Dan A. Polhemus

Dan A. Polhemus, U.S. entomologist and heteropterist, son of entomologist John T. Polhemus (1929–2013).

Author abbreviation: Polhemus

Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 5 taxon names authored by Dan A. Polhemus

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1993

• Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1993: Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101(3): 391–398. JSTOR Reference page. 

1994

• Evenhuis, N.L. & Polhemus, D.A. 1994. Review of the endemic Hawaiian genus Sigmatineurum Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 37: 1–19. PDF.

2008

• Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2008. A new Indian Ocean species of Ochterus from the island of Mauritius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 281–288. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 2008. Intraspecific morphological polymorphism in Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with notes on nomenclature and synonymy. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 289–298. PDF Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A., Michalski, J. & Richards, S.J. 2008. Pseudagrion fumipennis, a remarkable new species of damselfly from New Guinea (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151(1): 51–56. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000249 Reference page. 

2010

• Polhemus, D.A. & Andersen, N.M. 2010. Rhagovelia of Madagascar and adjacent Indian Ocean Islands (Hemiptera: Veliidae): Revision of the diabolica species group. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41: 143–186. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X502806 Reference page. 

2013

• Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2013: Notes on Ranatra (Heteroptera: Nepidae) from Burma and the Andaman Islands, with description of a new species. Entomologica Americana 118(1): 242–251. DOI: 10.1664/12-RA-028.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Polhemus, D.A. 2014. The first record of Hydrometra bifurcata (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae) from the island of Réunion, with distributional notes on other Hydrometra species from Madagascar. Entomologica americana 120(1-2): 39–42. DOI: 10.1664/14-SN-015R.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Polhemus, D.A. 2015. A new species of Veloidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from southwestern Mexico. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 158(1): 71–86. Reference page. 

2016

• Basu, S., Polhemus, D.A., Subramanian, K.A., Saha, G.K. & Venkatesan, T. 2016. Metrocoris Mayr (Insecta: Hemiptera: Gerridae) of India with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4178(2): 257–277. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.2.5 Reference page. 
• Gassmann, D., Richards, S.J. & Polhemus, D.A. 2016. Idiocnemis schorri sp. nov., a new damselfly species from southern Papua New Guinea (Odonata: Platycnemididae). Zootaxa 4171(3): 491–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.3.5 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2016. Revision of the genus Ochterus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae) in Mesoamerica and the United States. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 159(1): 9–75. Reference page. 

2017

• Ye, Z., Polhemus, D.A. & Bu, W-J. 2017. Review of the genus Amemboides Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4286(3): 401–410. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.7. Reference page. 

2018

• Polhemus, D.A. 2018. A new species and new records of Engytatus from the Hawaiian Islands (Heteroptera, Miridae). Pp 97–106 In: Wheeler, A.G. Jr. (Ed.) 2018. A Festschrift Recognizing Thomas J. Henry for a Lifetime of Contributions to Heteropteran Systematics. Zookeys 796: 1–408. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.796.21054 Reference page. 

2019

• Jehamalar, E.E., Chandra, K. & Polhemus, D.A. 2019. Review of the Mesovelia horvathi species complex (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae), with the description of seven new species from India. Zootaxa 4651(3): 471–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.4 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A., Molano, F., Morales, I., Moreira, F.F.F. & Floriano, C.F.B. 2019. Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585(2): 295–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4 Reference page.