Michael Darby

Michael Darby, entomologist (Coleoptera).

Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.

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(List may be incomplete)

Darby, M. & Johnson, C. 2011. A review of Chilean Smicrus (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with nine new species. Entomologist's monthly magazine 147: 133–154. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2011: Fenestellidium canfordanum, a new species of featherwing beetle (Col., Ptiliidae) from South Africa. Entomologist's monthly magazine 147: 93–96. Reference page.

Darby, M. 2013: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The Tribe Discheramocephalini including eighteen new species. Zootaxa 3718(3): 239–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.2 Reference page.

Darby, M. 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 2: The genus Ptenidium including three new species. Zootaxa 3793(3): 350–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.3 Reference page.
Darby, M. 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: The genus Acrotrichis including twenty seven new species. Zootaxa 3866(2): 151–201. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.1 Reference page.
Darby, M. 2014: Studies of Madagascan Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 4: The genus Bambara including eight new species and the first account of blindness and aptery in the genus. Zootaxa 3895(2): 151–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3895.2.1 Reference page.

Darby, M. 2015: Studies of Bolivian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 1: The genus Cissidium Motschulsky with six new species Zootaxa 3937(1): 179–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.9. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2015. Studies of Bolivian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 2: The subfamily Acrotrichinae including two new genera Petrotrichis and Microtrichis, and eight new species of Acrotrichis. Zootaxa 3999(2): 190–210. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Darby, M. 2015. Nossidium katyae, a new species of Bolivian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera), described and figured. Zootaxa 4048(3): 436–440. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4048.3.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Darby, M. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Phytotelmatrichis, a new genus of Acrotrichinae (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) associated with the phytotelmata of Zingiberales plants in Peru. Zootaxa 4052(1): 96–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.4 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Darby, M. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Ptiliidae Heer, 1843. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2): 182–183. DOI: 10.2317/kent-88-02-182-183.1 . JSTOR.

Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 3: the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson including six new species, and validation of the unavailable generic name Phytotelmatrichis Darby and Chaboo. Zootaxa 4097(3): 416–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.3.9. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 4: Peruvium a new subgenus of Ptenidium with seven new species. Zootaxa 4107(3): 392–402. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.7. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2016. Studies of Peruvian Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) 5: Chaska nawi, a new genus and species of Acrotrichinae, Acrotrichini. Zootaxa 4161(1): 133–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.1.9. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2016. New species and records of Costa Rican featherwing beetles (Coleoptera:Ptiliidae). Zootaxa 4184(1): 41–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4184.1.2. Reference page.

Darby, M. 2017. Taxonomic review of the genera Micridium Motschulsky, 1869 and Micridina Johnson, 1969 (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) with eleven new species including the first records from South America and Madagascar. Zootaxa 4242(2): 233–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.2. Reference page.
Darby, M. 2017. Erro gen. n. a new genus of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from Angola and Madagascar. Zootaxa 4299(1): 137–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.1.10. Reference page.

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