John Francis Lawrence

John Francis Lawrence (1934–), Australian coleopterist.

130 Hartwig Road, Gympie, QLD 4570, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 103 taxon names authored by John Francis Lawrence

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 eponyms of John Francis Lawrence

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1967

• Smith, R.F. & Lawrence, J.F. 1967. Clarification of the status of the type specimens of Diabroticites (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae). University of California, Publications in Entomology 45: 1–167.

1979

• Lawrence, J.F. & Hlavac, T.F. 1979. Review of the Derodontidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) with new species from North America and Chile. Coleopterists Bulletin 33: 369–414. JSTOR JSTOR

1982

• Lawrence, J.F. & Medvedev, G.S. 1982. A new tribe of the tenebrionid beetles from Australia and its systematic position (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 61: 548–571. [in Russian, English translation in Entomological Review 61: 85–107.] Reference page. 

1983

• Medvedev, G.S. & Lawrence, J.F. 1983. Tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Hyocini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of Australia. I. Subgenera Nannohyocis subgen. n. and Neohyocis subgen. n. (Genus Hyocis Pasc.). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 62(3): 569–582. [in Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 62(3): 117–130]. Reference page. 

1984

• Medvedev, G.S. & Lawrence, J.F. 1984. Tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Hyocini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of Australia. II. Genera Parahyocis Kasz. and Csiro gen. n. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 63(3): 561–580. [in Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 63(3): 129–148.] Reference page. 

1986

• Medvedev, G.S. & Lawrence, J.F. 1986. Tenebrionid beetles of the tribe Hyocini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of Australia. III. Subtribes Brittonina subtrib. n. and Uptonina subtrib. n. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 65(3): 574–591 + [2]. [in Russian; English translation in Entomological Review 65(3): 161–179.] Reference page. 

1988

• Lawrence, J.F. 1988. Rhinorhipidae, a new beetle family from Australia, with comments on the phylogeny of the Elateriformia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(1): 1–53. DOI: 10.1071/IT9880001 . Reference page. 

1994

• Pakaluk, J., Ślipiński, S.A. & Lawrence, J.F. 1994. Current classification and family-group names in Cucujoidea (Coleoptera). Genus 5: 223–268. Reference page. 

1995

• Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Pp. 779–1006. In: Pakaluk, J. & Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Volume 2. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols. ISBN 83-85192-34-4. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

1997

• Ślipiński, S.A. & Lawrence, J.F. 1997. Genera of Colydiinae (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) of the Australo-Pacific region. Annales Zoologici 47(3/4): 341–440. Reference page. 

1999

• Lawrence, J.F. 1999. The Australian Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata): new species, larva and discussion of relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 369–390. DOI: 10.1071/IT99008

2001

• Bowestead, S., Booth, R.G., Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. 2001. The genus Cleidostethus Arrow, 1929 reappraisal and transfer from Coccinellidae to Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Annales Zoologici 51(3): 319–323. Reference page. 

2003

• Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F., Kuschel, G. & Thorpe, S. & Wang, Q. 2003. Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26(1): 15–28. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2003.9722105 Full text PDF Reference page. 

2005

• Bouchard, P., Lawrence, J.F., Davies, A.E. & Newton, A.F. 2005. Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family-group names. Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lee, C.-F., Lawrence, J.F. & Satô, M. 2005. Description of a new species of the genus Drupeus Lewis, with discussion on systematic position of Drupeus based on larval, pupal, and adult character (Coleoptera: Ptilodactylidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 36(4): 371–394. DOI: 10.1163/187631205788838546 .
• Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2005. Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 17–73. DOI: 10.1071/IS04007 . Reference page. 

2007

• Lawrence, J.F. & Yoshitomi, H. 2007. Nipponocyphon, a new genus of Japanese Scirtidae (Coleoptera) and its phylogenetic significance. Elytra 35(2): 507–527. Full issue. Reference page. 

2009

• Arias, E.T., Slipinski, A., Lawrence, J.F. & Elgueta, M. 2009. A review of the Chilean Egoliini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) with description of a new species of Necrobiopsis Crowson. Zootaxa 2170: 37–45. Abstract & excerpt. PDF. Reference page. 
• Ślipiński, A., Tomaszewska, W. & Lawrence, J.F. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with descriptions of new genera and larvae. Systematic Entomology 34: 409–433. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00471.x Reference page. 

2010

• Lord, N.P., Hartley, C.S., Lawrence, J.F., McHugh, J.V., Whiting, M.F. & Miller, K.B. 2010. Phylogenetic analysis of the minute brown scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Latridiidae), and recognition of a new beetle family, Akalyptoischiidae, fam. n. (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Systematic Entomology 35(4): 753–763. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00532.x PDF. Reference page. 

2011

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page. 
• Lopes-Andrade, C. & Lawrence, J.F. 2011. Synopsis of Falsocis Pic (Coleoptera, Ciidae), new species, new records and an identification key. ZooKeys 145: 59–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.145.1895 . Reference page. 
• Slipinski, S.A., Leschen, R.A.B. & Lawrence, J.F. 2011. Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 203–208 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 

2014

• Jolivet, P., Lawrence, J.F., Verma, K.K.(†) & Ślipiński, S.A. 2014. 2.7.3 Eumolpinae C.G. Thomson, 1859. Pp. 217–225 in: Leschen et al., 2014. Full chapter 2.7 (with link to PDF) Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F., Escalona, H.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Ślipiński, A. 2014. Review of the genera of Mycetophagidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with descriptions of new genera and a world generic key. Zootaxa 3826(1): 195–229. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.1.6 Reference page. 
• Švácha, P. & Lawrence, J. 2014. 2.1. Vesperidae Mulsant, 1839. Pp. 16–49. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta; Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. ISBN 978-3-11-027446-2. DOI: 10.1515/9783110274462.16 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Švácha, P. & Lawrence, J. 2014. 2.2. Oxypeltidae Lacordaire, 1868. Pp. 49–60. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta; Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. ISBN 978-3-11-027446-2. DOI: 10.1515/9783110274462.49 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Švácha, P. & Lawrence, J. 2014. 2.3. Disteniidae J. Thomson, 1861. Pp. 60–77. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta; Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. ISBN 978-3-11-027446-2. DOI: 10.1515/9783110274462.60 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Švácha, P. & Lawrence, J. 2014. 2.4. Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802. Pp. 77–177. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta; Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. ISBN 978-3-11-027446-2. DOI: 10.1515/9783110274462.77 . PDF. Reference page. 

2015

• Matthews, E.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 2015. Trachelostenini sensu novo: redescriptions of Trachelostenus Solier, Myrmecodema Gebien and Leaus Matthews & Lawrence, based on adults and larvae, and descriptions of three new species of Leaus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa 4020(2): 289–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A preliminary revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1–208. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4198.1.1. Reference page. 

2019

• Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D. & Engel, M.S. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 286(1894): 20182175. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175 . Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K. & Yamamoto, S. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45(1): 175–187; online supplements. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. 4. Myxophaga Crowson, 1955. Pp. 13–14. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. 6. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806. Pp. 18–20. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. 13. Polyphaga Emery, 1886. P. 218. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. 14. Superfamily Scirtoidea Fleming, 1821. Pp. 219–220. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. 25. Trogidae Macleay, 1819. Pp. 387–390. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. & Escalona, H.E. 2019. 1. Archostemata Kolbe, 1908. Pp. 1–3. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.1 Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F. & Escalona, H.E. 2019. 2. Ommatidae Sharp and Muir, 1912. Pp. 4–7. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. & Escalona, H.E. 2019. 3. Cupedidae Laporte, 1836. Pp. 8–12. in: Ślipiński, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (eds) Australian Beetles Volume 2: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Csiro Publishing. 792 pp. ISBN 9780643097315. Google Books.
• Lawrence, J.F. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. 2019. Review of the Australian Cyllodini (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae), with descriptions of new taxa, and notes on the genus Macleayania (Nitidulini). Zootaxa 4544(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.3.1 Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G. & Newton, A.F. 2019. Lepicerus larva still unknown: a correction (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae, Phalacridae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 441–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.8 Reference page. 

2020

• Lawrence, J.F., Monteith, G.B. & Reid, C.A.M. 2020. A new Brachypsectra Leconte from Australia (Coleoptera: Brachypsectridae) with comparative notes on adults and larvae. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60(special issue): e202060(s.i.).02. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.02 . Reference page. 
• Yan, E.V., Beutel, R.G., Lawrence, J.F., Yavorskaya, M.I., Hörnschemeyer, T., Pohl, H., Vassilenko, D.V., Bashkuev, A.S. & Ponomarenko, A.G. 2020. Archaeomalthus-(Coleoptera, Archostemata) a ‘ghost adult’ of Micromalthidae from Upper Permian deposits of Siberia? Historical Biology 32(8): 1019–1027. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1561672 . Plazi. Reference page. 

2022

• Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page. 

References

• Newton, A. F.; Matthews, E. G.; Muona, J. 2000. John F. Lawrence - coleopterist par excellence. Invertebrate Systematics, 14(6): 721. doi:10.1071/IT00041.