Alfred Newton

Alfred F. (Al) Newton is a research scientist affiliated with Field Museum since 1985 as Assistant Curator (to 1991), Associate Curator (to 2008), and now Curator Emeritus in the Zoology Department's Division of Insects.  His research is primarily on the taxonomy, classification, phylogeny and evolution of one large group of beetles (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia, or rove beetles and allies) which is larger than Vertebrata and includes more than 83,800 named species worldwide.  He has conducted more than three years of field work worldwide, mainly in the United States, Mexico, Chile, Australia and New Zealand, and has produced about 150 peer-reviewed research publications as well as many scientific notes and reports, and contributed to building several web resources, including this NSF-funded PEET project and the online Catalogue of Life.

Contact: Integrative Research Center (Insects) Field Museum of Natural History 1400 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496 USA Phone: +1 (312) 665-7738; FAX: +1 (312) 665-7754

Education and Work

Education

Ph. D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; June 1973 (Thesis: A systematic revision of the rove beetle genus Platydracus in North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae); 318 pp., 222 figs.) A. M., Harvard University; March 1970 (chemistry) A. B. (With Highest Honors), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; June 1966 (chemistry) Riverside High School, Riverside, New Jersey; June 1962

Fellowships:     Richmond Fellowship (Harvard University), 1970-1973     Teaching Fellowship (Harvard University), 1969-1973     National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1966-1969     New Jersey State Scholarship, 1962-1966 Foreign Languages:     French (reading, limited speaking knowledge)     German (reading, limited speaking knowledge)     Spanish (reading, limited speaking knowledge)

Work Experience

Curator Emeritus, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, January 2009-present Associate Curator, Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History, July 1991-December 2008 (Assistant Curator, November 1985-June 1991); Head of Division, September 1988-June 1998; Project Director, NSF collection facilities grants to Division, 1989-1995, 1996-1998; co-PI 2006-2009 Collection Manager, Entomology Department, and Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard), February 1975-July 1985 Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, November 1978-1984? Visiting Curator (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea), Canadian National Collection, Ottawa, September 1998 Visiting Curator (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea), University of California at Davis, March 1995 Visiting Curator (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Bishop Museum, June 1991, March 1993 Visiting Curator (Staphylinoidea), University of Michigan, June 1990 Visiting Curator (Peruvian Staphylinidae), National Museum of Natural History, August 1985 Visiting Curator (Staphylinoidea), University of New Hampshire, February 1984 Visiting Curator ("Microcoleoptera"), American Museum of Natural History, May 1982 Visiting Curator (Staphylinidae), California Academy of Sciences, April-May 1976, November 1993 Visiting Systematist, University of Arkansas, October-December 1974 Visiting Specialist (Staphyliniformia), Museum of Comparative Zoology, January-July 1974 Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, September 1969-January 1971, September 1972-January 1973 Laboratory Assistant, Hercules Powder Company, Burlington, New Jersey, June-September of 1964-1966

Accomplishments

Research Grants:

National Science Foundation SystBio grant, 2007-2011 ($114,742 at FMNH; Collaborative research: Phylogenetic reclassification and generic revision of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae); PI, with S. Chatzimanolis (PI), A. Solodovnikov (co-PI), M. Engel (co-PI)

National Science Foundation AToL program, 2005-2010, subcontract from Harvard University for Staphyliniformia TWiG ($125,951; COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Assembling the Beetle Tree of Life (BToL) (Senior Collaborator, with B. D. Farrell, Harvard University, Lead PI; D. R. Maddison, University of Arizona, PI; M. F. Whiting, Brigham Young University, PI; M. K. Thayer, Staphyliniformia TWiG leader)

National Science Foundation PEET grant, 2001-2010 ($719,831; Monography, phylogeny, and historical biogeography of austral Staphylinidae; co-PI, with M. Thayer as PI) National Science Foundation research grant, 1989-1993 ($89,009; Revision of New World Platydracus spp.)

American Philosophical Society, 1989 ($2,200; Museum study trip to Europe)

Ernst Mayr Grant, Harvard University, 1989 ($1,500; Museum study trip to Europe)

National Geographic Society research grant 3420-86, 1986-1987 ($7,620; Field work in Australia)

National Geographic Society research grant 2950-84, 1984-1985 ($5,600; Field work in New Zealand)

National Academy of Sciences, Joseph Henry Fund, 1982-1983 ($1,050; Field work in Chile and Peru)

American Philosophical Society, Johnson Fund, 1982-1983 ($1,400; Field work in Chile and Peru)

Australian Biological Resources Study research grant, 1980 ($1,134; Field work and museum studies in Australia)

American Philosophical Society, Johnson Fund, 1980 ($1,800; Field work in Australia and New Zealand)

National Science Foundation research grant (with J. F. Lawrence, P.I., and T. F. Hlavac), 1975-1978 ($35,800; Phylogenetic and evolutionary studies in polyphagan Coleoptera)

Curatorial Grants:

National Science Foundation, February 2006-February 2010 ($406,912: Digitization, Conversion, and Accessibility of The Field Museum's Bat Fly Collection, co-PI with PI C. W. Dick, co-PIs B. D. Patterson & J. McCaffrey)

National Science Foundation, April 1996-December 1998 ($403,149 including $60,583 in indirect costs: Expansion and improvement of the Field Museum pinned insect collection, PD with co-PD M. Thayer; $5,582: RAMHSS supplement, PD with co-PDs M. Thayer and B. Ballard)

National Science Foundation, 1989-1994 ($710,047 including $270,037 in indirect costs: Care and use of the collections of Insects and other Arthropods of the Field Museum of Natural History; PD, with J. Kethley, co-PD)

Honors and Honorary Societies:

-Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, Coleopterists Society, for 2003
-Coleopterists Bulletin (2004)
-Merck Award (1966)
-Phi Beta Kappa (1965)
-American Chemical Society Award (1965)
-Rufus Edgar Kleinhans Memorial Prize (1963)

American Association for Zoological Nomenclature

Asociación Europea de Coleopterología

Cambridge Entomological Club (member of Editorial Board, 8 years; Executive Committee, 3 years; Nominating Committee, 2 years)

Coleopterists Society (Councilor, 1993-1994, 2000-2001; Nominating Committee, 1 year; Auditing Committee, 2 years; Ad Hoc Committee on Beetle Larvae, 1986-1988; Lacordaire Prize Selection Committee, 1994-2003); Committee for Official List of Family- and Genus-group names in Coleoptera (Asociación Europea de Coleopterología and Coleopterists Society joint committee; 2002-2005)

Entomological Society of America (Student competition judge, Section A, 1991, 2008) National Science Collections Alliance (formerly Association of Systematics Collections)

Sigma Xi

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections

Society of Systematic Biologists

Willi Hennig Society

Peer-reviewed research [PDFs available on request]

Chen, Xin-Hui, A. F. Newton, Diying Huang, Liang Lü & Chenyang Cai. 2023. Kupakara gen. nov., a new genus of Blediini in Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Cretaceous Research 148 (105505): 1-10; doi 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105505.

Yamamoto, S. & A. F. Newton. 2023. The earliest fossil record of the extant rove beetle genus Phloeocharis from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar and its biogeographic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 26 (2) (102050): 1-8; doi 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102050.

Li, Yan-Da, A. F. Newton, Xiao-Yan Li, Di-Ying Huang & Chen-Yang Cai. 2022. Earliest fossil record of Phloeocharinae in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 142 (105371): 1-7; doi 10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105371.

Li, Yan-Da, D. Peris, S. Yamamoto, Yun Hsiao, A. F. Newton & Chenyang Cai. 2022. Revisiting the Raractocetus fossils from Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber deposits (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae). Insects 13 (768): 1-9; doi 10.3390/insects13090768.

Li, Yan-Da, A. F. Newton, Di-Ying Huang & Chen-Yang Cai. 2022. First fossil of Nossidiinae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 (911512): 1-9; doi 10.3389/fevo.2022.911512.

Trumbo, S. T. & A. F. Newton. 2022. Microbial volatiles and succession of beetles on small carrion. Ecological Entomology, Online early (12 pp.); doi 10.1111/een.13160.

Cai, Chenyang, E. Tihelka, M. Giacomelli, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, R. Kundrata, S. Yamamoto, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, R. A. B. Leschen, M. L. Gimmel, Liang Lü, M. S. Engel, P. Bouchard, Diying Huang, D. Pisani & P. C. J. Donoghue. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771; 19 pp., Online supplement 87 pp.; doi 10.1098/rsos.211771.

Chandler, D. S. & A. F. Newton. 2021. Notes on and corrections to the recent “A revision of the North American species of Euconnus (Napochus) Thomson, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaenidae)” by K. H. Stephan, D. S. Chandler, S. T. O’Keefe, and E. G. Riley. Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (4): 868-870; doi 10.1649/0010-065X-75.4.868.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., A. Tokareva, E. Arriaga-Varela, A. F. Newton & A. Solodovnikov. 2021. Possible stridulatory organs in Oxyporinae rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), their biological role and systematic significance. Journal of Natural History 55 (33-34): 2129-2143; doi 10.1080/00222933.2021.1983061.

Orlov, I., A. F. Newton & A. Solodovnikov. 2021. Phylogenetic review of the tribal system of Aleocharinae, a mega-lineage of terrestrial arthropods in need of reclassification. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 59 (8): 1903-1938; doi 10.1111/jzs.12524

Klimaszewski, J., A. Brunke, D. S. Sikes, M. Pentinsaari, B. Godin, R. P. Webster, A. Davies, C. Bourdon & A. F. Newton. 2021. A faunal review of aleocharine beetles in the rapidly changing Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham. Xiv, 712 pp.; doi 10.1007/978-3-030-68191-3.

Yamamoto, S. & A. F. Newton. 2021. First fossil trichophyine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Trichophyinae). Cretaceous Research 127 (104951): 1-8; doi 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104951.

Liu, Yuchu, E. Tihelka, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, Diying Huang, Li Tian & Chenyang Cai. 2021. A transitional fossil sheds light on the early evolution of the Staphylinine group of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (4): 321-332; doi 10.1080/14772019.2021.1917705.

Pablo-Cea, J. D., A. Asenjo, J. L. Navarrete-Heredia & A. F. Newton. 2021. Checklist of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of El Salvador. Zootaxa 4951 (1): 80-106; doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.3.

Kilian, A. & A. F. Newton. 2021. Unique larval morphology of Prionochaeta opaca (Say, 1825) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Cholevini), the only Nearctic representative of Cholevina. Zoologischer Anzeiger 292: 111-125; doi 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.03.005.

Yin, Ziwei, Liang Lü, S. Yamamoto, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton & Chenyang Cai. 2020 (2021). Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny, and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). Cladistics 37 (2): 185-210 (online 29 July 2020; printed April 2021); doi 10.1111/cla.12430

Jałoszyński, P. & A. F. Newton. 2020. New names for junior homonyms in Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4768 (4): 589-590; doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.9.

Yamamoto, S. & A. F. Newton. 2020. First record of the flat rove beetle genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) in Thailand. Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (1): 106-108; doi 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.106.

Newton, A. F. 2020. Potential phylogenetic significance of the number of functional abdominal spiracles in beetle pupae, with focus on Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60 (Special Issue): e202060(s.i.).36; 27 pp.; doi 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.36.

Tihelka, E., M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton & Chenyang Cai. 2020. New data, old story: Molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 11 (164): 1-12, online supplementary data; doi 10.3390/insects11030164.

Brattain, R. M., B. W. Steury, A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer & J. D. Holland. 2020 (2019). The rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, with a checklist of regional species. Banisteria 53: 27-71.

Peck, S. B., P. Gnaspini & A. F. Newton. 2020. Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region ("Latin America": Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America). Zootaxa 4741 (1): 1-114; doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1.

Lü, Liang, Chen Yang Cai, Xi Zhang, A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer & Hong Zhang Zhou. 2019 (2020). Linking evolutionary mode to palaeoclimate change reveals rapid radiations of staphylinoid beetles in low energy conditions. Current Zoology 66 (4): 435-444; doi 10.1093/cz/zoz053.

Cai, Chen Yang, Yong-Li Wang, Liang Lü, Zi-Wei Yin, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton & Yu Lingzi Zhou. 2019. Congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies of the rove beetle subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 9 (15137), 11 pp.; online supplement; doi 10.1038/s41598-019-51408-1.

Fikáek, M., R. G. Beutel, Chenyang Cai, J. F. Lawrence, A. F. Newton, A. Solodovnikov, A. lipiski, M. K. Thayer & S. Yamamoto. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45 (1): 175-187; online supplements; doi 10.1111/syen.12386.

Yin, Ziwei, De Yao Zhou, Chenyang Cai & A. F. Newton. 2019. Transitional fossils reveal mosaic evolution of the ant like stone beetle tribe Leptomastacini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17 (23): 2031-2042; doi 10.1080/14772019.2019.1584924.

Cai, Chenyang, J. F. Lawrence, S. Yamamoto, R. A. B. Leschen, A. F. Newton, A. lipiski, Ziwei Yin, Diying Huang & M. Engel. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 286: 20182175; 9 pp.; doi 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175.

Lawrence, J. F., A. lipiski, R. G. Beutel & A. F. Newton. 2019. Lepicerus larva still unknown: a correction (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae, Phalacridae). Zootaxa 4545 (3): 441 443; doi 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.8.

Klimaszewski, J., R. P. Webster, D. W. Langor, A. Brunke, A. Davies, C. Bourdon, M. Labrecque, A. F. Newton, J. A. Dorval & J. H. Frank. 2018. Aleocharine rove beetles of eastern Canada (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae): a glimpse of megadiversity. Springer Verlag, Cham, Switzerland. xvi, 902 pp.

Chani Posse, M., A. F. Newton, A. Kappel Hansen & A. Solodovnikov. 2018. Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4449 (1): 1 95.

Yin, Zi Wei, Chen Yang Cai & A. F. Newton. 2018. Beetle with long ‘nose’ a bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 89: 98 106.

Costa Silva, V., A. Asenjo, A. F. Newton & P. J. Thyssen. 2018. Redescription and new records of Ontholestes brasilianus Bernhauer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4388 (1): 143-150.

Cai, Chenyang, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, Ziwei Yin & Diying Huang. 2018. A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84: 431-436. Newton, A. F.  2017. Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Insecta Mundi 0595: 1-52.

Cai, Chen-Yang, Liang Lü, E. Caron, S. Bartoluzzi, A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer & Di-Ying Huang. 2017 (2016). First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89 (4): 345-357.

Jałoszyński, P. & A. F. Newton. 2017. Taxonomy of ‘Euconnus complex’. Part XV. Disentangling the Euconnus-Sciacharis knot (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 4344 (3): 401-443.

Newton, A. F. 2017. Errata to the Volumes 2 and 3 of the Updated and Revised Edition of the Catalogue: Staphylinidae; References, p. xxxiii. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Revised and updated edition. Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 1446 pp.

Ahn, Kee-Jeong, Young Bok Cho, Yoon-Ho Kim, In-Seong Yoo & A. F. Newton. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10 (3): 279-336.

Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, A. F. Newton, K. T. Eldredge & M. S. Engel. 2017. Response to “Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily”. Current Biology 27 (16): R794-795.

Gnaspini, P., C. Antunes-Carvalho, A. F. Newton & R. A. B. Leschen. 2017. Show me your tenent setae and I tell you who you are - Telling the story of a neglected character complex with phylogenetic signals using Leiodidae (Coleoptera) as a case study. Arthropod Structure & Development 46 (4): 662-685, 2 online supplements; doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2017.06.004.

Newton, A. F., Z. Švec & M. Fikáček. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Leiodinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Chile, with keys to described world genera of Sogdini and species of Leiodinae from Chile and Argentina. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1): 121-140; Erratum, 57 (2): 602.

Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, A. F. Newton, K. T. Eldredge & M. S. Engel. 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous beetles. Current Biology 27 (8): 1229-1235, online supplements (8 pp.); DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009). Bachmann, A. O., M. Chani-Posse, M. E. Guala & A. F. Newton. 2017. A catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires (MACN). Zootaxa 4223 (1): 1-74.

Peck, S. B. & A. F. Newton. 2017. An annotated catalog of the Nearctic Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of continental America north of Mexico (the USA and Canada). Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2): 211-258.

Kilian, A. & A. F. Newton. 2017. Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini). Zoologischer Anzeiger 266: 158-168.

Newton, A. F. 2016. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802: Introduction, phylogeny; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 274-281, 315-316, 356-376. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd edition. Handbook of Zoology; Arthropoda: Insecta (ed. R. G. .Beutel & N. P. Kristensen); De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. xvii, 684 pp.

Cai, Chenyang, A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer, R. A. B. Leschen & Diying Huang. 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (B) 283 (20161439): 1-8; online supplement (4 pp.).

Yin, Zi-Wei, A. F. Newton & Tie-Xiong Zhao. 2016. Odontalgus dongbaiensis sp. n. from eastern China, and a world catalog of Odontalgini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Zootaxa 4117 (4): 567-579.

McKenna, D. D., A. L. Wild, K. Kanda, C. L. Bellamy, R. G. Beutel, M. S. Caterino, C. W. Farnum, D. C. Hawks, M. A. Ivie, M. L. Jameson, R. A. B. Leschen, A. E. Marvaldi, J. V. McHugh, A. F. Newton, J. A. Robertson, M. K. Thayer, M. F. Whiting, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D. R. Maddison & B. D. Farrell. 2015 The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic Entomology 40 (4): 835-880.

Newton, A. F. 2015. Cyrtoscydmini Schaufuss, 1889 replaced by Glandulariini Schaufuss, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (4): 758-759.

Newton, A. F. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88 (2): 283-304.

Newton, A. F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Hydrophilidae; Histeridae; Leiodidae; Staphylinidae, pp. 1-4, 9-15. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1-900; 2/2, 901-1702.

Chani-Posse, M. & A. F. Newton. 2015. Flohria Sharp - a relictual genus of the subtribe Philonthina from the Americas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (3): 372-382. Lackner, T., S. Mazur & A. F. Newton. 2015. Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808, pp. 76-130. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1-900; 2/2, 901-1702.

Leschen, R. A. B. & A. F. Newton. 2015. Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4028 (3): 301-353.

McKenna, D. D., B. D. Farrell, M. S. Caterino, C. W. Farnum, D. C. Hawks, D. R. Maddison, A. E. Seago, A. E. Z. Short, A. F. Newton & M. K. Thayer. 2015. Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40 (1): 35-60.

Schülke, M. & A. F. Newton. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Staphylinidae, p. 5. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1-900; 2/2, 901-1702.   Seago, A. E., R. A. B. Leschen & A. F. Newton. 2015. Two new high altitude genera of Camiarini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 3957 (3): 300-312.

Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, A. F. Newton & M. K. Thayer 2014. Mesapatetica aenigmatica, a new genus and species of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87 (2): 219-224.

Cai, Chenyang, A. F. Newton, Diying Huang & Liang Tang. 2014. A new species of Platydracus Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the upper Eocene Florissant beds, Colorado, USA. Palaeoworld 23 (3-4): 321-326. Cai, Chen-Yang, M. K. Thayer, M. S. Engel, A. F. Newton, J. Ortega-Blanco, Bo Wang, Xiang-Dong Wang & Di-Ying Huang. 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (39): 14170-14174; online supporting information (9 pp.).

Fikáček, M., Y. Minoshima & A. F. Newton. 2014. A review of Andotypus and Austrotypus gen. nov.,  rygmodine genera with Austral disjunction (Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae). Annales Zoologici 64 (4): 557-596.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & A. F. Newton. 2014. Biodiversidad de Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) en México. Biodiversity of Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85 (Suplemento): S332-S338.

Cai, Chen-yang, M. K. Thayer, Di-ying Huang, Xiang-dong Wang & A. F. Newton. 2013. A basal oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China: oldest record for the tribe Euphaniini. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12 (3): 159-163. Chatzimanolis, S., A. F. Newton, C. Soriano & M. S. Engel. 2013. Remarkable stasis in a phloeocharine rove beetle from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Paleontology 87 (2): 177-182.

Klimaszewski, J., A. Brunke, V. Assing, D. W. Langor, A. F. Newton, C. Bourdon, G. Pelletier, R. P. Webster, L. Herman, L. Perdereau, A. Davies, A. Smetana, D. S. Chandler, + 2013. Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 104, Sofia-Moscow. 360 pp.

Klimaszewski, J., M.-J. Morency, P. Labrie, A. Séguin, D. W. Langor, T. Work, C. Bourdon, E. Thiffault, D. Paré, A. F. Newton & M. K. Thayer. 2013. Molecular and microscopic analysis of the gut contents of abundant rove beetle species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the boreal balsam fir forest of Quebec, Canada. ZooKeys 353: 1-24. Lawrence, J. F., A. Ślipiński, R. G. Beutel & A. F. Newton. 2013. A possible larva of Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae) from Panama. Zootaxa 3701 (3): 393-400.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & A. F. Newton. 2013. Staphylinidae of México: checklist updates and papers published between 2002-2013. Dugesiana 20 (2): 127-139. Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, M. K. Thayer & A. F. Newton. 2012. Glypholomatine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a southern hemisphere Recent group recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (3): 239-244.

Caron, E., C. S. Ribeiro-Costa &  A. F. Newton. 2012. Cladistic analysis and revision of Piestus Gravenhorst with remarks on related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Invertebrate Systematics 25 (6): 490-585 [Corrigendum: 27 (1): 129; 2013]. Fikáček, M., R. A. B. Leschen, A. F. Newton & N. Gunter. 2012. Horelophus walkeri rediscovered: adult morphology and notes on biology (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1): 129-146.

Grebennikov, V. V. & A. F. Newton. 2012. Detecting the basal dichotomies in the monophylum of carrion and rove beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silphidae and Staphylinidae) with emphasis on the Oxyteline group of subfamilies. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 70 (3): 133-165.

Thayer, M. K., A. F. Newton & S. Chatzimanolis. 2012. Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 34: 124-134.

Newton, A. F. 2011. Phylogenie und Systematik, pp. 1-4. In: Assing, V. & M. Schülke (eds.). Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 4. Staphylinidae (exklusive Aleocharinae, Pselaphinae und Scydmaeninae). 2. Auflage. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg. xii + 560 pp.

Newton, A. F. 2011 [New name] In: Clarke, D. J. A revision of the New Zealand endemic rove beetle genus Agnosthaetus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Society Monograph 10: 1-118.

Newton, A. F. 2011. [New name] In: Short, A. E. Z. & M. Fikáček. World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006–2010). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1): 83-122.

Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. E. Davies, M. A. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. F. Lawrence, C. H. C. Lyal, A. F. Newton, C. A. M. Reid, M. Schmitt, S. A. Ślipiński & A. B. T. Smith. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1-972.

Brunke, A., A. Newton, J. Klimaszewski, C. Majka & S. Marshall. 2011. Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and adjacent United States. Key to subfamilies; Staphylininae: tribes and subtribes, and species of Staphylinina. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1-110; interactive version at [with downloadable lo- and hi-res pdfs].

Hlaváč, P., A. F. Newton & M. Maruyama. 2011. World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1-151.

Lawrence, J. F., A. Ślipiński, A. E. Seago, M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton & A. E. Marvaldi. 2011. Phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on morphological characters of adults and larvae. Annales Zoologici 61 (1): 1-217.

Anlaş, S. & A. F. Newton. 2010. Distributional checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Iran, with new and additional records. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 42 (1): 335-388.

Chatzimanolis, S., M. S. Engel, A. F. Newton & D. A. Grimaldi. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31 (1): 77-84.

Solodovnikov, A. & A. F. Newton. 2010. Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini. ZooKeys 67: 21-63.

Weide, D., M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton & O. Betz. 2010. Comparative morphology of the head of selected sporophagous and non-sporophagous Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): musculature and hypopharynx-prementum complex. Journal of Morphology 271 (8): 910-931; online supplementary material.

Grebennikov, V. V. & A. F. Newton. 2009. Good-bye Scydmaenidae, or why the ant-like stone beetles should become megadiverse Staphylinidae sensu latissimo (Coleoptera). European Journal of Entomology 106 (2): 275-301.

Seago, A. E. & A. F. Newton. 2009. A new genus of leiodid beetle from Chile, with a generic key and species checklist of described Neopelatopini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae). Annales Zoologici 59 (3): 297-304.

Solodovnikov, A. & A. F. Newton. 2009. Australotarsius - A new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 2033: 49-57.

Caron, E., C. S. Ribeiro-Costa &  A. F. Newton. 2008. New position of an abdominal defensive gland complex in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) with redescription of Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902 (Piestinae). Zootaxa 1895: 1-9.

Grebennikov, V. V. & A. F. Newton. 2008. Minute larvae of Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): description of three genera with discussion on the monophyly and phylogenetic position of the subfamily as inferred from larval morphology. Zootaxa 1817: 49-58.

Newton, A. F. & D. S. Chandler. 2007. World catalog of the species of Tyrini (Hlaváč & Chandler 2005): Additions, corrections, and a new name (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A) 14 (3): 113-116 (2006).

Navarrete-Heredia, J.-L., C. Gómez-Rodríguez & A. F. Newton. 2006. Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Biologia Centrali-Americana: Current status of the names. Zootaxa 1251: 1-70.

Newton, A. F. 2006. Habrocerus capillaricornis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) discovered in South Africa. African Entomology 14 (1): 193-194.

Newton, A. F. & S. B. Peck. 2006. Family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles, pp. 131-158. In: Peck, S. B. The beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: evolution, ecology and diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xiii + 313 pp.

Bouchard, P., J. F. Lawrence, A. Davies & A. F. Newton. 2005. Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family-group names. Annales Zoologici 55 (4): 499-530.

Newton, A. F. 2005. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 183-190, 261-280. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology. Band/Vol. IV: Arthropoda: Insecta (N. P. Kristensen & R. G. Beutel, eds.). Teilband/Part 38. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York. xi + 567 pp.

Newton, A. F., C. Gutiérrez Chacón & D. S. Chandler. 2005. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Colombia. Listado de los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 6 (1): 1-72.

Solodovnikov, A. Y. & A. F. Newton. 2005. Phylogenetic placement of Arrowinini trib. n. within the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision of the relict South African genus Arrowinus and description of its larva. Systematic Entomology 30 (3): 398-441.

Betz, O., M. K. Thayer & A. F. Newton. 2003. Comparative morphology and evolutionary pathways of the mouthparts in spore-feeding Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera). Acta Zoologica 84 (3): 179-238.

Leschen, R. A. B. & A. F. Newton. 2003. Larval description, adult feeding behavior, and phylogenetic placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (4): 469-493.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & A. F. Newton. 2002. Agyrtidae, pp. 493-498. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. & J. J. Morrone (eds.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. III. Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. x + 690 pp.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., A. F. Newton, M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler. 2002. Guía ilustrada para los géneros de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de México. Illustrated guide to the genera of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico. Universidad de Guadalajara & CONABIO, México. xii + 401 pp.

Sikes, D. S., R. B. Madge & A. F. Newton. 2002. A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world. Zootaxa 65: 1-304.

Newton, A. F. 2001. Case 3159. Staphylinus maculosus and S. violaceus Gravenhorst, 1802 (currently Platydracus maculosus and P. violaceus; Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58: 210-214.

Newton, A. F. 2001. Corrections to world catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Newton & Chandler, 1989) (Coleoptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 53-55.

Newton, A. F. 2000. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839, pp. 209-211. In: Arnett, R. H. Jr. & M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)

Newton, A. F., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler. 2000. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 272-418. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr. and M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)

Peck, S. B., P. Gnaspini & A. F. Newton. 2000. Catalogue and generic keys for the Leiodidae of Mexico, West Indies, and Central and South America (Insecta: Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 9: 37-72 (1998).

Kistner, D. H. & A. F. Newton. 1999. A new genus and species of termitophilous Osoriinae from Thailand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with notes on its behavior and that of associated termitophiles. Sociobiology 34: 239-258.

Ballard, J. W. O., M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, & E. R. Grismer. 1998. Data sets, partitions, and characters: Philosophies and procedures for analyzing multiple data sets. Systematic Biology 47: 367-396.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1998. Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae), pp. 41-178. In: Giachino, P. M. & S. B. Peck (eds.), Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (=Leiodidae Cholevinae). Proceedings of XX I.C.E., Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 295 pp.

Newton, A. F. & H. Franz. 1998. World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische Rundschau 68: 137-165.

Newton, A. F. 1997. Review of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera), with a new genus and species from New Zealand. Annales Zoologici 47: 111-156.

Newton, A. F. 1997. First record of the genus Platydracus (=Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 49: 23-25.

Klimaszewski, J., A. F. Newton Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 23 (2): 143-160.

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1996. Staphylinidae (Coleoptera), pp. 369-380. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. E., A. N. García Aldrete and E. González Soriano (eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. xvi + 660 pp.

Newton, A. F. 1996. Creophilus luctuosus (Blanchard) from Bolivia transferred to the genus Xanthopygus, with locality correction (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 31 (2): 79-81.

Lawrence, J. F. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names), pp. 779-1006. In: Pakaluk, J. & S. A. Ślipiński (eds.). Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1995. Case 2872. Xantholinini Erichson, 1839 and Quediini Kraatz, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over senior synonyms, and Quedius Stephens, 1829: proposed designation of Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52: 48-53.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1995. Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera), pp. 219-320. In: Pakaluk, J. & S. A. Ślipiński (eds.). Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols.

Ashe, J. S. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1993. Larvae of Trichophya and phylogeny of the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a review, new species and characterization of the Trichophyinae. Systematic Entomology 18 (4): 267-286.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1993. Leptusa alpicola Brancsik: dual lectotype designations (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 47 (1): 34.

Burakowski, B. & A. F. Newton Jr. 1992. The immature stages and bionomics of the myrmecophile Thoracophorus corticinus Motschulsky, and placement of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 17-42.

Johnson, S. A., R. W. Lundgren, A. F. Newton, Jr., M. K. Thayer, R. L. Wenzel & M. R. Wenzel. 1992. Mazur's World Catalog of Histeridae: emendations, replacement names for homonyms, and an index. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 61 (2): 1-100 (1991).

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1992. Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology (N.S.) 67: 1-92.

Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer & C. W. Sabrosky. 1992. Case 2786. Tachinidae Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy, and Tachyporidae MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Tachinusidae Fleming, 1821. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 122-126.

Thayer, M. K., A. F. Newton Jr. & T. Pape. 1992. Case 2793. Metopiinae Foerster, 1868 (Insecta, Hymenoptera), Metopiini Raffray, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera), and Metopiini Townsend, 1908 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 200-204.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1991 Agyrtidae through Silphidae and Pselaphidae (Staphylinoidea), Sphaeritidae through Histeridae (Hydrophiloidea), pp. 324-341, 353-355, 359-364. In: Stehr, F. W. (ed.). Immature Insects. Vol. 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. xvi + 975 pp.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1990. Myrmelibia, a new genus of myrmecophile from Australia, with a generic review of Australian Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 81-94.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1990. Larvae of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera): where do we stand? Coleopterists Bulletin 44 (2): 205-210.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1990. Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae adults and larvae, pp. 1137-1174. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.). Soil biology guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York. xviii + 1349 pp.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & S. L. Stephenson. 1990. A beetle/slime mold assemblage from northern India (Coleoptera; Myxomycetes). Oriental Insects 24: 197-218.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1989. Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston species of Australia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16: 49-58.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1989. Paralispinus mariae Hatch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) transferred to genus Stictocranius (Euaesthetinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 43 (2): 145-146.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & D. S. Chandler. 1989. World catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology (N.S.) 53: 1-93.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1988. Fooled by flatness: subfamily shifts in subcortical Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists Bulletin 42 (3): 255-262.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1988. A critique on Naomi's phylogeny and higher classification of Staphylinidae and allies (Coleoptera). Entomologia Generalis 14: 63-72.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1987. Four Staphylinus (sensu lato) species new to North America, with notes on other introduced species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 41 (4): 381-384.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1985. South temperate Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera): their potential for biogeographic analysis of austral disjunctions, pp. 180-220. In: Ball, G. E. (ed.). Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series Entomologica 33, W. Junk, Dordrecht. xiii + 514 pp.  

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1984. Mycophagy in Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera), pp. 302-353. In: Wheeler, Q. & M. Blackwell (eds.). Fungus-insect relationships: perspectives in ecology and evolution. Columbia University Press, New York. xiii + 514 pp.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1983. New generic synonymies, new combinations, and distributional comments on Leiodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 37 (2): 173-176.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1983. Agathidiodes Portevin, new synonym of Stetholiodes Fall (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Anisotomini). Psyche 89 (3-4): 337-338 (1982).

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1983. Typhlobledius Lea transferred to Osoriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae, Osoriinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 37 (2): 176.

Lawrence, J. F. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1982. Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13: 261-290.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1982. New name for the extinct genus Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko (Coleoptera: Silphidae s.l.). Psyche 88 (3-4): 335 (1981).

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1982. A new genus and species of Oxytelinae from Australia, with a description of its larva, systematic position, and phylogenetic relationships (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates 2744: 1-24.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1982. Redefinition, revised phylogeny, and relationships of Pseudopsinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum Novitates 2743: 1-13.

Lawrence, J. F. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1980. Coleoptera associated with the fruiting bodies of slime molds (Myxomycetes). Coleopterists Bulletin 34 (2): 129-143.

Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1979. Revision of the south temperate genus Glypholoma Jeannel, with four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Psyche 85 (1): 25-63 (1978).

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1975. The systematic position of Glypholoma Jeannel, with a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Staphylinidae). Psyche 82 (1): 53-58.

Newton, A. & S. B. Peck. 1975. Baited pitfall traps for beetles. Coleopterists Bulletin 29 (1): 45-46.           Not peer-reviewed, miscellaneous   Yates, D. L., J. F. Taulman, A. P. G. Dowling, L. A. Durden & A. F. Newton. 2010. Invertebrates associated with nests of southern flying squirrels - a preliminary report. Poster presented at 46th Annual Meeting, Missouri Academy of Science, April 16-17, Missouri State University, Springfield.

Newton, A. F. 2007. Congratulations to NSSJ on its tenth anniversary! Newsletter of the Staphylinidological Society of Japan 33: 6-7.

Newton, A. F. 2007. Documenting biodiversity: how well are we doing in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera)? Entomological Society of America poster presentation D0471. Available (ESA members only) at.

Lingafelter, S., B. Anderson, B. Timm, Z. Falin, M. L. Jameson, A. Newton, G. Ball, et al. 2006. In memoriam, James Stephen "Steve" Ashe (1947-2005). Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (1): 1-12.

Boone, J. H., P. Z. Goldstein, C. Grinter, J. E. Louderman, A. F. Newton, P. P. Parrillo, M. B. Prondzinski, M. K. Thayer, P. Sierwald, D. A. Summers & J. A. Wagner; paintings by P. Macnamara. 2005. Illinois insects and spiders. University of Chicago Press & The Field Museum, Chicago & London.  xv + 118 pp. (incl. 28 color plates). Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton. 2004. Southern beetle quest. In the Field: The Field Museum's Member Publication 75 (3): 18-19.

Newton, A. F. 2002. Book Review: Herman, L. H., 2001, Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera), 1758 to the end of the second millennium, Parts I-VII (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 265: 1-4218). Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (4): 597-600.

Carlton, C., A. Newton, Jr., M. Thayer, G. Ball, E. Hall, A. Smith, M. L. Jameson, B. Ratcliffe, S. Peck, T. Seeno, S. Lingafelter, P. J. Johnson, W. Warner & P. Skelley. 2000. A comment on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera diversity. American Entomologist 46 (2): 69.

Newton, A. F., E. G. Matthews & J. Muona. 2000. John F. Lawrence - coleopterist par excellence. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 721-731.

Newton, A. F. 1996. Book review: Smetana, A., 1995, Rove beetles of the subtribe Philonthina of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Classification, phylogeny and taxonomic revision. Dugesiana 3 (1): 46-50.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1996. Online gazetteers; Staphylinidae ("most wanted"); Vial stoppers. Mola 6: 4-6.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1995. Norville M. Downie. Insect Collection News 10: 24.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1995. Comment on the proposed conservation of Aspidiphorus Ziegler in Dejean, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) as the correct original spelling, and the placement of Aspidiphoridae Kiesenwetter, 1877 (1859) on the Official List (Case 2918; see BZN 52: 44-47). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 52: 264-266.

Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1994. New product review: Lawrence, J. et al., 1993, Beetle larvae of the world; CSIRO Publications, East Melbourne, Victoria; CD-ROM + 52 pp. Mola 3: 6-7 (1993).

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1992. Comment (3) on the proposed conservation of the generic name Helophorus Fabricius, 1775 (Insecta, Coleoptera) as the correct original spelling (Case 2796; see BZN 49: 30-31). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 49: 231.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1992. Técnicas para la elaboración de preparaciones permanentes y temporales de Coleópteros pequeños.  [Translation and appendix by J. L. Navarrete-Heredia]. Boletín Mexicana de Entomología 10: 11-13.

Thayer, M. K. & A. F. Newton, Jr. 1992. Specimen databases as research tools. Insect Collection News 8: 6-7.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1990. Book Review: Zanetti, A. 1987. Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae. Fauna d'Italia 25, Edizioni Calderini, Bologna, xii + 472 pp. Coleopterists Bulletin 44 (1): 93-94.

Newton, A. F., Jr. & M. K. Thayer. 1990. Comment on the proposed placement of Hydrobiidae Troschel, 1857 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) on the Official List of Family-Group Names (Case 2699; see BZN 47: 104-109). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 47: 286-287.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1989. Collection news from the Field Museum. Insect Collection News 2 (2): 17-18.

Newton, A. F., Jr. 1988. Book review: Anderson, R. S. and S. B. Peck. 1985. The carrion beetles of Canada and Alaska. Biosystematics Research Institute Publication 1778, 121 pp. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 20: 25.        Web resources   Newton, A. F. 2022. StaphBase: Staphyliniformia world catalog database (version Aug 2022): Staphylinoidea, Hydrophiloidea, Histeroidea (except Histeridae). In: Bánki, O., Y. Roskov et al. (eds.). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Aug 2022). Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. Digital resource at https://www.catalogueoflife.org/; accessed 18 October 2022.

Newton, A. F. & E. Caron. 2016. Staphylinidae in Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil. PNUD (Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento) Brasil. Available at URL: http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/fauna/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ConsultaPublicaUC.do (last accessed 2 February 2020).

Ahn, Kee Jeong, Young Bok Cho, Yoon Ho Kim, In Seong Yoo & A. F. Newton. 2014. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea. Onlne resource at URL: < https://cafius.wixsite.com/korean-beetles/korean-staphylinidae> (last accessed 2 February 2020).

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Research Sketch

Higher classification, phylogeny, comparative morphology and evolution of the beetle group Staphyliniformia (superfamilies Staphylinoidea and Hydrophiloidea (including Histeroidea)), with current projects centering on the families Staphylinidae, Leiodidae and Silphidae; theory and practice of systematics, especially as applied to large and poorly known groups. Historical biogeography, especially of southern temperate regions, as illustrated by selected archaic groups of Staphylinoidea and Hydrophilidae; associated faunal surveys of Australia, New Zealand and Chile, and associated systematic studies. Biological, ecological and functional morphological aspects of the association of insects (especially Staphylinoidea) with fungi, carrion, dung and other localized/specialized microhabitats; associated fieldwork and systematic studies (currently, revision of New World Platydracus). Preparation of published and online identification guides, catalogs and collection databases of Staphyliniformia to facilitate systematic and ecological work on this group by others.

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