David Alan Grimaldi

David Alan Grimaldi (born 1957), U.S. entomologist.

Curator, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, New York, 10024-5192, USA

IPNI standard form: D.Grimaldi

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

62 taxon names authored by David Alan Grimaldi

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1986

Grimaldi, D. & Underwood, B.A. 1986. Megabraula, a new genus for two new species of Braulidae (Diptera), and a discussion of braulid evolution. Systematic Entomology 11(4): 427–438. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1986.tb00534.x Reference page.

1990

Grimaldi, D.A., Maisey, J.G., McCafferty, W.P., Carle, F.L., Wighton, D.C., Popham, E.J., Krishna, K., Hamilton, K.G.A., Darling, D.C., Sharkey, M.J. & Oswald, J.D. 1990. Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 195: 1–191. hdl: 2246/943 Reference page.

1991

Grimaldi, D.A. 1991. Mycetobiine woodgnats (Diptera: Anisopodidae) from the Oligo-Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic, and Old World affinities. American Museum Novitates 3014: 1–24.

1998

Michener, C.D. & Grimaldi, D.A. 1988. A Trigona from Late Cretaceous amber of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates 2917: 1-10.

1999

Grimaldi, D.A. & Cumming, J.M. 1999. Brachyceran Diptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the Eremoneura. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 239: 1–124. hdl: 2246/1583 . Reference page.

2000

Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2000. A winged Zorotypus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), with discussion on relationships of and within the order. Acta Geologica Hispanica 35: 149–164. Online (raco.cat), Online (revistes.ub.edu). Reference page.

2001

Klompen, H. & Grimaldi, D. 2001. First Mesozoic record of a parasitiform mite: a larval argasid tick in Cretaceous amber (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94(1): 10–15. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0010:FMROAP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.

2002

Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. & Nascimbene, P.C. 2002. Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma): Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance. American Museum Novitates 3361: 1–72. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)361<0001:FCAFMB>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/2914 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2002. The first Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta). American Museum Novitates 3362: 1–20. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2002)362<0001:TFMZI>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/2915 . Reference page.

2003

Krishna, K. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2003. The first Cretaceous Rhinotermitidae (Isoptera): a new species, genus, and subfamily in Burmese amber. American Museum Novitates 3390: pp. 1–10, 5 figures, 1 table. hdl: 2246/2880 Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2003. A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Mantodea). American Museum Novitates 3412: 1–47 pp., 27 figures, 3 tables. hdl: 2246/2838 BHL Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A., Ervik, F. & Bernal, R. 2003. Two new Neotropical genera of Drosophilidae (Diptera) visiting palm flowers. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(2): 109–124.

2004

Blagoderov, V. & Grimaldi, D. 2004. Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae. American Museum Novitates 3433: 1–76. hdl: 2246/2798 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2004. A new rock crawler in Baltic amber, with comments on the order (Mantophasmatodea: Mantophasmatidae). American Museum Novitates 3431: 1–11. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2004)431<0001:ANRCIB>2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/2796 . BHL. Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2004. New light shed on the oldest insect. Nature 427(6975): 627–630. Reference page.

2005

Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485: 1–24. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)485[0001:PNAICA]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5676 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 978-0-521-82149-0. limited preview on Google Books. Reference page.
Grimaldi, D., Kathirithamby, J. & Schawaroch, V. 2005. Strepsiptera and triungula in Cretaceous amber. Insect Systematics & Evolution 36(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.1163/187631205788912787 . Reference page.

2006

Amorim, D. de S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2006. Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Systematic Entomology 31(3): 508–516. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00326.x . PDF. Reference page.

2007

Blagoderov, V., Grimaldi, D.A. & Fraser, N.C. 2007. How time flies for flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the Order. American Museum Novitates 3572: 39 pp. hdl: 2246/5854 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2007. The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera). American Museum Novitates 3587: 1–58. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5880 . Reference page.
Lo, N., Engel, M.S., Cameron, S., Nalepa, C.A., Tokuda, G., Grimaldi, D., Kitade, O., Krishna, K., Klass, K.-D., Maekawa, K., Miura, T. & Thompson, G.J. 2007. Save Isoptera: a comment on Inward et al. Biology Letters 3(5): 562–563. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0264 . Reference page.

2008

Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2008. A jugular-horned beetle in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Prostomidae). Alavesia 2: 215–218. PDF. Reference page.

2009

Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2009. Diversity and phylogeny of the Mesozoic wasp family Stigmaphronidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea). Denisia 26: 53–68. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A., Cumming, J.M. & Arillo, A. 2009. Chimeromyiidae, a new family of eremoneuran Diptera from the Cretaceous. Zootaxa 2078: 34–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2078.1.2 . Abstract & excerpt. ResearchGate . Reference page.

2010

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.

2011

Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A., Singh, H. & Nascimbene, P.C. 2011. Webspinners in Early Eocene amber from western India (Insecta, Embiodea). ZooKeys 148: 197–208. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1712 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S., Grimaldi, D.A., Nascimbene, P.C. & Singh, H. 2011. The termites of Early Eocene Cambay amber, with the earliest record of the Termitidae (Isoptera) ZooKeys 148: 105–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1797 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A., Arillo, A., Cumming, J.M. & Hauser, M. 2011. Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, part IV, significant new orthorrhaphous taxa. ZooKeys 148: 293–332. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.148.1809 Reference page.
Wiegmann, B.M., Trautwein, M.D., Winkler, I.S., Barr, N.B., Kim, J.-W., Lambkin, C., Bertone, M.A., Cassel, B.K., Bayless, K.M., Heimberg, A.M., Wheeler, B.M., Peterson, K.J., Pape, T., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Blagoderov, V., Caravas, J., Kutty, S.N., Schmidt-Ott, U., Kampmeier, G.E., Thompson, F.C., Grimaldi, D.A., Beckenbach, A.T., Courtney, G.W., Friedrich, M., Meier, R. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. PNAS 108(14): 5690–5695. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012675108 . Reference page.

2012

Chatzimanolis, S., Grimaldi, D.A., Engel, M.S. & Fraser, N.C. 2012. Leehermania prorova, the earliest staphyliniform beetle, from the Late Triassic of Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates 3761: 1–28. DOI: 10.1206/3761.2 . hdl: 2246/6393 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. & Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2012. Fossil Curtonotidae (Diptera: Schizophora: Ephydroidea). American Museum Novitates 3760: 1–16. DOI: 10.1206/3760.2 . hdl: 2246/6392 . Reference page.

2013

Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2013. A new genus of highly specialized ants in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3681(4): 405–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.5 Reference page.
Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A. Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. 2013. Treatise on the Isoptera of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377: 1–2704. hdl: 2246/6430 Reference page.
Engel, M.S., Ortega-Blanco, J., Soriano, C., Grimaldi, D.A., Delclòs, X. 2013. A new lineage of enigmatic diaprioid wasps in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea). American Museum Novitates 3771: 1–23. DOI: 10.1206/3771.2 . Reference page.

2014

Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D. 2014. A diverse ant fauna from the Mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 9(4): e93627. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093627 Reference page.
Dikow, T. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2014. Robber flies in Cretaceous ambers (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). American Museum Novitates 3799: 1–19. DOI: 10.1206/3799.1 . hdl: 2246/6522 . Reference page.
Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2014. Whipspiders (Arachnida: Amblypygi) in amber from the Early Eocene and mid-Cretaceous, including maternal care. Novitates Paleoentomologicae 9: 1–17. DOI: 10.17161/np.v0i9.4765 . Reference page.
Grimaldi, D. & Johnston, M.A. 2014. The long-tongued Cretaceous scorpionfly Parapolycentropus Grimaldi and Rasnitsyn (Mecoptera: Pseudopolycentropodidae): New data and interpretations. American Museum Novitates 3793: 1–24. DOI: 10.1206/3793.1 . hdl: 2246/6466 . Reference page.
Parker, J. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2014. Specialized myrmecophily at the ecological dawn of modern ants. Current Biology 24(20): 2428–2434. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.08.068 Reference page.

2015

Arillo, A., Peñalver, E., Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Delclòs, X., Criscione, J., Barden, P.M., Riccio, M.L. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2015. Long-proboscid brachyceran flies in Cretaceous amber (Diptera: Stratiomyomorpha: Zhangsolvidae). Systematic Entomology 40(1): 242–267. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12106 Reference page.

2016

Barden, P. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Adaptive radiation in socially advanced stem-group ants from the Cretaceous. Current Biology 26: 515–521. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.060. Reference page.
Borkent, A. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. The Cretaceous Fossil Burmaculex antiquus Confirmed as the Earliest Known Lineage of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4079(4): 457–466. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.5Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Diverse orthorrhaphan flies (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera) in amber from the Cretaceous of Myanmar: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VII. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 408: 1–131. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-408.1.1 Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. & Barden, P. 2016. The Mesozoic family Eremochaetidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in Burmese amber and relationships of Archisargoidea: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber, part VIII. American Museum Novitates 3865: 1–29. DOI: 10.1206/3865.1 . hdl: 2246/6671 . Reference page.

2017

Barden, P., Herhold, H.W. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2017. A new genus of hell ants from the Cretaceous (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Haidomyrmecini) with a novel head structure. Systematic Entomology 42(4): 837–846. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12253 . Reference page.

2018

Borkent, A., Brown, B.V., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D. de S., Barber, K.N., Bickel, D.J., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A.(†), Kung, G-A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshal, S.A., Mathis, W.N., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S.M., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T.(†), Whitworth, T.L., Wong, M.A., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E., Yau, T., Zavortnik, T.J. & Zumbado, M.A. 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402(1): 53–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Grimaldi, D.A. 2018. Hirtodrosophila of North America (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 421: 1–75. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-421.1.1
Grimaldi, D.A. 2018. Basal Cyclorrhapha in amber from the Cretaceous and Tertiary (Insecta: Diptera), and their relationships: Brachycera in Cretaceous amber part IX. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 423: 1–97. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-423.1.1
Grimaldi, D.A. 2018. First tropical American species of the “relict” genus Litoleptis, and relationships in Spaniinae (Diptera: Rhagionidae). American Museum Novitates 3909: 1–18. DOI: 10.1206/3909.1 . hdl: 2246/6910

2019

Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2019. Remarkable new fossil species of Schistostoma Becker (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Microphorinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4624(1): 121–131. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4624.1.8 Reference page.
Pirani, G. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2019. Rediscovery, redescription, and reclassification of the rare and unusual fly Pyrgometopa penicillata Kertész (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa 4661(3): 445–456. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.3.2 Reference page.

2020

Grimaldi, D.A. & Jones, L.E. 2020. A Revision of the Drosophila spinipes Species Group (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Zootaxa 4809(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.1.1 Reference page.

2021

Wood, H.M., Singh, H. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2021. Another Laurasian connection in the Early Eocene of India: Myrmecarchaea spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae). Zookeys 1071ː 49–61. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1071.72515 Reference page.

References

Barden, P. & Engel, M.S. 2022. The vision of David Grimaldi. Palaeoentomology 5(5): 406–429. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.5.1