Abstract

We honor the life and accomplishments of Robert E. Woodruff with a short narrative of his professional career along with appendices listing his scientific bibliography, proposed species names and patronyms. This paper is the first of a Festschrift with separate contributed papers honoring him.

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• Robbins PS, Salsbury GA, Woodruff RE, Lapointe SL, Linn CE Jr. 2011. Methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate: A sex attractant for the June beetles, Phyllophaga tristis and P. apicata. Journal of Insect Science 11: 108. 
• Schnepp KE. 2022. A new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Puerto Rico. Insecta Mundi 0914: 1–7. 
• Skelley PE. 2004. Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 17(3–4): 129–156. 
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• Skelley PE, Keller O. 2022. A third species of Haroldiellus Gordon and Skelley, 2007 from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini). Insecta Mundi 0916: 1–11. 
• Skelley PE, Tang W, Pérez-Farrera MA. 2022. Review of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting the cycad genus Dioon Lindl. (Cycadales), with descriptions of nine new species and comments on P. kirschii Reitter. Insecta Mundi 0917: 1–41. 
• Skelley PE, Thomas MC. 2007. Insecta Mundi: Procedures, production and publication. Insecta Mundi 0001: 1–7. 
• Skelley PE, Woodruff RE. 1991. Five new species of Aphodius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Florida pocket gopher burrows. The Florida Entomologist 74(4): 517–536. 
• Sleeper EL. 1955. New Ohio Rhynchophora. I (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Ohio Journal of Science 55: 54–60. 
• Solís Á, Kohlmann B. 2022. Dichotomius woodruffi, a new Dichotomius species of the agenor group from Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Insecta Mundi 0918: 1–12. 
• Spinelli GR, Grogan WL Jr. 1998. A revision of the Neotropical predaceous midges of Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12(1–2): 59–79. 
• Spinelli GR, Huerta H. 2015. Four new species of Mesoamerican biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 811–824. 
• Spinelli GR, Marino PI, Huerta H. 2015. Revision of the Neotropical species of the subgenus Atrichipogon (Psilokempia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4003: 1–64. 
• Spinelli GR, Wirth WW. 1989. Las especies neotropicales del genero Bezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 2. Los grupos nobilis y punctipennis. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 45(1–4): 109–129. 
• Stange LA. 2004. Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta Mundi 17(3–4): 209–217. 
• Szadziewski R, Grogan WL Jr. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. 4. Species of the tribes Dasyheleini and Forcipomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 67: 255–290. 
• Sontag E, Bojarski B. 2022. A new genus of predatory midge in the Monohelea complex from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 0919: 1–9. 
• Thomas MC. 1993. The flat bark beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 15: 1–93. 
• Vaz-de-Mello FZ. 2008. Synopsis of the new subtribe Scatimina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), with descriptions of twelve new genera and review of Genieridium, new genus. Zootaxa 1955: 1–75. 
• Wappes JE, Santos-Silva A. 2018. A synopsis of American Caraphia Gahan, 1906 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) with description of two new species. Insecta Mundi 0683: 1–18. 
• Warner WB, Morón MA. 1992. A revision of the Phyllophaga subgenus Triodonyx Saylor (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65(3): 321–340. 
• Moron MA, Woodruff RE. 2008. Three new species of Phyllophaga from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). The Florida Entomologist 91(2): 198–204. 
• Muona J. 2022. Fossil click-beetles from the Americas (Coleoptera, Eucnemidae). Insecta Mundi 0912: 1–11. 
• Opitz W. 2018. Classification, natural history, and evolution of the subfamily Peloniinae Opitz (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part X. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Pelonium Spinola. Entomofauna 39(2): 337–528. 
• Opitz W. 2022. Revision of the checkered beetle genus Onychotillus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Tillinae). Insecta Mundi 913: 1–16. 
• Otte D, Perez-Gelabert DE. 2009. Caribbean crickets. The Orthopterists’ Society; Detroit, MI. i–iv + 792 p 
• Pacheco F. 1975. Descripción de dos especies sudamericanas de Efflagitatus Pacheco (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) y notas acerca de la distribución de otras tres especies. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 31–32: 117–126. 
• Perez-Gelabert DE, Thomas DB. 2005. Stink bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) of the island of Hispaniola, with seven new species from the Dominican Republic. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 37: 319–352. 
• Robbins PS, Salsbury GA, Woodruff RE, Lapointe SL, Linn CE Jr. 2011. Methyl 2-(methylthio) benzoate: A sex attractant for the June beetles, Phyllophaga tristis and P. apicata. Journal of Insect Science 11: 108. 
• Schnepp KE. 2022. A new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Puerto Rico. Insecta Mundi 0914: 1–7. 
• Skelley PE. 2004. Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 17(3–4): 129–156. 
• Skelley PE, Clavijo-Bustos J, Keller O. 2022. Extinct or extant? A new species of Termitodius Wasmann, 1895, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) with a short review of the genus. Insecta Mundi 0915: 1–14. 
• Skelley PE, Frank JH. 2020. In Memoriam: Michael C. Thomas May 5, 1948–October 4, 2019. Insecta Mundi 0829: 1–32. 
• Skelley PE, Goodrich MA. 1989. A redescription of Ischyrus dunedinensis Blatchley (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) with a key to the species of Ischyrus for America, north of Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 43(4): 349–354. 
• Skelley PE, Keller O. 2022. A third species of Haroldiellus Gordon and Skelley, 2007 from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini). Insecta Mundi 0916: 1–11. 
• Skelley PE, Tang W, Pérez-Farrera MA. 2022. Review of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting the cycad genus Dioon Lindl. (Cycadales), with descriptions of nine new species and comments on P. kirschii Reitter. Insecta Mundi 0917: 1–41. 
• Skelley PE, Thomas MC. 2007. Insecta Mundi: Procedures, production and publication. Insecta Mundi 0001: 1–7. 
• Skelley PE, Woodruff RE. 1991. Five new species of Aphodius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Florida pocket gopher burrows. The Florida Entomologist 74(4): 517–536. 
• Sleeper EL. 1955. New Ohio Rhynchophora. I (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Ohio Journal of Science 55: 54–60. 
• Solís Á, Kohlmann B. 2022. Dichotomius woodruffi, a new Dichotomius species of the agenor group from Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Insecta Mundi 0918: 1–12. 
• Spinelli GR, Grogan WL Jr. 1998. A revision of the Neotropical predaceous midges of Brachypogon (Brachypogon) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 12(1–2): 59–79. 
• Spinelli GR, Huerta H. 2015. Four new species of Mesoamerican biting midges of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 811–824. 
• Spinelli GR, Marino PI, Huerta H. 2015. Revision of the Neotropical species of the subgenus Atrichipogon (Psilokempia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4003: 1–64. 
• Spinelli GR, Wirth WW. 1989. Las especies neotropicales del genero Bezzia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 2. Los grupos nobilis y punctipennis. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 45(1–4): 109–129. 
• Stange LA. 2004. Review of Zethus Fabricius from the West Indies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insecta Mundi 17(3–4): 209–217. 
• Szadziewski R, Grogan WL Jr. 1998. Biting midges from Dominican amber. 4. Species of the tribes Dasyheleini and Forcipomyiini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 67: 255–290. 
• Sontag E, Bojarski B. 2022. A new genus of predatory midge in the Monohelea complex from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insecta Mundi 0919: 1–9. 
• Thomas MC. 1993. The flat bark beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Silvanidae, Passandridae, Laemophloeidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas 15: 1–93. 
• Vaz-de-Mello FZ. 2008. Synopsis of the new subtribe Scatimina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), with descriptions of twelve new genera and review of Genieridium, new genus. Zootaxa 1955: 1–75. 
• Wappes JE, Santos-Silva A. 2018. A synopsis of American Caraphia Gahan, 1906 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) with description of two new species. Insecta Mundi 0683: 1–18. 
• Warner WB, Morón MA. 1992. A revision of the Phyllophaga subgenus Triodonyx Saylor (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 65(3): 321–340.