John K. Moulton

John K. Moulton, US entomologist

Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4560, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Moulton, J.K. & Adler, P.H. 2002. Taxonomy and biology of Simulium clarkei Stone & Snoddy (Diptera: Simuliidae), a poorly known black fly of the southeastern United States. Zootaxa 31: 1–7. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Moulton, J.K. & Wiegmann, B.M. 2007. The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43(3): 701–713. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.029 . Reference page.

Curler, G.R. & Moulton, J.K. 2012. A review of Nearctic Clytocerus (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae). The Canadian Entomologist 144(1): 186–195. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.16 Reference page.

Curler, G.R., Moulton, J.K. & Madriz, R.I. 2015. Redescription of Aposycorax chilensis (Tonnoir) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) with the first identification of a blood meal host for the species. Zootaxa 4048(1): 114–126. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.1.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Moulton, J.K. 2016. The Dixa inextricata Dyar & Shannon (Diptera: Dixidae) species group, with two new cryptic species from the eastern Nearctic Region. Zootaxa 4121(4): 458–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.4.6. Reference page.
Pivar, R.J., Moulton, J.K. & Sinclair, B.J. 2016. A new species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir from Australia (Diptera: Thaumaleidae). Zootaxa 4132(4): 594–597. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.12. Reference page.

Craig, D.A., Moulton, J.K. & Currie, D.C. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón: reassignment of Austrosimulium colboi and description of P. obcidens n. sp. from Western Australia. Zootaxa 4337(4): 451–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Moulton, J.K. 2017. The true identity of Dixa modesta Johannsen (Diptera: Dixidae) resolved: synonymy of Dixa similis Johannsen, designation of the Dixa ubiquita species group, and description of three new eastern Nearctic species. Zootaxa 4216(3): 247–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.3. Reference page.

Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Reassignment of Western Australia Paracnephia gladiator Moulton & Adler to a new genus, Bunyipellum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4375(3): 341–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.3 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Nothogreniera new genus, for two species of Australian "Paracnephia" (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4444(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.4.1 PDF Reference page.
Currie, D.C., Craig, D.A. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. A new genus, Protaustrosimulium, for four species of Australian black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4521(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.1 pdf Reference page.
Moulton, J.K. 2018. Rediscovery of Dixa repanda Peters and description of its putative sister species, Dixa falcata sp. nov., from the south-central United States (Diptera: Dixidae). Zootaxa 4459(1): 171–178. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.1.8 Reference page.

Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C., Gil-Azevedo, L.H. & Moulton, J.K. 2019. Austrocnephia, new genus, for five species of ‘Paracnephia’ (Diptera: Simuliidae), with a key to Australian black fly genera. Zootaxa 4627(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4627.1.1 pdf Reference page.

Phillips, G., Moulton, J.K. & Bernard, E.C. 2020. Heth pivari n. sp. (Nematoda: Ransomnematoidea: Hethidae) from the indigenous North American millipede Narceus gordanus (Spirobolida: Spirobolidae), with keys for worldwide Heth spp. Zootaxa 4861(4): 486–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.4.2 Reference page.
Pivar, R.J., Sinclair, B.J. & Moulton, J.K. 2020. Revision of the South American species of Austrothaumalea Tonnoir (Diptera: Thaumaleidae). Zootaxa 4853(4): 509–526. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.2 Reference page.

Orfinger, A.B. & Moulton, J.K. 2021. Polycentropus aileenae n. sp. (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae), a caddisfly species from the eastern Nearctic, with new state records for members of the Polycentropus confusus Species Group. Zootaxa 4996(2): 353–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4996.2.9 Reference page.
Pivar, R.J., Sinclair, B.J. & Moulton, J.K. 2021. Revision of the genus Niphta (Diptera, Thaumaleidae) Theischinger of South America, with descriptions of nine new species and a new immature morphotype. ZooKeys 1063ː 49–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1063.71180 Reference page.
Whitmore, D., Gaimari, S.D., Nihei, S.S., Evenhuis, N.L., Kurina, O., Borkent, C.J., Sinclair, B.J., O'Hara, J.E., Zhang, Z-Q., Moulton, J.K., Ribeiro, G.C., Bickel, D.J., Giłka, W., Andersen, T., Rossaro, B., Whittington, A.E., Lamas, C.J.E., Heller, K., Kehlmaier, C., Courtney, G.W., Kerr, P.H. & Blagoderov, V. 2021. Twenty years of Dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Pp 166–189 In Zhang, Z-Q., ed. Advancing global taxonomy: the first twenty years of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979(1): 1–239. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.1 Reference page. Zootaxa 4979(1): 166–189. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.17 full article pdf Reference page.