William (Bill) A. Shear, PhD - Publications
Affiliations: | Biology | Hampden-Sydney College |
Area:
systematics, ecology, millipedes, evolutionWebsite:
http://www.hsc.edu/Academics/Academic-Majors/Biology/Professors/William-Shear.htmlYear | Citation | Score | |||
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2020 | Shear WA, Richart CH, Wong VL. The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea). Zootaxa. 4753: zootaxa.4753.1.1. PMID 32230402 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4753.1.1 | 0.347 | |||
2020 | Shear WA. The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: I. Introduction to the family, synonymy of Vaferaria Causey with Amplaria Chamberlin, the new subfamily Trisariinae, the new genus Trisaria, and three new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea). Zootaxa. 4758: zootaxa.4758.2.4. PMID 32230143 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.4 |
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2018 | Mcalpine DF, Shear WA. The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name. Zootaxa. 4455: 389-394. PMID 30314216 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.8 | 0.32 | |||
2018 | Shear WA. The centipede family Anopsobiidae new to North America, with the description of a new genus and species and notes on the Henicopidae of North America and the Anopsobiidae of the Northern Hemisphere (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha). Zootaxa. 4422: 259-283. PMID 30313504 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.6 | 0.381 | |||
2018 | Wang B, Dunlop JA, Selden PA, Garwood RJ, Shear WA, Müller P, Lei X. Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 29403075 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0449-3 | 0.341 | |||
2016 | Marek PE, Krejca JK, Shear WA. A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida). Zookeys. 1-43. PMID 27833431 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.626.9681 | 0.347 | |||
2016 | Shear WA, Ferreira RL, Iniesta LF, Marek P. A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea. Zootaxa. 4178: 371-390. PMID 27811714 DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.4178.3.4 |
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2016 | Wynne JJ, Shear WA. A new millipede, Austrotyla awishoshola n. sp., (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae) from New Mexico, USA, and the importance of cave moss gardens as refugial habitats. Zootaxa. 4084: 285-292. PMID 27394265 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.8 | 0.304 | |||
2013 | Shear WA. A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae. Zootaxa. 3635: 87-93. PMID 26097934 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.9 | 0.307 | |||
2012 | Marek PE, Shear WA, Bond JE. A redescription of the leggiest animal, the millipede Illacme plenipes, with notes on its natural history and biogeography (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae). Zookeys. 77-112. PMID 23372415 DOI: 10.3897/Zookeys.241.3831 | 0.301 | |||
2011 | Shear WA, Krejca JK. Cave millipeds of the United States. IX. A new species of the genus Taiyutyla (diplopoda, chordeumatida, conotylidae) from caves in Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks, California, USA Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 73: 93-98. DOI: 10.4311/Jcks2010Lsc157 | 0.319 | |||
2010 | Shear WA, Edgecombe GD. The geological record and phylogeny of the Myriapoda. Arthropod Structure & Development. 39: 174-90. PMID 19944188 DOI: 10.1016/J.Asd.2009.11.002 | 0.306 | |||
2010 | Shear WA. Hesperonemastoma smilax, N. SP., a remarkable new harvestman from a cave in West Virginia, with comments on other reported cave-dwelling hesperonemastoma species (opiliones, ischyropsalidoidea, sabaconidae) Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 72: 105-110. DOI: 10.4311/jcks2009lsc0103 | 0.301 | |||
2010 | Giribet G, Shear WA. The Genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae), in North America with a Phylogenetic Analysis Based on Molecular Data and the Description of Four New Species Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 160: 1. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-160.1.1 | 0.306 | |||
2008 | Selden PA, Shear WA, Sutton MD. Fossil evidence for the origin of spider spinnerets, and a proposed arachnid order. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 20781-5. PMID 19104044 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0809174106 | 0.35 | |||
2007 | Shelley RM, Shear WA, Leonard WP, Ovaska K. Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae, Opiona columbiana Chamberlin, 1951: distribution extensions into the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska, USA, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, and eastern & southern Washington State, USA; additional new records from British Columbia and Washington Check List. 3: 14. DOI: 10.15560/3.1.14 | 0.315 | |||
2007 | Shear WA, Krejca JK. Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (diplopoda, chordeumatida, striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California Zootaxa. 23-39. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.1532.1.2 | 0.315 | |||
2007 | Shear WA, Leonard WP. Additions to the milliped family Caseyidae. I. Caseya richarti, n. sp., and new records of previously described species in the genus Caseya Cook and Collins 1895 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae) Zootaxa. 23-34. | 0.33 | |||
2007 | Shear WA, Shelley RM. Tingupa tlingitorum, n. sp., a new milliped from Haines, Alaska, USA, with notes on the generic distribution and a revised key to species (Chordeumatida: Tingupidae) Zootaxa. 53-59. | 0.319 | |||
2006 | Shear WA. Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae) Zootaxa. 191-198. | 0.302 | |||
2003 | SHEAR WA, SHELLEY RM, HEATWOLE H. Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae) Zootaxa. 365: 1. DOI: 10.11646/Zootaxa.365.1.1 | 0.329 | |||
2003 | SHEAR WA, LEONARD WP. Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea) Zootaxa. 243: 1. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.243.1.1 | 0.338 | |||
2003 | SHEAR WA. Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea) Zootaxa. 233: 1. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.233.1.1 | 0.315 | |||
2000 | Shear WA. Gigantocharinus szatmaryi, a new trigonotarbid arachnid from the Late Devonian of North America (Chelicerata, Arachnida, Trigonotarbida) Journal of Paleontology. 74: 25-31. | 0.306 | |||
1992 | Shear WA, Peck SB. Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70: 2260-2274. DOI: 10.1139/Z92-303 | 0.347 | |||
1989 | Shear WA, Palmer JM, Coddington JA, Bonamo PM. A devonian spinneret: early evidence of spiders and silk use. Science (New York, N.Y.). 246: 479-81. PMID 17788699 DOI: 10.1126/science.246.4929.479 | 0.378 | |||
1988 | Norton RA, Bonamo PM, Grierson JD, Shear WA. Oribatid mite fossils from a terrestrial Devonian deposit near Gilboa, New York Journal of Paleontology. 62: 259-269. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000029905 | 0.38 | |||
1987 | Peck SB, Shear WA. A NEW BLIND CAVERNICOLOUS LYGROMMA (ARANEAE, GNAPHOSIDAE) FROM THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS The Canadian Entomologist. 119: 105-108. DOI: 10.4039/ENT119105-2 | 0.333 | |||
1987 | Shear WA, Peck SB. Millipeds (Diplopoda) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65: 2640-2645. DOI: 10.1139/Z87-400 | 0.314 | |||
1984 | Shear WA, Bonamo PM, Grierson JD, Rolfe WD, Smith EL, Norton RA. Early land animals in north america: evidence from devonian age arthropods from gilboa, new york. Science (New York, N.Y.). 224: 492-4. PMID 17753774 DOI: 10.1126/science.224.4648.492 | 0.33 | |||
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