LIST OF PUBLISHED PAPERS (including some PDF files) of Brian V. Brown

Research Publications

Brown, B.V. 1986. Striking sexual dimorphism and its taxonomic consequences among New World phorid flies (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 88: 787-788.

Brown, B.V. 1987. Revision of the Gymnophora (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Holarctic Region: classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographic history. Systematic Entomology. 12: 271-304.

Brown, B.V. 1987. Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographic history of the Neotropical phorid flies of the genus Gymnophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Journal of Natural History. 21: 1477-1524.

Brown, B.V. 1988. Additions to the phorid chapter in the Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 2 (Diptera: Phoridae). Canadian Entomologist. 120: 307-322.

Brown, B.V. 1989. Testing phylogenetic hypotheses: new species of Gymnophora (Diptera: Phoridae) from Japan and Nepal, with an updated world classification. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 67: 2543-2556.

Brown, B.V. 1990. Triphleba vitrinervis (Malloch), an unrecognized species of Crinophleba Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 92: 294-296.

Brown, B.V. 1990. New Nearctic Region records of Palearctic Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae). Quaestiones Entomologicae. 26: 701-702.

Brown, B.V. 1992. Life history, immature stages and undescribed male of Rhynchomicropteron (Diptera: Phoridae). Journal of Natural History. 26: 407-416.

Brown, B.V. 1992. Generic revision of Phoridae of the Nearctic Region and phylogenetic classification of Phoridae, Sciadoceridae and Ironomyiidae (Diptera: Phoridea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 164: 1-144.

Brown, B.V. 1993. Convergent adaptations in some Phoridae (Diptera) living in the nests of social insects: a review of the New World Aenigmatiinae, in G.E. Ball & H.V. Danks (editors). Systematics and entomology: diversity, distribution, adaptation and application. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 165: 115-137.

Brown, B.V. 1993. Taxonomy and preliminary phylogeny of the parasitic genus Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Systematic Entomology. 18: 191-230.

Brown, B.V. 1994. A replacement name for a species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 96: 176.

Brown, B.V. 1994. Life history parameters and new host records of phorid parasitoids of fireflies. Coleopterists Bulletin. 48: 145-147.

Brown, B.V. 1994. Descriptions and subfamily classification of some unusual Phoridae (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist. 126: 703-707.

Brown, B.V. 1994. Another generic synonym resulting from sexually dimorphic Phoridae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 96: 764.

Brown, B.V. 1994. Revision and new species of the Apocephalus (Mesophora) truncaticercus-infragroup (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 449, 7 pp.

Brown, B.V. 1995. Review of the species of Anevrina Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae), with a new species and a revised world key. Entomological Problems. 25 (1994): 1-10.

Brown, B.V. 1995. Response to Disney. Journal of Natural History. 29: 259-264.

Brown, B.V. 1995. Comments on the proposed conservation of Sphaerocera Latreille, 1804 and Borophaga Enderlein, 1924 (Insecta, Diptera). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 52: 182-183.

Brown, B.V. 1996. First record of the genus Plectanocnema Schmitz in North America (Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 608-609.

Brown, B.V. 1996. Preliminary analysis of a host shift: revision of the Neotropical species of Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 462, 36 pp.

Brown, B.V. 1996. A further species of Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitic on stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae). Studia dipterologica. 3: 231-235.

Brown, B.V. 1997. Systematics and fossil evidence of host-parasitoid relationships of Calamiscus Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Journal of Natural History. 31: 1253-1259.

Brown, B.V. 1997. Parasitic phorid flies: a previously unrecognized cost to aggregation behavior of male stingless bees. Biotropica. 29: 370-372.

Brown, B.V. 1997. Revision of the Apocephalus attophilus-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 468, 60 pp.

Brown, B.V. 1997. The undescribed male of Beckerina sinefurca Borgmeier and the recognition of Neotropical Beckerina (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomological Problems. 28: 155-158.

Brown, B.V. 1998. New species and records of Gymnophora Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae) from southeast Asia. Contributions in Science. No. 471, 13 pp.

Brown, B.V. 1998. Auxanommatidia boreotis Beyer is a species of Veruanus (Diptera: Phoridae). Studia dipterologica. 5: 335-336.

Brown, B.V. 1999. Differential host use by neotropical phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) that are parasitoids of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 33: 95-103.

Brown, B.V. 1999. Re-evaluation of the fossil Phoridae. Journal of Natural History. 33: 1561-1573.

Brown, B.V. 1999. Phorid flies of Costa Rican cloud forests. in Nadkarni, N.M. & Wheelwright, N.T. (editors). The Natural History and Ecology of Monteverde, Costa Rica: Background to Conservation. Oxford University Press.

Brown, B.V. 1999. A fossil Hypocera species (Diptera: Phoridae) and its phylogenetic implications. Studia dipterologica. 6: 273-277.

Brown, B.V. 2000. Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda-group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 482, 62 pp.

Brown, B.V. 2000. Diversity of flies, gnats and mosquitoes. Pp. 815-826 in S.A. Levin (editor) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, volume 2. Academic Press.

Brown, B.V. 2000. Insects, overview. Pp. 479-484 in S.A. Levin (editor). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, volume 3. Academic Press.

Brown, B.V. 2000. Five natural history notes on Neotropical phorid flies. Phorid Newsletter. 8: 1-2.

Brown, B.V. 2001. The species of Phora (Diptera: Phoridae) of Costa Rica. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 48 (2000): 977-982.

Brown, B.V. 2001. Taxonomic revision of Neodohrniphora, subgenus Eibesfeldtphora (Diptera: Phoridae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. 32: 393-409.

Brown, B.V. 2001. Beginning to study the bee-killing flies, the parasitoid genus Melaloncha Brues. Phorid Newsletter. 9: 1-5.

Brown, B.V. 2002. A new primitive phorid (Diptera: Phoridae) from Baltic amber. Studia dipterologica. 8: 553-556.

Brown, B.V. 2002. Revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 496, 58 pp.

Brown, B.V. 2003. A new fossil species of Triphleba (Diptera: Phoridae) with bifurcate antennae. Studia dipterologica. 10: 195-197.

Brown, B.V. 2003. In memory of Laurence W. Quate (1925-2002) [scientific obituary]. Studia Dipterologica. 10: 353-356.

Brown, B.V. 2004. Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140: 1-42.

Brown, B.V. 2004. Revision of the Melaloncha cingulata-group of bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97: 386-392.

Brown, B.V. 2004. Diversity of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Apocephalus) from the ALAS project: new results and projections. Sociobiology. 44: 683-688.

Brown, B.V. 2005. A new Baltic amber Triphleba Rondani with greatly enlarged palpi (Diptera: Phoridae). Studia Dipterologica. 11: 549-552.

Brown, B.V. 2005. Revision of the Melaloncha furcata-group of bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. 36: 241-258.

Brown, B.V. 2005. Malaise trap catches and the crisis in Neotropical dipterology. American Entomologist. 51: 180-183.

Brown, B.V. 2005. Classification of two poorly-known genera of African Phoridae (Diptera). African Invertebrates. 46:133-140.

Brown, B.V. 2006. Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa. 1280: 68 pp. [PDF available upon request from the author- bbrown@nhm.org]

Brown, B.V. and M. Buck. 1998. Review of the genus Hypocera Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomologica scandinavica. 29: 47-56.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1991. Life history parameters and description of the larva of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 25: 221-321.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1991. Behavior and host location cues of Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica. 23: 182-187.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1993. Life history and immature stages of Rhyncophoromyia maculineura, an ant-parasitizing phorid fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Peru. Journal of Natural History. 27: 429-434.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1995. Efficiency of two mass sampling methods for sampling phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) in a tropical biodiversity survey. Contributions in Science. No. 459, 10 pp.

Brown, B.V. and D.H. Feener, Jr. 1998. Parasitic phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae, Dorylinae) and their conservation biology. Biotropica. 30: 482-487.

Brown, B. V., P. Folgarait, and L. Gilbert. 2003. A new species of Pseudacteon Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) attacking Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina. Sociobiology. 41:685-688.

Brown, B. V., Francoeur, A. and R.L. Gibson. 1991. Review of the genus Styletta (Diptera: Phoridae), with description of a new genus. Entomologica scandinavica. 22: 241-250.

Brown, B. V. and G. Kung. 2004. Two new genera of Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Neotropical Region. Zootaxa. 554: 1-7.

Brown, B.V. and G. Kung. 2006. Revision of the Melaloncha ungulata-group of bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 507, 31 pp.

Brown, B. V. and G. Kung. 2007. Revision of the New World Dohrniphora Dahl species with hind tibial setae (Diptera: Phoridae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 65: 155-235.

Brown, B.V. and S.A. Marshall. 1984. Phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with mushrooms in southern Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 115: 77-80.

Brown, B.V. and L. W. Morrison. 1999. New Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) from North America that parasitizes the native fire ant, Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 92: 308-311.

Brown, B.V. and E.M. Pike. 1990. Three new fossil phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Canadian Cretaceous amber. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 27: 845-848.

Brown, B.V. and C.W. Sabrosky. 1994. Sphaerocera Latreille, 1804 and Borophaga Enderlein, 1924 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation; Sphaerocera curvipes Latreille, 1805 and Phora flavimana Meigen, 1830: proposed conservation of the specific names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 51: 312-315.

Corona, E.M. and B. V. Brown. 2004. Two new species of the Apocephalus attophilus-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Sociobiology. 44: 689-693.

Corona, E. M. and B.V. Brown. 2005. The Central American species of Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa. 1050: 21-38.

Disney, R.H.L. and B.V. Brown. 2003. A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) parasitising a Camponotus species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Thailand. Sociobiology. 41: 403-410.

Feener, D.H., Jr. and B.V. Brown. 1992. Reduced foraging of the tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in the presence of parasitic phorid flies, Pseudacteon spp. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 85: 80-84.

Feener, D.H., Jr. & B.V. Brown. 1993. Oviposition behavior of an ant-decapitating fly, Neodohrniphora curvinervis (Diptera: Phoridae) and defense behavior by its leaf-cutting ant host, Atta cephalotes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior. 6: 675-688.

Feener, D.H., Jr. & B.V. Brown. 1997. Diptera as parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology. 42: 73-97.

Gonzalez, L. & B.V. Brown. 2004. New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa. 730: 1-14.

Gonzalez, V.H., B.V. Brown and M. Ospina. 2002. A new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with brood provisions of nests of Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 75: 73-79.

Hall, D.W. and B.V. Brown. 1993. Pollination of Aristolochia littoralis (Aristolochiales: Aristolochiaceae) by males of Megaselia spp. (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 86: 609-613.

Hanson, P.S. and B.V. Brown. submitted. 4.6 Flies. Introduction. in Nadkarni, N.M. & Wheelwright, N.T. (editors). The Natural History and Ecology of Monteverde, Costa Rica: Background to Conservation. Oxford University Press.

Hibbs, P.J. and B.V. Brown. 1998. A new, extremely primitive species of Plethysmochaeta (Diptera: Phoridae) from South Africa. Studia dipterologica. 4 (1997): 367-369.

Kung, G. and B.V. Brown. 2000. The patterned-wing species of Coniceromyia (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in Science. No. 484, 10 pp.

Kung, G. and B.V. Brown. 2000. Two new species of Coniceromyia (Diptera: Phoridae) from South America. Studia dipterologica. 7: 83-86.

Kung, G. and B.V. Brown. 2001. Two new patterned-wing species of Coniceromyia (Diptera: Phoridae) from Colombia. Studia dipterologica. 8: 267-270.

Kung, G. and B. V. Brown. 2004. Two new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 106: 751-756.

Kung, G. and B.V. Brown. 2005. New species of Dohrniphora related to D. longirostrata (Enderlein) (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 98: 55-62.

Kung, G. And B.V. Brown. 2005. Three unusually divergent new genera of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa. 1019: 43-52.

Marshall, S.A. and B.V. Brown. 1984. Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) associated with decaying fungi in Ontario. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 115: 43-48.

Morehead, S., J. Seger, D. H. Feener, Jr. and B. V. Brown. 2001. Evidence for a cryptic species complex in the ant parasitoid Apocephalus paraponerae (Diptera: Phoridae). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 3: 273-284.

Quate, L. W. and B. V. Brown. 2004. Revision of the Neotropical Setomimini (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae). Contributions in Science. No. 500, 117 pp.

Robinson, W. H. and B. V. Brown. 1993. Life history and immature stages of two species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) predatory on gall-inhabiting insects. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 95: 404-411.