Richard Leschen

Richard A.B. Leschen (born 1961), New Zealand coleopterist. Taxonomic specialization: Staphylinidae, Nitidulidae

• New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC), Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
• LeschenR[at]landcareresearch.co.nz

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 138 taxon names authored by Richard Leschen

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2001

• Carlton, C.E. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2001. Species in sympatry: Pselaphotheseus of Campbell Island (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). New Zealand journal of zoology 28(4): 387–393. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518277 Reference page. 

2003

• Löbl I. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2003. Scaphidiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Fauna of New Zealand 48: 94 pp. PDF. Reference page. 

2005

• Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F. & Ślipiński, S.A. 2005: Classification of basal Cucujoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga): cladistic analysis, keys and review of new families. Invertebrate systematics, 19: 17–73. DOI: 10.1071/IS04007 . Reference page. 

2006

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Löbl, I. 2006 [2005]. Phylogeny and classification of Scaphisomatini (Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) with notes on mycophagy, termitophily, and functional morphology. Coleopterists Society monograph 3: 1–63. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2005)059[0001:PACOSS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2008

• Carlton, C.E. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2008. Description of the larva of Pselaphophus atriventris (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphini) with notes on its life history and a list of described pselaphine immature stages. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(1): 13–19. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[13:DOTLOP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

2010

• Löbl, I. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2010. Notes on the Toxidium group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A) 18(1–3): 71–93. Abstract. Reference page. 

2011

• Slipinski, S.A., Leschen, R.A.B. & Lawrence, J.F. 2011. Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 203–208 In
• Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 

2013

• Löbl, I. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print). Misinterpreting global species numbers: examples from Coleoptera. Systematic Entomology 39(1): 2–6. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12042 Reference page. 
• Théry, T. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2013. Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the Three Kings Islands. New Zealand entomologist 36(1): 37–64. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.758028 Reference page. 

2014

• Lord, N.P. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2014. Illustrated catalogue and type designations of the New Zealand Zopheridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 3809(1): 1–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3809.1.1 Reference page. 
• Lord, N.P., Carlton, C.E. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2014. A new species of Leptochromus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Costa Rica, with notes on morphology and natural history. Coleopterists bulletin 68(1): 119–125. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.119 Reference page. 

2015

• Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4028(3): 301–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.1. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Seago, A.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Two new high altitude genera of Camiarini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 3957(3): 300–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2016

• Cai, C-Y., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B. & Huang, D-Y. 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 283 (20161439): 1-8; online supplement (4 pp.). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1439 . Reference page. 
• Leschen, R.A.B., Escalona, H.E. & Elgueta, M. 2016. Phylogeny of the Gondwanan beetle family Ulodidae (Tenebrionoidea). Zootaxa 4138(3): 441–473. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.2 Reference page. 

2017

• Lackner, T. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2017. A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae). ZooKeys 689: 1—263. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.689.12021. Reference page. 
• Nadein, K.S. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2017. A new genus of leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Three Kings Islands, New Zealand. Zootaxa 4294(2): 271–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.9 . Reference page. 

2018

• Shen, J-W. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2018. Review and clinal variation of New Zealand Anabaxis Raffray (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae). Zootaxa 4382(3): 531–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.5. Reference page. 

2019

• Owens, B.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Carlton, C.E. 2019. The Pselaphini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) of the Subantarctic and Chatham Islands of New Zealand; Description of Five Species and One Genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3(5)2: 1–14. DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixz011 Reference page. 
• Shen, J-W. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2019. Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Zootaxa 4614(2): 255–302. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.2.2 Reference page. 

2020

• Leschen, R.A.B., Reid, C.A.M. & Nadein, K.S. 2020. Generic Review of New Zealand Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 4740(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4740.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Shen, J-W., Choi, Y-J. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2020. Revision of the genus Simkinion Park and Pearce (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae) from New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist 43(1):44-61. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2020.1736750 Reference page. 
• Shen, J-W. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2020. Revision of Eupines King of New Zealand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Goniaceritae). Zootaxa 4777(1): 1–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4777.1.1 . [Erratum: 4809(3): 600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4809.3.13 .] Reference page. 

Eponyms

• Agyrtodes lescheni Seago, 2009
• Aleochara lescheni Klimaszewski & Ashe, 1992
• Amazonopora lescheni Ahn & Ashe, 1999
• Anillinus lescheni Sokolov & Carlton, 2004
• Aslamidium lescheni Borowiec, 1998
• Australocyon lescheni Hansen, 2003
• Corticarina lescheni Johnson, 1997
• Edaphus lescheni Puthz, 2006
• Elmas lescheni Ashe & Chatzimanolis, 2003
• Holotrochus lescheni Irmler, 2005
• Ischnomelissa lescheni Brooks & Engel, 1998
• Kiwiaesthetus lescheni Puthz, 2008
• Lispinus lescheni Irmler, 2001
• Lybanodes lescheni Skelley, 1997
• Megalopinus lescheni Puthz, 1994
• Periptyctus lescheni Tomaszewska & Ślipiński, 2002
• Prosopogmus lescheni Will, 2011
• Renda lescheni Márquez, 2010
• Scaphidium lescheni Fierros-Lopez, 2005
• Tetradonia lescheni Jacobson & Kistner, 1998
• Trachycrusus lescheni Howden & Gill, 1995
• Trogoderma lescheni Háva, 2014

Links

• Staff profile at Landcare Research