Michael S. Engel

Michael S. Engel (born 1971), U.S. invertebrate paleontologist and entomologist.

• Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
• Senior Curator, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
• Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA

Taxon names authored

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• 40 taxon names authored by Michael S. Engel

Publications

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1993

• Smith, D. R., & Engel, M. S. 1993. Population genetics of a cooperative spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Araneae: Eresidae). American Arachnology 48: 6.

1994

• Smith, D. R., & Engel, M. S. 1994. Population structure in an Indian cooperative spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology 22(2): 108–113.

1995

• Engel, M. S. 1995a [1996]. Three new species of Caenaugochlora (Ctenaugochlora) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103(3): 281–286.
• Engel, M. S. 1995b [1996]. The bee genus Rhectomia (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): Discovery of the male and two new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103(3): 302–310.
• Engel, M. S. 1995c [1996]. Neocorynura electra, a new fossil bee species from Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103(3): 317–323.

1996

• Engel, M. S. 1996a [1997]. New augochlorine bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) in Dominican amber, with a brief review of fossil Halictidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society Supplement 69(4): 334–345.

1997

• Engel, M. S. 1997a. A new fossil bee from the Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Apidologie 28: 97–102.
• Engel, M. S. 1997b. Ischnomelissa, a new genus of augochlorine bees (Halictidae) from Colombia. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 32: 41–46.

1998

• Engel, M. S. 1998a. A new species of the Baltic amber bee genus Electrapis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 7: 94–101.
• Engel, M. S. 1998b. Phylogeny, classification and evolutionary ethology of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
• Engel, M. S. 1998c. Fossil honey bees and evolution in the genus Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Apidologie 29: 265–281.
• Engel, M. S. 1998d. Comparative morphology and the phylogeny of the corbiculate bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apinae). Proceedings of the 13th International Congress IUSSI, Adelaide 1998: 151.

1999

• Engel, M. S. 1999a. Apis poava Menge, 1856 (currently Electrapis proava; Insecta, Hymenoptera): Proposed conservation by designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 134–135.
• Engel, M. S. 1999b. The first fossil Euglossa and phylogeny of the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini). American Museum Novitates 3272: 1–14.
• Engel, M. S. 1999c. The taxonomy of recent and fossil honeybees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8(2): 165–196.
• Engel, M. S. 1999d. Megachile glaesaria, the first megachilid bee fossil from amber (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). American Museum Novitates 3276: 1–13.
• Engel, M. S. 1999e. Augochlorini Beebe, 1925 (Insecta Hymenoptera): Corrected authorship and date (not Moure, 1943). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 198.
• Engel, M. S. 1999f. Case 3054: Augochlorini Moure, 1943 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Proposed precedence over Oxystoglossini Schrottky, 1909. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56(1): 19–22.
• Engel, M. S. 1999g. A new species of the bee genus Neocorynura from the Andes of Ecuador (Hym. Halictidae, Augochlorini). Spixiana 22(2): 173–178.
• Engel, M. S. 1999h. A new xeromelissine bee in Tertiary amber of the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Entomol. Scand. 30: 453–458.

2000

• Engel, M. S. 2000a. Classification of the bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 250: 1–90.
• Engel, M. S. 2000b. A new interpretation of the oldest fossil bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). PDF 189 Kb. American Museum Novitates 3296: 1–11.
• Engel, M. S. 2000c. A revision of the panurgine bee genus Arhysosage (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9(1): 182–208.
• Engel, M. S. 2000d. A review of the Indo-Malayan meliponine genus Lisotrigona, with two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Oriental Insects 34: 229–237.
• Engel, M. S. 2000e. Fossils and phylogeny: A paleontological perspective on social bee evolution pp. 217–224. In Bitondi, M.M.G., and K. Hartfelder (eds.), Anais do IV Encontro sobre Abelhas. Universidade de São Paulo; Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
• Engel, M. S. 2000f. A new Lasioglossum from the Juan Fernandez Islands (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Revista Chilena Entomologia 27: 5–10.

2001

• Engel, M. S. 2001a. A monograph of the baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenop.). PDF 4.375 Kb. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 259: 1–192.
• Engel, M. S. 2001b. Three new Habralictellus bee species from the Caribbean (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Solenodon 1: 33–37.
• Engel, M. S. 2001c. The first large carpenter bee from the Tertiary of North America, with a consideration of the geological history of Xylocopinae (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 127(2): 245–254.
• Engel, M. S. 2001d. The honey bees of Thailand (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 49(1): 113–116.
• Engel, M. S. 2001e. Monophyly and extensive extinction of advanced eusocial bees: Insights from an unexpected Eocene diversity. PDF 396 Kb. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 98(4): 1661–1664.

2002

• Engel, M. S. 2002a. Halictine bees from the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Florissant, Colorado (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 225(2): 251–273.
• Engel, M. S. 2002b. Phylogeny of the bee tribe Fideliini, with the description of a new genus from southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). African Entomology 10(2): 305–313.
• Engel, M. S. 2002c. The honey bees of India, Hymenoptera: Apidae. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 99(1): 3–7.

2003

• Engel, M. S. 2003a. A replacement name in Apis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(1): 71.
• Engel, M. S. 2003b. A new species of the bee genus Chlerogella from Panama (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Zootaxa 286: 1–4.

2004

• Engel, M.S., & Grimaldi, D. A. 2004. New light shed on the oldest insect. Nature 427(6975): 627–630.

2005

• Engel, M. S. 2005. Three replacement names in the bee genus Andrena (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Kansas Entomological Society 78(2): 173.

2007

• Davis, S.R.; Engel, M.S. 2007: A new ambrosia beetle in Miocene amber of the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Alavesia 1: 121-124. ZooBank
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2008

• Engel, M.S. 2008: A stem-group cimicid in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hemiptera: Cimicoidea). Alavesia 2: 233–237. PDF.
• Engel, M.S.; Grimaldi, D.A.} 2008: A jugular-horned beetle in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Prostomidae). Alavesia 2: 215–218. PDF.

2009

• Engel, M.S. 2009: A new species of the bee genus Caenaugochlora from Honduras (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112(3-4): 159–163. doi: 10.1660/062.112.0401 Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S. 2009. Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), Part I: Central American species. ZooKeys 23: 47–75. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.23.248.  reference page 
• Engel, M.S. & Chatzimanolis, S. 2009. An oxyteline rove beetle in Dominican amber with possible African affinities (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 77(4): 425–429.

2010

• Engel, M.S. 2010: A primitive anobiid beetle in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Alavesia 3: 31-34. ZooBank
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• Falin, Z.H.; Engel, M.S. 2010: Notes on Cretaceous Ripidiini and revised diagnoses of the Ripidiinae, Ripidiini, and Eorhipidiini (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Alavesia 3: 35–42. ZooBank
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• 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

• Gonzalez, V.H. & Engel, M.S. 2011. Andinopanurgus, a new Andean subgenus of Protandrena (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae). ZooKeys 126: 57–76. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.126.1676 Reference page. 

• Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A.; Engel, M.S. 2011: Revision of the orchid bee subgenus Euglossella (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Part I, The decorata species group. ZooKeys 140: 27–69. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.140.1923 ZooBank
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• Batelka, J.; Engel, M.S.; Falin, Z.H.; Prokop, J. 2011: Two new ripidiine species in Dominican amber with evidence of aggregative behaviour of males "frozen" in the fossil record (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). European journal of entomology 108(2): 275–286. ZooBank
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• Chatzimanolis, S.; Engel, M.S. 2011: A new species of Diochus from Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Diochini). ZooKeys 138: 65–73. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.138.1896 ZooBank
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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 Reference page. 
• Engel, M. S. & A. H. Smith-Pardo, 2012: Bolivian Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): A new species and preliminary key to the fauna. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 155 (1): 3–8.

2013

• Ortega-Blanco, J., Chatzimanolis, S., Singh, H. & Engel, M.S. 2013. The oldest fossil of the subfamily Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), from Eocene Cambay amber (India). Coleopterists bulletin 67(3): 304–308. Reference page. 

2014

• 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) Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gonzalez, V.H., Rasmussen, C.& Engel, M.S. 2014: A new species of Liphanthus from Peru (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of melittology, (31) Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2015

• Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Winterton, S.L. & Engel, M.S. 2015. Revision of the green lacewing subgenus Ankylopteryx (Sencera) (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae). ZooKeys 543: 111–127. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.543.6476 Full article Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Huang, D.-Y., Azar, D., Nel, A., Davis, S. R., Alvarado, M., & Breitkreuz, L. C. V. 2015. The wasp family Spathiopterygidae in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea). Comptes Rendus Palevol 14(2): 95–100.
• Engel, M.S., Peris, D., Chatzimanolis, S., & Delclòs, X. 2015. An earwig (Insecta: Dermaptera) in Early Cretaceous amber from Spain. Insect Systematics & Evolution 46(3): 291–300.
• Engel, M.S. 2015. Notes on family-group names for bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Journal of Melittology 46: 1–7.
• Benner, J. S., Knecht, R. J., & Engel, M.S. 2015. Tonganoxichnus: A revision of the ichnogenus with new material from Massachusetts. In McIlroy, D. (Ed.), Ichnology: Papers from ICHNIA III in St. John’s, NL, Canada. Geological Association of Canada; St. John's; pp. 31–43.
• Straka, J., Alqarni, A.S., Jůzová, K., Hannan, M.A., Hinojosa-Diaz, I.A. & Engel, M.S. 2015. Rediscovered parasitism of Andrena savignyi Spinola (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) by Stylops (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) and revised taxonomic status of the parasite. Zookeys 519: 117-139. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.519.6035 Full article Reference page. 

2016

• Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Ohl, M. & Engel, M.S. 2016. A review of the New Caledonian Arpactophilus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Zootaxa 4063(1): 1–66. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4063.1.1. Reference page. 

2017

• 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. 
• Engel, M.S., Alqarni, A.S., Shebl, M.A., Iqbal, J. & Hinojosa-Diaz, I.A. 2017. A new species of the carpenter bee genus Xylocopa from the Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 716: 29—41. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.716.21150. Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Thomas, J.C. & Alqarni, A.S. 2017. A new genus of protorhyssaline wasps in Raritan amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 711: 103—111. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.711.20709. Reference page. 
• Prokop, J., Dehon, M., Michez, D. & Engel, M.S. 2017. An Early Miocene bumble bee from northern Bohemia (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 710: 43—63. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.710.14714. Reference page. 

2018

• Engel, M.S., Huang, D-Y., Cai, C-Y. & Alqarni, A.S. 2018. A new lineage of braconid wasps in Burmese Cenomanian amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 730: 73–84. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.730.22585. Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Wang, B., Alqarni, A.S., Jia, L-B., Su, T., Zhou, Z-K. & Wappler, T. 2018. A primitive honey bee from the Middle Miocene deposits of southeastern Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera, Apidae). ZooKeys 775: 117–129. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.775.24909 Reference page. 
• Makranczy, G., Yamamoto, S. & Engel, M.S. 2018. Description of a Cretaceous amber fossil putatively of the tribe Coprophilini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). ZooKeys 782: 81–94. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.782.27733 Reference page. 

2019

• Engel, M.S., Aqarni, A.S., Shebl, M.A. & Thomas, J.C. 2019. New genera of meliturguline bees from Saudi Arabia and Persia, with notes on related genera and a key to the Arabian fauna (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 69: 1–21. doi: 10.3897/jhr.69.32561 Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Falin, Z.H. & Batelka, J. 2019. A new genus of Pelecotominae from Mexico, with notes on the genera Clinops and Scotoscopus and the description of new species (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae). Zookeys, 857: 59–84. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.857.34938 Reference page. 

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