Baconia Lewis. ZooKeys 343: 1-297. (https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.343.5744)

Caterino, M.S., N. Dégallier, Y. Gomy, A.K. Tishechkin and S. Mazur. 2013. The Fourth World Congress of Histeridology, Santa Barbara, CA, February, 2012. Le Coleopteriste 16: 43-45.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. Case 3610: Phelister Marseul, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Histeridae): proposed conservation of usage. Bulletin of the ICZN 70(1): 12-14.

Caterino, M.S. and A.K. Tishechkin. 2013. A systematic revision of the genus Operclipygus Marseul. ZooKeys. 271: 1-401. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.271.4062)

McCoshum, S.M, M.S. Caterino and A.R. Cline. 2012. Introduced Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) on Santa Catalina Island, California. Coleopterists Bulletin 66(4): 347-350.

Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and Y. Gomy. 2012. Lactholister tricinctus Cooman, 1932: une double synonymie conséquence de l'isolement. L'Entomologiste 68: 151-153.

Dégallier, N, Arriagada, G., Kanaar, P., Moura, D.P., Tishechkin, A.K., Caterino, M.S. & W.B. Warner. 2012. Coleoptera Histeridae de Guyane. VII. Compléments au catalogue avec des données sur la faune du Surinam et une contribution à la connaissance des Saprininae. pp 33-52, in Coléoptères de Guyane. Tome VI. ACOREP-France. Paris.

Caterino, M.S, A.K. Tishechkin and N. Dégallier. 2012. A revision of the genus Mecistostethus Marseul (Coleoptera: Histeridae). ZooKeys 213: 63-78. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.213.3552)

Dégallier, N., S. Mazur, A.K. Tishechkin and M.S. Caterino. 2012. A revision of the genus Kaszabister Mazur. ZooKeys 199: 71-89. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.199.3245)