Division of Insects
Field Museum of Natural History
E-mail : mthayer@fmnh.org
Web site : http://fm1.fmnh.org/aa/staff_page.cgi?staff=thayer
Systematics, phylogeny, biology, and evolution of Staphylinidae, especially Omaliinae and related relatively basal taxa ; current emphases are on Omaliini of the world and various southern hemisphere temperate zone groups. Historical biogeography, especially with regards to austral regions. Fauna survey of Staphyliniformia of southern hemisphere temperate areas.
Thayer, M. K. 1978. Redescription of Xenicopoda Moore and Legner (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) with supplementary notes. Psyche 84:142-149.
Thayer, M. K. and A. F. Newton, Jr. 1979. Revision of the south temperate genus Glypholoma Jeannel, with four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Psyche 85: 25-63.
Thayer, M. K. 1985. The larva of Brathinus nitidus LeConte and the systematic position of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 39(2):174-184.
Thayer, M. K. 1985. Micralymma marinum (Stroem) in North America: biological notes and new distributional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Psyche 92(1):49-55.
Thayer, M. K. 1985. Revision, phylogeny, and biogeography of the austral genus Metacorneolabium Steel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae). pp. 113-179 in G. E. Ball, ed., Taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography of beetles and ants. A volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr. 1904-1983. Series Entomologica 33, Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht.
Thayer, M. K. 1987. Biology and phylogenetic relationships of Neophonus bruchi, an anomalous south Andean staphylinid (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 12:389-404.
Newton, A. F., Jr. and M. K. Thayer. 1988. Naomi's phylogeny and higher classification of Staphylinidae and allies (Coleoptera): A critique. Entomologia Generalis 14:63-72.
Johnson, S. A., R. W. Lundgren, A. F. Newton, Jr., M. K. Thayer, R. L. Wenzel, and M. Wenzel. 1992 (1991). Mazur's World Catalogue of Histeridae: emendations, replacement names for homonyms, and an index. Polski Pismo Entomologiczne 61: 1-100.
Newton, A. F., Jr. and M. K. Thayer. 1992. Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana, Zoology, New Series, No. 67: iv + 92 pp.
Thayer, M. K. 1992. Discovery of sexual wing dimorphism in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): "Omalium" flavidum, and a discussion of wing dimorphism in insects. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 100(4): 540-573.
Thayer, M. K. 1993. Osellia Zanetti a junior synonym of Orochares Kraatz, with a checklist of Orochares species. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 47: 285-287.
Newton, A. F., Jr. and 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. pp. 219-320 in: Pakaluk, J. and Slipinski, S. A., eds., Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa.
Klimaszewski, J., A. F. Newton, Jr., and M. K. Thayer. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 23: 143-160.
Thayer, M. K. 1997. Proglypholoma aenigma gen. et sp. nov., Glypholoma spp. nov. and new records, and a phylogenetic analysis of Glypholomatinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Annales Zoologici 47(1/2): 157-174.
Ballard, J. W. O., M. K. Thayer, A. F. Newton, and E. Grismer. 1998. Data sets, partitions, and characters: Philosophies and procedures for analyzing multiple data sets. Systematic Biology 47: 367-396.
