Ronald Henry Lambert Disney

Ronald Henry Lambert Disney (born 1938), British entomologist

• Senior Research Associate, University Museum of Zoology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, England UMZC profile

Taxon names authored

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• 80 taxon names authored by Ronald Henry Lambert Disney

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Ronald Henry Lambert Disney

Publications

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1980

• Disney, R.H.L. 1980. A remarkable scuttlefly, Megaselia senegalensis n. sp. (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 11(1): 94–96. DOI: 10.1163/187631280X00419 . Reference page. 

1992

• Disney, R.H.L. [1994](1992). A new species and new records of Phoridae (Diptera) from New Zealand. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6(31): 119–124. abstract Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. [1994](1992). A new species of Triphleba (Diptera: Phoridae) from France and the subfamily assignment of this genus. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6(31): 135–139. [not seen] Reference page. 

1993

• Disney, R.H.L. [1995](1993). Cave Phoridae (Diptera) of Trinidad. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6(35): 417–436. abstract Reference page. 

1994

• Johal, K. & Disney, R.H.L. 1994. Phoridae (Diptera) as pests of cultivated oyster mushrooms (Agaricales: Pleurotaceae) in India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 84(2): 247–254. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300039754 . Reference page. 

1996

• Disney, R.H.L. 1996. A key to Neodohrniphora (Diptera: Phoridae), parasites of leaf-cutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 30(9): 1377–1389. DOI: 10.1080/00222939600771281 Reference page. 

2002

• Disney, R.H.L. 2002. Revisionary notes on Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae) with keys to species of the Holarctic Region. Zootaxa 60: 1–36. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2003

• Disney, R.H.L. 2003. Tasmanian Phoridae (Diptera) and some additional Australasian species. Journal of Natural History 37(5): 505–639. DOI: 10.1080/00222930110096564 . Reference page. 

2005

• Disney, R.H.L. 2005. Rudimentary halteres of some flightless female Phoridae (Diptera) reassessed, and some taxonomic implications. Zootaxa 1042(1): 39–54. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1042.1.3 . Reference page. 

2008

• Disney, R.H.L. 2008. Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 1772: 1–54. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. 2008. Review of Oriental Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 1937: 23–38. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1937.1.2 Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Fayle, T.M. 2008. A new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitizing an ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Borneo. Sociobiology 51(2): 327–362. PDF Reference page. 

2009

• Disney, R.H.L. 2009. Three new species of Metopina Macquart (Dipt., Phoridae) from the West Indies. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 145(1736–1738): 35–38. [not seen] Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L., Elizalde, L. & Folgarait, P.J. 2009. New species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize leaf-cutter and army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 54(2): 601–631. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Withers, P. 2009. A new species of Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera, Phoridae) and a new key to the European species. Fragmenta Faunistica 52(1): 1–12. abstract only seen Reference page. 

2010

• Brown, B.V., Disney, R.H.L., Elizalde, L. & Folgarait, P.J. 2010. New species and new records of Apocephalus Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in America. Sociobiology 55(1B): 165–190. PDF Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Rettenmeyer, C.W.(†) 2010. New species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with Neotropical army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 55(1A): 7–83. Reference page. 

2011

• Disney, R.H., Taylor, S., Slay, M.E. & Krejca, J.K. 2011. New species of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in Nevada, USA. Subterranean Biology 9: 73–84. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.9.2511 Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Durska, E. 2011. Five new species and three new records of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Pisz Forest (Poland). Annales Zoologici 61(3): 527–534. DOI: 10.3161/000345411X603373 Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Ševčík, J. 2011. A new species of fungus breeding Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from Indonesia. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 211–215. PDF Reference page. 
• Maruyama, M., Komatsu, T. & Disney, R.H.L. 2011. Discovery of the termitophilous subfamily Termitoxeniinae (Diptera, Phoridae) in Japan, with description of a new genus and species. Entomological Science 14: 75–81. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00409.x Reference page. 

2012

• Disney, R.H.L. 2012. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) caught at dead mice in S. W. Finland. Zootaxa 3298: 30–42. Preview Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. 2012. Five new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from southern Africa. African Invertebrates 53(1): 113–124. DOI: 10.5733/afin.053.0106 . Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. 2012. Revisionary notes on Palaearctic and Nearctic Phoridae (Diptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 148(1780): 217–226. [abstract only seen] Reference page. 

2013

• Disney, R.H.L. 2013. An unusually rich scuttle fly fauna (Diptera, Phoridae) from north of the Arctic Circle in the Kola Peninsula, N. W. Russia. ZooKeys 342: 45–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.342.5772 Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L., Kurina, O., Tedersoo, L. & Cakpo, Y. 2013. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungi in Benin. African Invertebrates 54(2): 357–371. DOI: 10.5733/afin.054.0204 . Reference page. 
• Pape, T., Ulefors, S.-O. & Disney, R.H.L. 2013. Palaearctic Abaristophora (Diptera: Phoridae): First female of A. arctophila Schmitz, 1927 and a new species from N. W. Russia. Zootaxa 3681(3): 249–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.4 Reference page. 
• Stoepler, T.M. & Disney, R.H.L. 2013. A new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from larvae of moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115(1): 85–95. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.115.1.85 Reference page. 

2014

• Disney, R.H.L. 2014. Revisionary notes on the Megaselia sulphuripes (Meigen) species group (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 150(1805–1807): 211–225. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Bragança, M.A.L. 2014. New records, including a new species, of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with leaf cutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Brazil. Sociobiology 61(3): 341–344. DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v61i3.341-344 [nonfunctional] . Abstract and PDF download. Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L. & Russell-Smith, A. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Additions to the British list of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae), including two new species, from the crowns of ancient pollarded trees. Journal of Natural History 49(25–26): 1599–1626. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.974703 Reference page. 
• Disney, R.H.L., Nitta, M., Kobayashi, M. & Tuno, N. 2014. New records of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungus sporophores in Japan, including five new species. Applied Entomology & Zoology 49(4): 541–552. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-014-0284-9 Reference page. 

2015

• Hartop, E.A., Brown, B.V. & Disney, R.H.L. 2015. Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA). Zootaxa 3941(4): 1–451. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.484. Preview Reference page. 

2016

• Hartop, E.A., Brown, B.V. & Disney, R.H.L. 2016. Flies from L.A., The Sequel: A further twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from the BioSCAN Project in Los Angeles (California, USA). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7756. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756. Reference page. 

2018

• Zuha, R.M. & Disney, R.H.L. 2018. Four new Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae) from animal carcasses in Bangi, Malaysia. Zootaxa 4508(4): 551–561. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.3 Reference page. 

2019

• Disney, R.H.L. & Bøggild, E. 2019. Fourteen new species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark. Zootaxa 4543(1): 63–89. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.1.4 Reference page. 
• Khameneh, R.N., Khaghaninia, S., Disney, R.H.L. & Maleki-Ravasan, M. 2019. Twenty one new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4711(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.1 Reference page. 
• Saifi, M., Disney, R.H.L. & Doumandj, S. 2019. A new species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Algeria. Zootaxa 4619(1): 189–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.11 Reference page. 

2021

• Disney, R.H.L. & Bøggild, E. 2021. Nineteen new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera, Phoridae) from Denmark. Zootaxa 4975(2): 306–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.2.4. Reference page. 

2022

• Kettani, K., Ebejer, M.J., Ackland, D.M.(†), Bächli, G., Barraclough, D.A., Barták, M., Carles-Tolrá, M., Černý, M., Cerretti, P., Chandler, P., Dakki, M., Daugeron, C., de Jong, H., Dils, J., Disney, H., Droz, B., Evenhuis, N.L., Gatt, P., Graciolli, G., Grichanov, I.Ya., Haenni, J.-P., Hauser, M., Himmi, O., MacGowan, I., Mathieu, B., Mouna, M., Munari, L., Nartshuk, E.P., Negrobov, O.P.(†), Oosterbroek, P., Pape, T., Pont, A.C., Popov, G.V., Rognes, K.(†), Skuhravá, M., Skuhravý, V.(†), Speight, M., Tomasovic, G., Trari, B., Tschorsnig, H.-P., Vala, J.-C., von Tschirnhaus, M., Wagner, R., Whitmore, D., Woźnica, A.J., Zatwarnicki, T. & Zwick, P. 2022. Catalogue of the Diptera (Insecta) of Morocco— an annotated checklist, with distributions and a bibliography. ZooKeys 1094: 1–466. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1094.62644 . Reference page.