William Albert Shear

William Albert Shear (born 1942), U.S. zoologist.

Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 56 taxon names authored by William Albert Shear

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponym of William Albert Shear

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1974

• Shear, W.A. 1974. New records of rare Opiliones (Arachnida) from West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Morgantown 44(1): 110-112. Reference page. 

1975

• Shear, W.A. 1975. The opilionid family Caddidae in North America, with notes on species from other regions (Opiliones, Palpatores, Caddoidea). The Journal of Arachnology 2(2): 65–88. BHL Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1975. The opilionid genera Sabacon and Tomicomerus in America (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Ischyropsalidae). The Journal of Arachnology 3(1): 5–29. BHL Reference page. 

1977

• Shear, W.A. 1977 ["1975"]. The opilionid genus Neogovea Hinton, with a description of the first troglobitic cyphophthalmid from the Western hemisphere (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology 3(3): 165–175. BHL Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1977. Millipeds (Diplopoda) from Caves in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. III. Problemi Attuali di Scienza e di Cultura 171(3): 235–265. Reference page. 

1978

• Shear, W.A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on the armored spiders of the families Tetrablemmidae and Pacullidae. American Museum Novitates 2650: 1–46. Reference page. 

1979

• Shear, W.A. 1979. Pahanga, a new tetrablemmid spider genus from Malaysia (Araneae, Tetrablemmidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 294–295. Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1979. Huitaca ventralis n. gen., n. sp., with a description of a gland complex new to cyphophthalmids (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology 7: 237–242. Reference page. 

1980

• Shear, W.A. 1980. Leiobunum trimaculatum Goodnight and Goodnight is a synonym of L. bimaculatum Banks (Opiliones, Leiobunidae). The Journal of Arachnology 8(3): 284–285. Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1980. A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum Novitates 2705: 1–34. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

1983

• Shear, W.A. & Gruber, J. 1983. The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae). American Museum Novitates 2757: 1–65. Preview (PDF). . Reference page. 

1986

• Shear, W.A. 1986. A cladistic analysis of the opilionid superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea, with description of the new family Ceratolasmatidae, the new genus Acuclavella and four new species. American Museum Novitates 2844: 1–29. BHL Reference page. 

1987

• Peck, S.B. & Shear, W.A. 1987. A new blind cavernicolous Lygromma (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from the Galápagos Islands. The Canadian Entomologist 119(2): 105-108. DOI: 10.4039/Ent119105-2. . Reference page. 

1989

• Shear, W. A., Schawaller, W. & Bonamo, P. 1989. Record of Palaeozoic pseudoscorpions. Nature 341(6242): 527–529. Reference page.  

1991

• Schawaller, W., Shear, W.A. & Bonamo, P.M., 1991. The first Paleozoic Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida). American Museum Novitates 3009: 1–17. Reference page.  

1992

• Shear, W.A. 1992. Golovatchia, new genus, and Golovatchiidae, new family, from the Far East of the Russian Republic, with a comment on Hoffmaneumatidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida). Myriapodologica 2(10): 63–72. Reference page. 

1993

• Shear, W.A. 1993 New species in the opilionid genus Stylocellus from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(6): 174–188. [1993a]
• Shear, W.A. 1993. The genus Chileogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Petallidae). The Journal of Arachnology 21(1): 73–78. BHL Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 1993. The genus Troglosiro and the new family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology 21(2): 81–90. BHL Reference page. 

1996

• Shear, W.A. & Gruber, J. 1996. Cyphophthalmid opilionids new to Madagascar: two new genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, ?Pettalidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(5): 181–186. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2002

• Shear, W.A. 2002: The millipede genus Metopidiothrix Attems (Diplopoda : Chordeumatida : Metopidiotrichidae). Invertebrate systematics, 16(6): 849–892. DOI: 10.1071/IS02005 Reference page. 

2007

• McCartney, J., Shear, W.A. & Stringer, I. 2007. New records of Acropsopilio neozealandiae (Forster), and remarks on the sexual status of the species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Caddidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 34(2): 117–123. DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510070 Reference page. 

2006

• Shear, W.A. 2006. Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae). Zootaxa 1325: 191–198. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2008

• Shear, W.A. 2008. Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list: Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on “Crosbycus” goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae). Zootaxa 1945: 67–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 
• Selden, P.A., Shear, W.A. & Sutton, M.D. 2008. 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(52): 20781–20785. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809174106 . Reference page. 

2010

• Shear, W.A. 2010. New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from México, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae). ZooKeys 52: 9–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.52.471 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 2010. 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(2): 105–110. Reference page. 
• Giribet, G. & Shear, W.A. 2010. 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): 1–33. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-160.1.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

2011

• Shear, W.A. 2011. Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. Pp 159–164 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Marek, P.E., Krejca, J.K. & Shear, W.A. 2016. A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida). ZooKeys 626: 1–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.626.9681 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 2016. Redescription of the South African millipede Cylichnogaster lawrencei Verhoeff, 1937 and notes on the family Siphonotidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida). Zootaxa 4079(1): 119–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.1.8. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 2016. New Canadian records of Nemastoma bimaculatum (Fabricius), and a brief summary of introduced Eurasian harvestmen in North America (Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa 4088(1): 139–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.1.7. Full article (PDF)Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A., Ferreira, R.L., Iniesta, L.F.M. & Marek, P.E. 2016. 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 2016(4178): 3–371. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2016.4178.390. Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Warfel, J.G. 2016. The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae). Zootaxa 4180(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4180.1.1. Reference page. 
• Wynne, J.J. & Shear, W.A. 2016. 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(2): 285–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.8.Reference page. 

2017

• Shear, W.A., Nosler, P. & Marek, P.E. 2017. The identity of Amplaria nazinta (Chamberlin, 1910): a century-old millipede mystery resolved (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae). Zootaxa 4311(2): 233–240. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.4. Reference page. 

2018

• Khramov, A. V., Shear, W. A., Mercurio, R. & Kopylov, D. 2018. The first Permian centipedes from Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(3): 549-555. DOI: 10.4202/app.00482.2018
• McAlpine, D.F. & Shear, W.A. 2018. The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name. Zootaxa 4455(2): 389–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.8 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 2018. Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4413(3): 524–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.6 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. 2018. 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(2): 259–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.6 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Peck, S.B. 2018. Cyrtodesmus baerti, n. sp., a cryptic millipede from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cyrtodesmidae). Zootaxa 4388(3): 417–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.7 Reference page. 
• Wang, B., Dunlop, J., Selden, P.A., Garwood, R., Shear, W.A., Müller, P. & Lei, X. 2018. Cretaceous arachnid Chimerarachne yingi gen. et sp. nov. illuminates spider origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2: 614–622. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0449-3 . Reference page. 

2019

• Shear, W.A. & Crawford, R.L. 2019. Cave millipedes of the United States. XVI. Two new species from Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae and Caseyidae). Zootaxa 4674(5): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.6 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Marek, P.E. 2019. Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea). Zootaxa 4657(2): 352–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.7 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Shelley, R.M. 2019. Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa 4559(2): 384–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.11 Reference page. 
• Shear, W.A. & Steinmann, D.B. 2019. Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA. Subterranean Biology 32: 15–32. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.32.38161 Reference page. 

2021

• Marek, P.E., Buzatto, B.A., Shear, W.A., Means, J.C., Black, D.G., Harvey, M.S. & Rodriguez, J. 2021. The first true millipede—1306 legs long. Scientific Reports 11(1), #23126: 1–8. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02447-0 Reference page. 

2023

• Marek, P.E., Hall, C.L., Lee, C., Bailey, J., Berger, M.C., Kasson, M.T. & Shear, W. 2023. A new species of Illacme from southern California (Siphonophorida, Siphonorhinidae). Zookeys 1167ː 265–291. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102537 Reference page.