Oscar Federico Francke-Ballvé

Oscar Federico Francke-Ballvé, Mexican arachnologist.

• Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 3er. circuito exterior s/n. Apartado Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 56 taxon names authored by Oscar Federico Francke-Ballvé

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1978

• Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 1978a. Systematic revision of diplocentrid scorpions from circum-Caribbean lands. Special Publications of the Museum, Texas Tech University 14: 1-92. Reference page. 
• Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 1978b. Redescription of Centruroides koesteri Kraepelin (Scorpionida: Buthidae). The Journal of Arachnology 6: 65-71. Reference page. 

1981

• Francke, O.F. 1981. A new genus of troglobite scorpion from Mexico (Chactoidea, Megacorminae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 23-28. Reference page. 

1982

• Francke, O.F. 1982. Studies of the scorpion subfamilies Superstitioninae and Typhlochactinae, with description of a new genus (Scorpiones, Chactidae ). Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 8: 51–61. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2004

• Ponce-Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2004. Una nueva especie de alacrán del género Centruroides Marx (1890) (Scorpiones, Buthidae) de la depresión del Balsas, México. Acta Zoologica Mexicana (nueva serie) 20(2): 221-232. Reference page. 

2007

• Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2007. Alacranes (Arachnida: Scorpiones) de Frontera Corozal, en la selva lacandona, Chiapas, México, con la descripción de una nueva especie de Diplocentrus.. (Diplocentridae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 69-77. Reference page. 

2009

• Francke-Ballvé, O.F. & Quijano-Ravell, A.F. 2009. Una especie nueva de Diplocentrus (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae) del estado de Michoacán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80: 659- 663. Reference page. 
• Ponce-Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2009. Descripcion de una nueva de alacran con importancia medica del genero Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del estado de Colima, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80(3): 647-658. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2010

• Santibanez-Lopez, C.E. & Francke, O.F. 2010. New and poorly known species of the mexicanus group of the genus Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 38: 555-571. Reference page. 

2011

• Ponce-Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2011a. Nueva especie de alacran del género Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) del estado de Jalisco, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82(2): 465-474. Reference page. 
• Ponce-Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2011b. Especie ueva de alacran del género Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) de la costa del estado de Jalisco, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 82(4): 1163-1178. Reference page. 

2012

• Miranda-López, E.P., Ponce-Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2012. Una especie nueva de Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) del centro de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 83: 966-975. Reference page. 

2013

• Cruz-López, J.A.; Francke, O.F. 2013: On the enigmatic genus Philora: familial assignment and taxonomic revision (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae). Journal of arachnology, 41(3): 291–305. DOI: 10.1636/Ha13-13.1 Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2013. Two new species of the genus Paramitraceras Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Zootaxa 3641(4): 481–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.13 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Francke, O.F. 2013: Two new species of ricinuleids of the genus Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from southern Mexico. Zootaxa 3635(5): 545–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.4 Reference page. 

2014

• Contreras-Félix, G.A. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2014. Description of a new species of Vaejovis from Michoacán, Mexico (Arachnida: Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85: 24-30. Reference page. 
• Francke, O.F., Teruel, R. & Santibáñez-López, C.E. 2014. A new genus and a new species of scorpions (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southeastern Mexico. The Journal of Arachnology 42: 220–232. Reference page. 
• Giribet, G., McIntyre, E., Christian, E., Espinasa, L., Ferreira, R., Francke, Ó.F., Harvey, M.S., Isaia, M., Kováč, Ľ., McCutchen, L., Souza, M.F.V.R. & Zagmajster, M. 2014. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order. Invertebrate Systematics 28(4): 350–360. DOI: 10.1071/IS13057 Reference page. 
• Santibáñez-López, C.E., Francke, O.F. & Prendini, L. 2014: Kolotl, n. gen. (Scorpiones: Diplocentridae), a new scorpion genus from Mexico. American Museum novitates, (3815) DOI: 10.1206/3815.1 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A., Mendoza, J.I. & Francke, O.F. 2014: First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family. ZooKeys 416: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.416.7253 Reference page. 

2015

• Contreras-Félix, G.A., Francke, O.F. & Bryson, R.W., Jr. 2015. A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Zootaxa 3936(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.8. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the genus Karos Goodnight & Goodnight, 1944 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnopsidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(4): 827–891. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12299 Reference page. 
• Guzmán, A.A., Chirivi-Joya, D. & Francke, O.F. 2015: The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3920(3): 474–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.6. Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R. & Francke, O.F. 2015: Taxonomic revision of the genus Mayazomus Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with description of five new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Zootaxa 3915(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.1.Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Two new species of Bonnetina tarantulas (Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Mexico: contributions to morphological nomenclature and molecular characterization of types. Journal of natural history 49(11-12): 685–707. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.924770 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Phylogeny of the spider genus Ixchela Huber, 2000 (Araneae: Pholcidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence (CO1 and 16S), with a hypothesized diversification in the Pleistocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 20-58. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12265 . Reference page. 

2016

• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2016. Three new species of the Mexican harvestman genus Chapulobunus (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae). Journal of Arachnology 44(1): 65–75. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2016a. Three new harvestman species of the genus Philora (Opiliones: Gonyleptoidea: Stygnopsidae) with comments on troglomorphisms. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 328–336. Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Francke-Ballvé, O.F. & Cokendolpher, J.C. 2016. Three new species of Agastoschizomus (Arachnida: Schizomida: Protoschizomidae) from North America. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 337–346. Reference page. 

2017

• Candia-Ramírez, D.T. & Francke, O.F. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the genus Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with the description of additional keels on the embolus. Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 67–98. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2017. Total evidence phylogeny of the North American harvestman family Stygnopsidae (Opiliones : Laniatores : Grassatores) reveals hidden diversity. Invertebrate Systematics 31: 317–360. Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2017. Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179. DOI: 10.1071/IS16023. Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D. & Francke, O.F. 2017. Reconciling morphological and molecular systematics in tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae): revision of the Mexican endemic genus Bonnetina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180(4): 819-886. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw013 Reference page. 

2018

• Barrales-Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F., Van Devender, T.R. & Contreras-Félix, G.A. 2018. A new Sky Island species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 from Sonora, Mexico (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). ZooKeys 760: 37–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.760.22714. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A., Cruz-Bonilla, A. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Molecules and morphology reveal a new aberrant harvestman genus of Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Dypsnoi, Nemastomatidae) from Mexico. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(7): 714–729. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1476416 Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F., 2018. Taxonomic observations on the poorly known genera Isaeus and Tampiconus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89(4): 1045 - 1053. Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J.I. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features. Zootaxa 4407(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.1. Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Five new species of Stenochrus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 4374(2): 189–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.2 Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D., Francke, O.F. & Bond, J.E. 2018. A tangle of forms and phylogeny: Extensive morphological homoplasy and molecular clock heterogeneity in Bonnetina and related tarantulas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 55–73. Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A., Francke, O.F. & Botero-Trujillo, R. 2018: New morphological data for the order Ricinulei with the description of two new species of Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 46: 114–132. Reference page. 

2019

• Contreras-Félix, G.A. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Zootaxa 4596(1): 1–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4596.1.1 Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2019b. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Panzosus Roewer, 1949 stat. rev. (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae). The Journal of Arachnology 47: 226–247. Reference page. 
• Francke, O.F. 2019. Conspectus Genericus Scorpionorum 1758–1985 (Arachnida: Scorpiones) updated through 2018. Zootaxa 4657(1): 1–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.1 Reference page. 
• Guerrero-Fuentes, D.R. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Anicius Chamberlin, 1925 (Araneae: Salticidae), with five new species of jumping spiders from Mexico. Zootaxa 4638(4): 485–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.2. Reference page. 
• Ponce Saavedra, J. & Francke-Ballvé, O.F. 2019. Una especie nueva de alacrán del género Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) del noroeste de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 90: e902660 (1-17). Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Quijano-Ravell, A.F., de Armas, L.F., Francke, O.F. & Ponce-Saavedra, J. 2019. A new species of the genus Centruroides Marx (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from western Michoacán State, México using molecular and morphological evidence. Zookeys, 859: 31–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.859.33069 Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Prendini, L. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Systematics of the short-tailed whipscorpion genus Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with descriptions of six new genera and five new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 435: 1–91. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.435.1.1 Reference page. 

2020

• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2020. Two new genera of epigean harvestmen (Opiliones, Stygnopsidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with an identification key for the stygnopsine genera. Zootaxa 4748(3): 431–454. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.2 Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2020. Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 82–147. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046 . Reference page. 

2021

• Cruz-López, J.A., Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Colmenares García, P.A. & Francke, O.F. 2021. Historical biogeography of a neglected family of armoured harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Icaleptidae) with the first record and a new genus for tropical Mesoamerica. Invertebrate Systematics 35(5): 493-513. DOI: 10.1071/IS20008. . Reference page. 
• Goodman, A.M., Prendini, L., Francke-Ballvé, O.F. & Esposito, L.A. 2021. Systematic revision of the arboreal Neotropical “thorellii” clade of Centruroides Marx, 1890, bark scorpions (Buthidae C.L. Koch, 1837) with descriptions of six new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 452: 1–93. Reference page. 

2023

• Barrales-Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F. 2023. Three new species of the giant vinegaroon genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico. The Journal of Arachnology 51(2): 223-237. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-22-013. . Reference page.