Dan A. Polhemus

Dan A. Polhemus, U.S. entomologist and heteropterist.

• Parent: 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)

• 72 taxon names authored by Dan A. Polhemus

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1988

• Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1988. Zoogeography, Ecology, and Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera:Veliidae) in Borneo, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Insecta Mundi 2(3-4): 161-230. Reference page. 

1990

• Polhemus, D.A. & Razafimahatratra, V. 1990. A New Genus and Species of Myrmecomorphic Miridae from Madagascar (Heteroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98(1): 1–8.  JSTOR Reference page. 

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. 
• Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1993. The Trepobatinae (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the world fauna. Part 1. Tribe Metrobatini. Entomologica Scandinavica 24(3): 241–284. DOI: 10.1163/187631293X00109 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.
• Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1994. The Trepobatinae (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the world fauna. Part 2. Tribe Naboandelini. Entomologica Scandinavica 25(3): 333–359. DOI: 10.1163/187631294X00135 Reference page. 

2000

• Polhemus, D.A. 2000. A revision of the endemic Hawaiian reduviid genus Saicella Usinger, with descriptions of four new species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(1): 1–20. BHL Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D. A., Asquith, A. & Miller, S. 2000. A new species of Ischnura from Rota (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), and a discussion of zygopteran zoogeography in the insular tropical Pacific. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 62: 5–12. PDF Reference page. 

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. 

2020

• Khazaei, Z., Polhemus, D.A. & Tahami, M.S. 2020. A new species of Leptopus (Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) from caves in Iran, with notes on other cavernicolous Iranian Heteroptera. Zootaxa 4763(2): 246–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.2.7 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. 2020. Nine new species of Enithares (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from New Guinea, with distributional notes on other species and an updated world checklist. Zootaxa 4772(1): 132–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.5 Reference page. 

2021

• Polhemus, D.A. 2021. Callivelia, a new genus for certain Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae), including description of a new species. Zootaxa 4950(2): 345–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.2.6 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, Dan A. 2021. Two new species of Ocyochterus (Heteroptera: Ochteridae) from Ecuador and Panama. Pp 34–44 In Campos, L.A. & Schwertner, C.F., eds. The scent of life: Celebrating the career and life of Jocélia Grazia. Zootaxa 4958(1): 1–712. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.1 Reference page.  Zootaxa 4958(1): 34–44. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.5 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. & Kalkman, V.J. 2021. Four new species of Wahnesia Förster, 1900 from the D’Entrecasteaux, Louisiade and Woodlark island groups, Papua New Guinea (Odonata: Argiolestidae). Zootaxa 5004(3): 447–464. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.3 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. & Yasunaga, T. 2021. A new species of the plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn from the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, Japan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). Zootaxa 5060(3): 447–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.3.10 Reference page. 

2024

• Polhemus, Dan A. 2024. Thirty-four new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the East Papua Composite Terrane, far eastern New Guinea. Zootaxa 5400(1): 001–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5400.1.1 Reference page. 

2025

• Rodrigues, H.D.D., Sites, R.W., Polhemus, D.A. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2025. The Genus Stridulivelia Hungerford, 1929, Subgenus Aenictovelia Polhemus, 1979 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae): Review and Comparative Morphology. Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society 2(2): 68–85. DOI: 10.11646/jihs.2.2.1 Reference page. 

2026

• Polhemus, D.A. 2026. A revision of the Rhagovelia auga subgroup (Heteroptera: Veliidae) on New Guinea, with descriptions of fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5790(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5790.1.1 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. 2026. A new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Sumba Island, Lesser Sunda Islands with notes on zoogeography. Zootaxa 5831(1): 122–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5831.1.10 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. 2026. Proposals of two replacement names for homonyms in Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera). Zootaxa 5874(4): 398–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5874.4.7 Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A. & Nyberg, B.| 2026. Engytatus pali (Heteroptera, Miridae): a new species collected by drone from vertical cliffs on Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 5853(3): 415–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5853.3.8 Reference page.