Alfred Francis Newton

For the English zoologist and ornithologist, see Alfred Newton.

Alfred Francis Newton, U.S. entomologist. Also published as Alfred Francis Newton, Jr.

Curator Emeritus
Zoology Department/Insect Division
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605 USA

anewtonfieldmuseum.org

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Alfred Francis Newton

Taxon names authored

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• 146 taxon names authored by Alfred Francis Newton

Publications

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1975

• Newton, A.F. 1975. The systematic position of Glypholoma Jeannel, with a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Staphylinidae). Psyche 82(1): 53–58.
• Newton, A.F. & S. B. Peck. 1975. Baited pitfall traps for beetles. Coleopterists bulletin 29(1): 45–46.

1979

• Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 1979. Revision of the south temperate genus Glypholoma Jeannel, with four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Psyche 85(1): 25–63 (1978).

1980

• Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A.F. 1980. Coleoptera associated with the fruiting bodies of slime molds (Myxomycetes). Coleopterists bulletin 34(2): 129–143.

1982

• Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F., Jr. 1982. Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13: 261–290. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.13.110182.001401 . Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F. 1982. New name for the extinct genus Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko (Coleoptera: Silphidae s.l.). Psyche 88(3–4): 335 (1981).
• Newton, A.F. 1982. A new genus and species of Oxytelinae from Australia, with a description of its larva, systematic position, and phylogenetic relationships (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates 2744: 1–24.
• Newton, A.F. 1982. Redefinition, revised phylogeny, and relationships of Pseudopsinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates 2743: 1–13.

1983

• Newton, A.F. 1983. New generic synonymies, new combinations, and distributional comments on Leiodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Coleopterists bulletin 37(2): 173–176.
• Newton, A.F. 1983. Agathidiodes Portevin, new synonym of Stetholiodes Fall (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Anisotomini). Psyche 89(3–4): 337–338 (1982).
• Newton, A.F. 1983. Typhlobledius Lea transferred to Osoriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae, Osoriinae). Coleopterists bulletin 37(2): 176.

1984

• Newton, A.F. 1984. Mycophagy in Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera), pp. 302–353. In: Wheeler, Q. & M. Blackwell (eds.). Fungus-insect relationships: perspectives in ecology and evolution. Columbia University Press, New York. xiii + 514 pp.

1985

• Newton, A.F. 1985. South temperate Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera): their potential for biogeographic analysis of austral disjunctions, pp. 180–220. In: Ball, G. E. (ed.). Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series Entomologica 33, W. Junk, Dordrecht. xiii + 514 pp.

1987

• Newton, A.F. 1987. Four Staphylinus (sensu lato) species new to North America, with notes on other introduced species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists bulletin 41(4): 381–384.

1988

• Newton, A.F. 1988. Fooled by flatness: subfamily shifts in subcortical Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists bulletin 42(3): 255–262.
• Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1988. A critique on Naomi's phylogeny and higher classification of Staphylinidae and allies (Coleoptera). Entomologia generalis 14: 63–72.

1989

• Newton, A.F., Jr. 1989. Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston species of Australia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(3): 49–58. Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F. 1989. Paralispinus mariae Hatch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) transferred to genus Stictocranius (Euaesthetinae). Coleopterists bulletin 43(2): 145–146.
• Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: zoology (n.s.) 53: 1–93. BHL Reference page. 

1990

• Newton, A.F. 1990. Myrmelibia, a new genus of myrmecophile from Australia, with a generic review of Australian Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 4: 81–94.
• Newton, A.F. 1990. Larvae of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera): where do we stand? Coleopterists bulletin 44(2): 205–210.
• Newton, A.F. 1990. Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae adults and larvae, pp. 1137–1174. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.). Soil biology guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York. xviii + 1349 pp.
• Newton, A.F. & S. L. Stephenson 1990. A beetle/slime mold assemblage from northern India (Coleoptera; Myxomycetes). Oriental insects 24: 197–218.

1991

• Newton, A.F. 1991 Agyrtidae through Silphidae and Pselaphidae (Staphylinoidea), Sphaeritidae through Histeridae (Hydrophiloidea), pp. 324–341, 353–355, 359–364. In: Stehr, F. W. (ed.). Immature Insects. Vol. 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. xvi + 975 pp.

1992

• Burakowski, B. & Newton, A.F. 1992. The immature stages and bionomics of the myrmecophile Thoracophorus corticinus Motschulsky, and placement of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' 89: 17–42.
• Johnson, S. A., R. W. Lundgren, Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., R. L. Wenzel & M. R. Wenzel 1992. Mazur's World Catalog of Histeridae: emendations, replacement names for homonyms, and an index. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 61(2): 1–100 (1991).
• Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1992. Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology (new series) (67): iv + 92 p. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. & C. W. Sabrosky 1992. Case 2786. Tachinidae Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Tachinidae Robineau–Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy, and Tachyporidae MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Tachinusidae Fleming, 1821. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 49: 122–126.
• Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & T. Pape 1992. Case 2793. Metopiinae Foerster, 1868 (Insecta, Hymenoptera), Metopiini Raffray, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera), and Metopiini Townsend, 1908 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 49: 200–204.

1993

• Ashe, J. S. & Newton, A.F. 1993. Larvae of Trichophya and phylogeny of the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a review, new species and characterization of the Trichophyinae. Systematic entomology 18 (4): 267–286.
• Newton, A.F. 1993. Leptusa alpicola Brancsik: dual lectotype designations (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists bulletin 47(1): 34.

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. 
• Newton, A.F. 1995. Case 2872. Xantholinini Erichson, 1839 and Quediini Kraatz, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over senior synonyms, and Quedius Stephens, 1829: proposed designation of Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832 as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 52: 48–53.
• Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1995. Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera), pp. 219–320. In: Pakaluk, J. & S. A. Ślipiński (eds.). Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols. Reference page. 

1996

• Klimaszewski, J., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 23(2): 143–160.
• Navarrete–Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 1996. Staphylinidae (Coleoptera), pp. 369–380. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. E., A. N. García Aldrete and E. González Soriano (eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. xvi + 660 pp.
• Newton, A.F. 1996. Creophilus luctuosus (Blanchard) from Bolivia transferred to the genus Xanthopygus, with locality correction (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 31 (2): 79–81.

1997

• Newton, A.F. 1997. Review of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera), with a new genus and species from New Zealand. Annales zoologici 47: 111–156.
• Newton, A.F. 1997. First record of the genus Platydracus (= Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Bishop Museum occasional papers 49: 23–25.

1998

• Ballard, J. W. O., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & E. R. Grismer 1998. Data sets, partitions, and characters: Philosophies and procedures for analyzing multiple data sets. Systematic biology 47: 367–396.
• Newton, A.F., Jr. 1998. Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Pp. 41–178. In: Giachino, P.M. & Peck, S.B. (eds.) Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (= Leiodidae Cholevinae). Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 295 pp. Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F. & Franz, H. 1998. World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische rundschau 68: 137–165. PDF Reference page. 

1999

• Kistner, D.H. & Newton, A.F. 1999. A new genus and species of termitophilous Osoriinae from Thailand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with notes on its behavior and that of associated termitophiles. Sociobiology 34: 239–258.

2000

• Newton, A.F. 2000. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839, pp. 209–211. In: Arnett, R. H. Jr. & M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)
• Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler 2000. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 272–418. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr. and M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)
• S. B., P. Gnaspini & Newton, A.F. 2000. Catalogue and generic keys for the Leiodidae of Mexico, West Indies, and Central and South America (Insecta: Coleoptera). Giornale italiano di entomologia 9: 37–72 (1998).

2001

• Newton, A.F. 2001. Case 3159. Staphylinus maculosus and S. violaceus Gravenhorst, 1802 (currently Platydracus maculosus and P. violaceus; Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 58: 210–214.
• Newton, A.F. 2001. Corrections to world catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Newton & Chandler, 1989) (Coleoptera). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 53–55.

2002

• Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2002. Agyrtidae, pp. 493–498. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. & J. J. Morrone (eds.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. III. Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. x + 690 pp.
• Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler 2002. Guía ilustrada para los géneros de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de México. Illustrated guide to the genera of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico. Universidad de Guadalajara & CONABIO, México. xii + 401 pp.
• Sikes, D.S., Madge, R.B. & Newton, A.F. 2002. A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world. Zootaxa 65: 1–304. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

2003

• Betz, O., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2003. Comparative morphology and evolutionary pathways of the mouthparts in spore–feeding Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera). Acta zoologica 84 (3): 179–238.
• Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2003: Larval description, adult feeding behavior, and phylogenetic placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 469–493. DOI: 10.1649/586 . JSTOR . 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. 
• Newton, A.F. 2005. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 183–190, 261–280. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology. Band/Vol. IV: Arthropoda: Insecta (N. P. Kristensen & R. G. Beutel, eds.). Teilband/Part 38. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York. xi + 567 pp.
• Newton, A.F., C. Gutiérrez Chacón & D. S. Chandler 2005. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Colombia. Listado de los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 6(1): 1–72.
• Solodovnikov, A. Yu. & Newton, A.F. 2005. Phylogenetic placement of Arrowinini trib. n. within the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision of the relict South African genus Arrowinus and description of its larva. Systematic entomology 30(3): 398–441.

2006

• Navarrete-Heredia, J.-L., C. Gómez-Rodríguez & Newton, A.F. 2006. Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Biologia Centrali-Americana: Current status of the names. Zootaxa 1251: 1–70.
• Newton, A.F. 2006. Habrocerus capillaricornis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) discovered in South Africa. African entomology 14 (1): 193–194.
• Newton, A.F. & S. B. Peck 2006. Family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles, pp. 131–158. In: Peck, S. B. The beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: evolution, ecology and diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xiii + 313 pp.

2007

• Newton, A.F. & D. S. Chandler 2007. World catalog of the species of Tyrini (Hlaváč & Chandler 2005): Additions, corrections, and a new name (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A) 14 (3): 113–116 (2006).

2008

• Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2008. New position of an abdominal defensive gland complex in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) with redescription of Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902 (Piestinae). Zootaxa 1895: 1–9. Abstract Reference page. 
• Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2008. Minute larvae of Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): description of three genera with discussion on the monophyly and phylogenetic position of the subfamily as inferred from larval morphology. Zootaxa 1817: 49–58.

2009

• Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2009. Good-bye Scydmaenidae, or why the ant-like stone beetles should become megadiverse Staphylinidae sensu latissimo (Coleoptera). European journal of entomology 106 (2): 275–301.
• Seago, A.E. & Newton, A.F. 2009. A new genus of leiodid beetle from Chile, with generic key and species checklist of described Neopelatopini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae). Annales Zoologici 59(3): 297–304. DOI: 10.3161/000345409X476387 Reference page. 
• Solodovnikov, A. Yu. & Newton, A.F. 2009. Australotarsius – A new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 2033: 49–57. PDF

2010

• Anlaş, S. & Newton, A.F. 2010. Distributional checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Iran, with new and additional records. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42(1): 335–388.
• Chatzimanolis, S., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31(1): 77–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009 . Reference page. 
• Solodovnikov, A. & Newton, A.F. 2010. Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini. ZooKeys 67: 21–63.
• Weide, D., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & O. Betz 2010. Comparative morphology of the head of selected sporophagous and non-sporophagous Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): musculature and hypopharynx-prementum complex. Journal of morphology 271(8): 910–931; online supplementary material.

2011

• Newton, A.F. 2011. Phylogenie und Systematik, pp. 1–4. In: Assing, V. & M. Schülke (eds.). Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 4. Staphylinidae (exklusive Aleocharinae, Pselaphinae und Scydmaeninae). 2. Auflage. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg. xii + 560 pp.
• Newton, A.F. 2011 [New name] In: Clarke, D. J. A revision of the New Zealand endemic rove beetle genus Agnosthaetus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Society Monograph 10: 1–118.
• Newton, A.F. 2011. [New name] In: Short, A. E. Z. & M. Fikáček World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006–2010). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 83–122.
• 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. 
• Brunke, A., Newton, A.F., J. Klimaszewski, C. Majka & S. Marshall 2011. Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and adjacent United States. Key to subfamilies; Staphylininae: tribes and subtribes, and species of Staphylinina. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1–110; interactive version at [1] [with downloadable lo- and hi-res pdfs].
• Hlaváč, P., Newton, A.F. & Maruyama, M. 2011. World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1–151. Abstract Reference page. 
• Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Seago, A.E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Marvaldi, A.E. 2011. Phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on morphological characters of adults and larvae. Annales Zoologici 61(1): 1–217. DOI: 10.3161/000345411X576725 . Reference page. 

2012

• Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Glypholomatine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a southern hemisphere Recent group recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(3): 239–244. DOI: 10.2317/JKES120531.1 Reference page. 
• Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Cladistic analysis and revision of Piestus Gravenhorst with remarks on related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Invertebrate systematics 25(6): 490–585. DOI: 10.1071/IS10016 Reference page.  [Corrigendum: 27(1): 129; 2013].
• Fikáček, M., R. A. B. Leschen, Newton, A.F. & N. Gunter 2012. Horelophus walkeri rediscovered: adult morphology and notes on biology (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 129–146.
• Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Detecting the basal dichotomies in the monophylum of carrion and rove beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silphidae and Staphylinidae) with emphasis on the Oxyteline group of subfamilies. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 70(3): 133–165.
• Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Chatzimanolis, S. 2012. Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber. Cretaceous research 34: 124–134. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.010 Reference page. 

2013

• Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Huang, D-Y., Wang, X-D. & Newton, A.F. 2013. A basal oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China: Oldest record for the tribe Euphaniini. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12(3): 159–163. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.02.002 Reference page. 
• Chatzimanolis, S., Newton, A.F., C. Soriano & M. S. Engel 2013. Remarkable stasis in a phloeocharine rove beetle from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of paleontology 87(2): 177–182.
• Klimaszewski, J., A. Brunke, V. Assing, D. W. Langor, Newton, A.F., C. Bourdon, G. Pelletier, R. P. Webster, L. Herman, L. Perdereau, A. Davies, A. Smetana, D. S. Chandler 2013. Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 104, Sofia–Moscow. 360 pp.
• Klimaszewski, J., M.-J. Morency, P. Labrie, A. Séguin, D. W. Langor, T. Work, C. Bourdon, E. Thiffault, D. Paré, Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2013. Molecular and microscopic analysis of the gut contents of abundant rove beetle species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the boreal balsam fir forest of Quebec, Canada. ZooKeys 353: 1–24.
• Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G. & Newton, A.F. 2013: A possible larva of Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae) from Panama. Zootaxa 3701(3): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.8 Reference page. 
• Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2013. Staphylinidae of México: checklist updates and papers published between 2002–2013. Dugesiana 20 (2): 127–139.

2014

• Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2014. Mesapatetica aenigmatica, a new genus and species of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87 (2): 219–224.
• Cai, Chenyang, Newton, A.F., Diying Huang & Liang Tang. 2014. A new species of Platydracus Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the upper Eocene Florissant beds, Colorado, USA. Palaeoworld 23(3–4): 321–326.
• Cai, C.-Y., Thayer, M.K., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Ortega-Blanco, J., Wang, B,, Wang, X.-D. & Huang, D.-Y. 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. PNAS 111(39): 14170–14174. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412280111 Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Y. Minoshima & Newton, A.F. 2014. A review of Andotypus and Austrotypus gen. nov., rygmodine genera with Austral disjunction (Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae). Annales zoologici 64 (4): 557–596.
• McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A.E., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 35–60. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12093 Reference page. 
• Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2014. Biodiversidad de Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) en México. Biodiversity of Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Mexico. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 85 (Suplemento): S332–S338.

2015

• Newton, A.F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Hydrophilidae; Histeridae; Leiodidae; Staphylinidae, pp. 1–4, 9–15. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea–Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702. Reference page. 
• 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, Newton, A.F., J. A. Robertson, Thayer, M.K., M. F. Whiting, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D. R. Maddison & B. D. Farrell 2015 The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic entomology 40(4): 835–880.
• Newton, A.F. 2015. Cyrtoscydmini Schaufuss, 1889 Replaced by Glandulariini Schaufuss, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Coleopterists bulletin 69(4): 758–759. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.4.758
• Newton, A.F. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2): 283–304.
• Chani-Posse, M. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Flohria Sharp – a relictual genus of the subtribe Philonthina from the Americas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (3): 372–382.
• Lackner, T., S. Mazur & Newton, A.F. 2015. Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808, pp. 76–130. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702.
• Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4028(3): 301–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.1. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Schülke, M. & Newton, A.F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Staphylinidae, p. 5. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702.
• Seago, A.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Two new high altitude genera of Camiarini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 3957(3): 300–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Newton, A.F. 2016. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802: Introduction, phylogeny; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 274–281, 315–316, 356–376. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd edition. Handbook of Zoology; Arthropoda: Insecta (ed. R. G. .Beutel & N. P. Kristensen); De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. xvii, 684 pp.
• Cai, C-Y., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B. & Huang, D-Y. 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 283 (20161439): 1-8; online supplement (4 pp.). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1439 . Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Newton, A.F. & Zhao, T-X. 2016. Odontalgus dongbaiensis sp. n. from eastern China, and a world catalog of Odontalgini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Zootaxa 4117(4): 567–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.8. Reference page. 

2017

• Cai, C-Y., Lü, L., Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. & Huang, D-Y. 2017 [2016]. First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89 (4): 345-357. Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F. 2017. Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Insecta mundi (0595): 1–52. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F. 2017. Errata to the Volumes 2 and 3 of the Updated and Revised Edition of the Catalogue: Staphylinidae; References, p. xxxiii. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Revised and updated edition. Archostemata – Myxophaga – Adephaga. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 1446 pp.
• Ahn, K-J., Cho, Y-B., Kim, Y-H., Yoo, I-S. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(3): 279–336. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2017.06.006 Reference page. 
• Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, Newton, A.F., K. T. Eldredge & M. S. Engel 2017. Response to “Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily”. Current Biology 27(16): R794–795.
• Gnaspini, P., C. Antunes–Carvalho, Newton, A.F. & R. A. B. Leschen 2017. Show me your tenent setae and I tell you who you are – Telling the story of a neglected character complex with phylogenetic signals using Leiodidae (Coleoptera) as a case study. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 46(4): 662–685, 2 online supplements. DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2017.06.004
• Jałoszyński, P. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Taxonomy of 'Euconnus complex'. Part XV. Disentangling the Euconnus-Sciacharis knot (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 4344(3): 401–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.1. Reference page. 
• Newton, A.F., Švec, Z. & Fikáček, M. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Leiodinae from Chile, with keys to world genera of Sogdini and Leiodinae from Chile and Argentina (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 121-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page.  Erratum, 57 (2): 602.
• Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T. & Engel, M.S. 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous beetles. Current Biology 27(8): 1229–1235, online supplements (8 pp.). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009 Reference page. 
• Bachmann, A.O., Chani-Posse, M.R., Guala, M.E. & Newton, A.F. 2017. A catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires (MACN). Zootaxa 4223(1): 1–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4223.1.1. Reference page. 
• Peck, S. B. & Newton, A.F. 2017. An annotated catalog of the Nearctic Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of continental America north of Mexico (the USA and Canada). Coleopterists bulletin 71(2): 211–258.
• Kilian, A. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini). Zoologischer anzeiger 266: 158–168.

2018

• Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Yin, Z-W. & Huang, D-Y. 2018. A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84: 431–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.004 Reference page. 
• Chani-Posse, M.R., Newton, A.F., Hansen, A.K. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2018. Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4449(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4449.1.1 Reference page. 
• Costa-Silva, V., Asenjo, A., Newton, A.F. & Thyssen, P.J. 2018. Redescription and new records of Ontholestes brasilianus Bernhauer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4388(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.12. Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Cai, C-Y. & Newton, A.F. 2018. Beetle with long ‘nose’—A bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous research 89: 98–106. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.019 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. 
• Cai, C-Y., Wang, Y-L., Lü, L., Yin, Z-W., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Zhou, Y-L. 2019. Congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies of the rove beetle subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 9, 15137 (2019): 1–11. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51408-1 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., 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

• Jałoszyński, P. & Newton, A.F. 2020. New names for junior homonyms in Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4768(4): 589–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.9 Reference page. 
• Tihelka, E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. New Data, Old Story: Molecular Data Illuminate the Tribal Relationships among Rove Beetles of the Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 11(3), 164: 1–12. DOI: 10.3390/insects11030164 Reference page. 
• Yamamoto, S. & Newton, A.F. 2020. First Record of the Flat Rove Beetle Genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) from Thailand. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(1): 106–108. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.106 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Lü, L., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). Cladistics 37(2): 185–210. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12430 Reference page. 

2021

• Pablo-Cea, J.D., Asenjo, A., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. & Newton, A.F. 2021, Checklist of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of El Salvador. Zootaxa 4951(1): 80–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.3 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. 

2023

• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1015627. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Newton, A.F., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. New species of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds, with discussion on the generic circumscription. Palaeoentomology 6(4): 398–415. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.11 . Reference page.