Roger A. Beaver

Roger A. Beaver, entomologist.

• School of Biological Sciences , Universiti Sains Malaysia , Penang , Malaysia
• 161/2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
• E-mail: rogerbeaver6@gmail.com

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 65 taxon names authored by Roger A. Beaver

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponym of Roger A. Beaver

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1975

• Beaver, R.A. & Browne, F.G. 1975. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand: A checklist with biological and zoogeographical notes. Oriental Insects 9(3): 283–311. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1975.10434499 .

1978

• Beaver, R.A. & Browne, F.G. 1978. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) of Penang, Malaysia. Oriental Insects 12(4): 575–624. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1978.10432538 .

1984

• Loyttyniemi, K., Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, R. 1984. Annual flight patterns of timber insects in Miombo woodlands in Zambia, Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Annales Entomologici Fennici 50: 111-114. Reference page. 

1985

• Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, K. 1985. Bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of Zambia. Revue Zoologique Africaine 99: 63-85. Reference page. 
• Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, K. 1985a. The platypodid ambrosia beetles of Zambia (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 99: 113-134. Reference page. 
• Loyttyniemi, K., Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, R. 1985. Annual flight patterns of timber insects on Miombo woodland in Zambia, Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Annales Entomologici Fennici 51: 27-29. Reference page. 

1989

• Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, K. 1989. Further observations on the bark and ambrosia beetles of Zambia (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Revue Zoologie Africaine 103: 285-290. Reference page. 

1991

• Beaver, R.A. & Loyttyniemi, K. 1991. Annual flight patterns and diversity of bark and ambrosia beetles (Col, Scolytidae and Platypodidae) attracted to bait logs in Zambia. Journal of Applied Entomology 112: 505-511. Reference page. 

2003

• Mandelshtam, M.Yu. & Beaver, R.A. 2003. Amphiscolytus - a new genus, and Amphiscolytini - a new tribe of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) for Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl. Zootaxa 298: 1–8. Abstract & excerpt.

2009

• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Azar, D., Beaver, R.A., Mandelshtam, M.Y. & Nel, A. 2009. The most ancient bark beetle known: a new tribe, genus and species from Lebanese amber (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Systematic entomology 34(1): 101–112. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00442.x. . Reference page. 

2010

• Beaver, R.A. 2010. Taxonomic notes on the afrotropical genera Hapalogenius Hagedorn, Hylesinopsis Eggers, and Rhopalopselion Hagedorn (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). ZooKeys 56: 157-170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.56.523. . Reference page. 

2013

• Beaver, R.A. 2013. New synonymy and new records of oriental pin-hole borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Platypodinae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1784–86): 23–28. abstract only seen Reference page. 
• Liu, L.Y.; Beaver, R.A. 2013: Notes on the genus Prostephanus Lesne, 1897 (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae, Dinoderinae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 149(1793-95): 255–262. Abstract only seen Reference page. 

2015

• Beaver, R.A. & Sanguansub, S. 2015: A review of the genus Carchesiopygus Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with keys to species. Zootaxa 3931(3): 401–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.3.4. . Reference page. 
• Knížek, M., Beaver, R.A. & Liu, L-Y. 2015. A new species of Diapus Chapuis from South-West China and North Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa 4058(2): 296–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.12. . Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Beaver, R.A., Ghahari, H. & Sanguansub, S. 2016. An annotated checklist of Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4098(3): 401–441. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.1. . Reference page. 

2017

• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A. & Cognato, A.I. 2017. The ambrosia beetle Ambrosiophilus peregrinus, introduced to the United States, is Ambrosiophilus nodulosus (n. comb.) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 71: 552–553. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.3.552. . Reference page. 

2018

• Beaver, R.A. & Liu, L-Y. 2018. A review of the genus Baiocis Browne, 1962 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new species, new synonymy and a key to males. Zootaxa 4434(3): 481–501. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.5 Reference page. 
• Sittichaya, W. & Beaver, R.A. 2018. Cnestus quadrispinosus, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle from Thailand and Borneo (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini). ZooKeys 795: 31–37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.795.28384 . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A. & Cognato, A.I. 2018. New synonymy, new combinations and other taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4521(3): 391–403. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5 Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Singh, S. & Cognato, A.I. 2018. Taxonomic clarification and neotype designation for three Indian xyleborine species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4394(1): 138–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.9 . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Rabaglia, R.J., Beaver, R.A., Thu, P.Q. & Cognato, A.I. 2018d. Attraction of ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) to semiochemicals in Vietnam with new records and a new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72: 838–844. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.838. . Reference page. 

2019

• Beaver, R.A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y. 2019. A review of the genus Immanus Hulcr & Cognato with a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini). Zootaxa 4585(2): 378–386. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.11. . Reference page. 
• Beaver, R.A., Smith, S.M. & Sanguansub, S. 2019. A review of the genus Dryocoetiops Schedl, with new species, new synonymy and a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4712(2): 236–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.2.4 Reference page. 
• Sittichaya, W., Smith, S.M. & Beaver, R.A. 2019. Ten newly recorded species of xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) from Thailand. Zookeys, 862: 109–127. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.862.34766 . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Cognato, A.I., Hulcr, J., Redford, A.J. 2019. Southeast Asian Ambrosia Beetle ID. USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program (ITP) and Michigan State University. Fort Collins, CO. http://idtools.org/id/wbb/sea-ambrosia/. Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Gomez, D.F., Beaver, R.A., Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A.I. 2019. Reassessment of the species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) complex after the rediscovery of the “lost” type specimen. Insects 10: 1–261. DOI: 10.3390/insects10090261. Reference page. 

2020

• Cognato, A.I., Smith, S.M. & Beaver, R.A. 2020. Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4722(6): 540–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.2. . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A. & Cognato, A.I. 2020. A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China. ZooKeys, 983: 1–442. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.983.52630 Reference page. 

2021

• Sittichaya, W., Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A. & Thaochan, N. 2021. Revision of the xyleborine ambrosia beetle genus Microperus Wood, 1980 (Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) of Thailand with four new species and four newly recorded species. Zookeys 1074ː 191–214. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1074.76235 Reference page. 

2022

• Beaver, R.A. & Smith, S.M. 2022. The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae. Zootaxa 5174(1): 001–024. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Liao, S., Lai, S-C., Beaver, R.A., Gebhardt, H. & Wang, J-G. 2022. New species and new records of Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from China, and resurrection of Scolytoplatypus sinensis (Tsai & Huang, 1965) as a distinct species. Zookeys 1082ː 27–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1082.77637 Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Sittichaya, W., Cognato, A.I. 2022. One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 5194(2): 151–175. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1. . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Pham, T.H., Cognato, A.I. 2022, New species and new records of Xyleborini from the Oriental region, Japan and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 5209(1): 001–033. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Zhang, Y.F., Meng, L.Z. & Beaver, R.A. 2022. A review of the non-lyctine powder-post beetles of Yunnan (China) with a new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Zootaxa 5091(4): 501–545. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.4.1. . Reference page. 

2023

• Sittichaya, W., Smith, S.M. & Beaver, R.A. 2023. New species, taxonomic changes and newly recorded species of Webbia Hopkins, ambrosia beetles from Thailand and neighbouring countries (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini). Zootaxa 5264(1): 47–63. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.3. . Reference page. 
• Sittichaya, W., Smith, S.M. & Beaver, R.A. 2023. New species and newly recorded species of Anisandrus Ferrari, 1867 ambrosia beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini). Zookeys 1182ː 289–306. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1182.105449 Reference page.