Author: Bernard Goffinet

New publication

The specimens used for this study are deposited in CONN:

Haber, W. A. and D. L. Wagner. 2015. A new species of Erythrodiplax breeding in bromeliads in Costa Rica (Odonata: Libellulidae). Zootaxa 6;3947(3):386–396. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.5

Mitchell, N., T. E. Moore, H. Kilroy Mollmann, J. E. Carlson, K. Mocko, H. Martinez-Cabrera, C. Adams, J. A. Silander Jr., C. S. Jones, C. D. Schlichting, and K. E. Holsinger. 2015. Functional traits in parallel evolutionary radiations and trait-environment associations in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. The American Naturalist 185: 525–537.

New publications based on BRC

Bernot, J., J. N. Caira, and M. Pickering. 2015. The dismantling of Calliobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) with erection of Symcallio n. gen. and description of two new species. Journal of Parasitology 101: 167–181.

Buck W. R. & B. Goffinet. 2015. Larrainia, a new genus of Amblystegiaceae from the Cape Horn region of Chile. Arctoa 24: 27–31. (doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.05)

Dellapé, Pablo M., Maria C. Melo and Jane E. O’Donnell. 2015. Biodiversity and distribution of lethaeine seed bugs (Heteroptera, Rhyparochromidae, Lethaeini) from Argentina. Zoological Studies 54: 34. DOI 10.118615/s40555-015-0114-y

Ignatov, M.S., E.A. Ignatova, I.V. Czernyadjeva, B. Goffinet, O.I. Kuznetsova & V.E. Fedosov. 2015. Afoninia, a new moss genus of Funariaceae from Transbaikalia 
(East Siberia, Russia). Arctoa 24: 14–20. (doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.02)

Medina, R., Y. Liu, L-S Wang, S. Guo, K. Hylander & B. Goffinet. DNA-based geographic circumscription of Physcomitrella s. lat. species (Funariaceae): P. patens new to Asia and P. magdalenae new to Ethiopia. The Bryologist 118: 22–31.

Passenger Pigeon

A recent article by Paul Fusco tells the story of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, of which some specimens are preserved in our collection.

Fusco, P. 2014. Deafening silence from the incredible roar. The Passenger Pigeon – 100 years later.Connecticut Wildlife September/October: 8–9.

New Publication

Medina, R., Y. Liu, L-S Wang, S. Guo, K. Hylander & B. Goffinet. DNA-based geographic circumscription of Physcomitrella s. lat. species (Funariaceae): P. patens new to Asia and P. magdalenae new to Ethiopia. The Bryologist 118: 22–31.