Alfred Francis Newton

Alfred Francis Newton, U.S. entomologist. Also published as Alfred Francis Newton, Jr.

Curator Emeritus
Zoology Department/Insect Division
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605 USA

anewtonfieldmuseum.org

Eponyms

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1 eponym of Alfred Francis Newton

Taxon names authored

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146 taxon names authored by Alfred Francis Newton

Publications

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1975

Newton, A.F. 1975. The systematic position of Glypholoma Jeannel, with a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Silphidae, Staphylinidae). Psyche 82(1): 53–58.
Newton, A.F. & S. B. Peck. 1975. Baited pitfall traps for beetles. Coleopterists bulletin 29(1): 45–46.

1979

Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 1979. Revision of the south temperate genus Glypholoma Jeannel, with four new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Psyche 85(1): 25–63 (1978).

1980

Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A.F. 1980. Coleoptera associated with the fruiting bodies of slime molds (Myxomycetes). Coleopterists bulletin 34(2): 129–143.

1982

Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F., Jr. 1982. Evolution and classification of beetles. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13: 261–290. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.es.13.110182.001401 . Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 1982. New name for the extinct genus Mesagyrtes Ponomarenko (Coleoptera: Silphidae s.l.). Psyche 88(3–4): 335 (1981).
Newton, A.F. 1982. A new genus and species of Oxytelinae from Australia, with a description of its larva, systematic position, and phylogenetic relationships (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates 2744: 1–24.
Newton, A.F. 1982. Redefinition, revised phylogeny, and relationships of Pseudopsinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). American Museum novitates 2743: 1–13.

1983

Newton, A.F. 1983. New generic synonymies, new combinations, and distributional comments on Leiodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Coleopterists bulletin 37(2): 173–176.
Newton, A.F. 1983. Agathidiodes Portevin, new synonym of Stetholiodes Fall (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Anisotomini). Psyche 89(3–4): 337–338 (1982).
Newton, A.F. 1983. Typhlobledius Lea transferred to Osoriini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae, Osoriinae). Coleopterists bulletin 37(2): 176.

1984

Newton, A.F. 1984. Mycophagy in Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera), pp. 302–353. In: Wheeler, Q. & M. Blackwell (eds.). Fungus-insect relationships: perspectives in ecology and evolution. Columbia University Press, New York. xiii + 514 pp.

1985

Newton, A.F. 1985. South temperate Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera): their potential for biogeographic analysis of austral disjunctions, pp. 180–220. In: Ball, G. E. (ed.). Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series Entomologica 33, W. Junk, Dordrecht. xiii + 514 pp.

1987

Newton, A.F. 1987. Four Staphylinus (sensu lato) species new to North America, with notes on other introduced species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists bulletin 41(4): 381–384.

1988

Newton, A.F. 1988. Fooled by flatness: subfamily shifts in subcortical Staphylinidae (Coleoptera). Coleopterists bulletin 42(3): 255–262.
Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1988. A critique on Naomi's phylogeny and higher classification of Staphylinidae and allies (Coleoptera). Entomologia generalis 14: 63–72.

1989

Newton, A.F., Jr. 1989. Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston species of Australia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(3): 49–58. Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 1989. Paralispinus mariae Hatch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) transferred to genus Stictocranius (Euaesthetinae). Coleopterists bulletin 43(2): 145–146.
Newton, A.F. & Chandler, D.S. 1989. World catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: zoology (n.s.) 53: 1–93. BHL Reference page.

1990

Newton, A.F. 1990. Myrmelibia, a new genus of myrmecophile from Australia, with a generic review of Australian Osoriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Invertebrate taxonomy 4: 81–94.
Newton, A.F. 1990. Larvae of Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera): where do we stand? Coleopterists bulletin 44(2): 205–210.
Newton, A.F. 1990. Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae adults and larvae, pp. 1137–1174. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.). Soil biology guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York. xviii + 1349 pp.
Newton, A.F. & S. L. Stephenson 1990. A beetle/slime mold assemblage from northern India (Coleoptera; Myxomycetes). Oriental insects 24: 197–218.

1991

Newton, A.F. 1991 Agyrtidae through Silphidae and Pselaphidae (Staphylinoidea), Sphaeritidae through Histeridae (Hydrophiloidea), pp. 324–341, 353–355, 359–364. In: Stehr, F. W. (ed.). Immature Insects. Vol. 2. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. xvi + 975 pp.

1992

Burakowski, B. & Newton, A.F. 1992. The immature stages and bionomics of the myrmecophile Thoracophorus corticinus Motschulsky, and placement of the genus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' 89: 17–42.
Johnson, S. A., R. W. Lundgren, Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., R. L. Wenzel & M. R. Wenzel 1992. Mazur's World Catalog of Histeridae: emendations, replacement names for homonyms, and an index. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 61(2): 1–100 (1991).
Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1992. Current classification and family-group names in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Fieldiana: Zoology (new series) (67): iv + 92 p. BHL PDF Reference page.
Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. & C. W. Sabrosky 1992. Case 2786. Tachinidae Fleming, 1821 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and Tachinidae Robineau–Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy, and Tachyporidae MacLeay, 1825 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Tachinusidae Fleming, 1821. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 49: 122–126.
Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & T. Pape 1992. Case 2793. Metopiinae Foerster, 1868 (Insecta, Hymenoptera), Metopiini Raffray, 1904 (Insecta, Coleoptera), and Metopiini Townsend, 1908 (Insecta, Diptera): proposed removal of homonymy. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 49: 200–204.

1993

Ashe, J. S. & Newton, A.F. 1993. Larvae of Trichophya and phylogeny of the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with a review, new species and characterization of the Trichophyinae. Systematic entomology 18 (4): 267–286.
Newton, A.F. 1993. Leptusa alpicola Brancsik: dual lectotype designations (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists bulletin 47(1): 34.

1995

Lawrence, J.F. & Newton, A.F. 1995. Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Pp. 779–1006. In: Pakaluk, J. & Ślipiński, S.A. (eds.) Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Volume 2. Museum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols. ISBN 83-85192-34-4. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 1995. Case 2872. Xantholinini Erichson, 1839 and Quediini Kraatz, 1857 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over senior synonyms, and Quedius Stephens, 1829: proposed designation of Staphylinus levicollis Brullé, 1832 as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 52: 48–53.
Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1995. Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera), pp. 219–320. In: Pakaluk, J. & S. A. Ślipiński (eds.). Biology, phylogeny, and classification of Coleoptera: Papers celebrating the 80th birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN, Warszawa. x + 1092 pp. in 2 vols. Reference page.

1996

Klimaszewski, J., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 1996. A review of the New Zealand rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 23(2): 143–160.
Navarrete–Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 1996. Staphylinidae (Coleoptera), pp. 369–380. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. E., A. N. García Aldrete and E. González Soriano (eds.), Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. xvi + 660 pp.
Newton, A.F. 1996. Creophilus luctuosus (Blanchard) from Bolivia transferred to the genus Xanthopygus, with locality correction (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 31 (2): 79–81.

1997

Newton, A.F. 1997. Review of Agyrtidae (Coleoptera), with a new genus and species from New Zealand. Annales zoologici 47: 111–156.
Newton, A.F. 1997. First record of the genus Platydracus (= Staphylinus in part) from Hawaii, with notes on Hawaiian Creophilus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae: Staphylinini). Bishop Museum occasional papers 49: 23–25.

1998

Ballard, J. W. O., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & E. R. Grismer 1998. Data sets, partitions, and characters: Philosophies and procedures for analyzing multiple data sets. Systematic biology 47: 367–396.
Newton, A.F., Jr. 1998. Phylogenetic problems, current classification and generic catalog of world Leiodidae (including Cholevidae). Pp. 41–178. In: Giachino, P.M. & Peck, S.B. (eds.) Phylogeny and evolution of subterranean and endogean Cholevidae (= Leiodidae Cholevinae). Proceedings of XX I.C.E. Firenze, 1996. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 295 pp. Reference page.
Newton, A.F. & Franz, H. 1998. World catalog of the genera of Scydmaenidae (Coleoptera). Koleopterologische rundschau 68: 137–165. PDF Reference page.

1999

Kistner, D.H. & Newton, A.F. 1999. A new genus and species of termitophilous Osoriinae from Thailand (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with notes on its behavior and that of associated termitophiles. Sociobiology 34: 239–258.

2000

Newton, A.F. 2000. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839, pp. 209–211. In: Arnett, R. H. Jr. & M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)
Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler 2000. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802, pp. 272–418. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr. and M. C. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles, Vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. xv + 443 pp. (2001)
S. B., P. Gnaspini & Newton, A.F. 2000. Catalogue and generic keys for the Leiodidae of Mexico, West Indies, and Central and South America (Insecta: Coleoptera). Giornale italiano di entomologia 9: 37–72 (1998).

2001

Newton, A.F. 2001. Case 3159. Staphylinus maculosus and S. violaceus Gravenhorst, 1802 (currently Platydracus maculosus and P. violaceus; Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature 58: 210–214.
Newton, A.F. 2001. Corrections to world catalog of the genera of Pselaphidae (Newton & Chandler, 1989) (Coleoptera). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift 48: 53–55.

2002

Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2002. Agyrtidae, pp. 493–498. In: Llorente Bousquets, J. & J. J. Morrone (eds.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Vol. III. Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F., México. x + 690 pp.
Navarrete-Heredia, J. L., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., J. S. Ashe & D. S. Chandler 2002. Guía ilustrada para los géneros de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de México. Illustrated guide to the genera of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico. Universidad de Guadalajara & CONABIO, México. xii + 401 pp.
Sikes, D.S., Madge, R.B. & Newton, A.F. 2002. A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world. Zootaxa 65: 1–304. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.

2003

Betz, O., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2003. Comparative morphology and evolutionary pathways of the mouthparts in spore–feeding Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera). Acta zoologica 84 (3): 179–238.
Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2003: Larval description, adult feeding behavior, and phylogenetic placement of Megalopinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(4): 469–493. DOI: 10.1649/586 . JSTOR . Reference page.

2005

Bouchard, P., Lawrence, J.F., Davies, A.E. & Newton, A.F. 2005. Synoptic classification of the world Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) with a review of family-group names. Annales Zoologici 55(4): 499–530. ResearchGate . Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 2005. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 183–190, 261–280. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology. Band/Vol. IV: Arthropoda: Insecta (N. P. Kristensen & R. G. Beutel, eds.). Teilband/Part 38. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York. xi + 567 pp.
Newton, A.F., C. Gutiérrez Chacón & D. S. Chandler 2005. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Colombia. Listado de los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana 6(1): 1–72.
Solodovnikov, A. Yu. & Newton, A.F. 2005. Phylogenetic placement of Arrowinini trib. n. within the subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with revision of the relict South African genus Arrowinus and description of its larva. Systematic entomology 30(3): 398–441.

2006

Navarrete-Heredia, J.-L., C. Gómez-Rodríguez & Newton, A.F. 2006. Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Biologia Centrali-Americana: Current status of the names. Zootaxa 1251: 1–70.
Newton, A.F. 2006. Habrocerus capillaricornis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) discovered in South Africa. African entomology 14 (1): 193–194.
Newton, A.F. & S. B. Peck 2006. Family Staphylinidae, the rove beetles, pp. 131–158. In: Peck, S. B. The beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: evolution, ecology and diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xiii + 313 pp.

2007

Newton, A.F. & D. S. Chandler 2007. World catalog of the species of Tyrini (Hlaváč & Chandler 2005): Additions, corrections, and a new name (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A) 14 (3): 113–116 (2006).

2008

Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2008. New position of an abdominal defensive gland complex in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) with redescription of Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902 (Piestinae). Zootaxa 1895: 1–9. Abstract Reference page.
Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2008. Minute larvae of Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): description of three genera with discussion on the monophyly and phylogenetic position of the subfamily as inferred from larval morphology. Zootaxa 1817: 49–58.

2009

Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2009. Good-bye Scydmaenidae, or why the ant-like stone beetles should become megadiverse Staphylinidae sensu latissimo (Coleoptera). European journal of entomology 106 (2): 275–301.
Seago, A.E. & Newton, A.F. 2009. A new genus of leiodid beetle from Chile, with generic key and species checklist of described Neopelatopini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae). Annales Zoologici 59(3): 297–304. DOI: 10.3161/000345409X476387 Reference page.
Solodovnikov, A. Yu. & Newton, A.F. 2009. Australotarsius – A new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 2033: 49–57. PDF

2010

Anlaş, S. & Newton, A.F. 2010. Distributional checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of Iran, with new and additional records. Linzer biologische Beiträge 42(1): 335–388.
Chatzimanolis, S., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2010. New ant-like stone beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 31(1): 77–84. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.009 . Reference page.
Solodovnikov, A. & Newton, A.F. 2010. Revision of the rove beetle genus Antimerus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), a puzzling endemic Australian lineage of the tribe Staphylinini. ZooKeys 67: 21–63.
Weide, D., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & O. Betz 2010. Comparative morphology of the head of selected sporophagous and non-sporophagous Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): musculature and hypopharynx-prementum complex. Journal of morphology 271(8): 910–931; online supplementary material.

2011

Newton, A.F. 2011. Phylogenie und Systematik, pp. 1–4. In: Assing, V. & M. Schülke (eds.). Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 4. Staphylinidae (exklusive Aleocharinae, Pselaphinae und Scydmaeninae). 2. Auflage. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg. xii + 560 pp.
Newton, A.F. 2011 [New name] In: Clarke, D. J. A revision of the New Zealand endemic rove beetle genus Agnosthaetus Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Coleopterists Society Monograph 10: 1–118.
Newton, A.F. 2011. [New name] In: Short, A. E. Z. & M. Fikáček World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006–2010). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 83–122.
Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC: 3088472 . Reference page.
Brunke, A., Newton, A.F., J. Klimaszewski, C. Majka & S. Marshall 2011. Staphylinidae of eastern Canada and adjacent United States. Key to subfamilies; Staphylininae: tribes and subtribes, and species of Staphylinina. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 12: 1–110; interactive version at [1] [with downloadable lo- and hi-res pdfs].
Hlaváč, P., Newton, A.F. & Maruyama, M. 2011. World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1–151. Abstract Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Seago, A.E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Marvaldi, A.E. 2011. Phylogeny of the Coleoptera based on morphological characters of adults and larvae. Annales Zoologici 61(1): 1–217. DOI: 10.3161/000345411X576725 . Reference page.

2012

Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Glypholomatine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a southern hemisphere Recent group recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(3): 239–244. DOI: 10.2317/JKES120531.1 Reference page.
Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Cladistic analysis and revision of Piestus Gravenhorst with remarks on related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Invertebrate systematics 25(6): 490–585. DOI: 10.1071/IS10016 Reference page. [Corrigendum: 27(1): 129; 2013].
Fikáček, M., R. A. B. Leschen, Newton, A.F. & N. Gunter 2012. Horelophus walkeri rediscovered: adult morphology and notes on biology (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 129–146.
Grebennikov, V. V. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Detecting the basal dichotomies in the monophylum of carrion and rove beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silphidae and Staphylinidae) with emphasis on the Oxyteline group of subfamilies. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 70(3): 133–165.
Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Chatzimanolis, S. 2012. Prosolierius, a new mid-Cretaceous genus of Solieriinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with three new species from Burmese amber. Cretaceous research 34: 124–134. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.010 Reference page.

2013

Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Huang, D-Y., Wang, X-D. & Newton, A.F. 2013. A basal oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China: Oldest record for the tribe Euphaniini. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12(3): 159–163. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.02.002 Reference page.
Chatzimanolis, S., Newton, A.F., C. Soriano & M. S. Engel 2013. Remarkable stasis in a phloeocharine rove beetle from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of paleontology 87(2): 177–182.
Klimaszewski, J., A. Brunke, V. Assing, D. W. Langor, Newton, A.F., C. Bourdon, G. Pelletier, R. P. Webster, L. Herman, L. Perdereau, A. Davies, A. Smetana, D. S. Chandler 2013. Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 2: Staphylinidae. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 104, Sofia–Moscow. 360 pp.
Klimaszewski, J., M.-J. Morency, P. Labrie, A. Séguin, D. W. Langor, T. Work, C. Bourdon, E. Thiffault, D. Paré, Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2013. Molecular and microscopic analysis of the gut contents of abundant rove beetle species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the boreal balsam fir forest of Quebec, Canada. ZooKeys 353: 1–24.
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G. & Newton, A.F. 2013: A possible larva of Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae) from Panama. Zootaxa 3701(3): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.8 Reference page.
Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2013. Staphylinidae of México: checklist updates and papers published between 2002–2013. Dugesiana 20 (2): 127–139.

2014

Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2014. Mesapatetica aenigmatica, a new genus and species of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87 (2): 219–224.
Cai, Chenyang, Newton, A.F., Diying Huang & Liang Tang. 2014. A new species of Platydracus Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the upper Eocene Florissant beds, Colorado, USA. Palaeoworld 23(3–4): 321–326.
Cai, C.-Y., Thayer, M.K., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Ortega-Blanco, J., Wang, B,, Wang, X.-D. & Huang, D.-Y. 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. PNAS 111(39): 14170–14174. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412280111 Reference page.
Fikáček, M., Y. Minoshima & Newton, A.F. 2014. A review of Andotypus and Austrotypus gen. nov., rygmodine genera with Austral disjunction (Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae). Annales zoologici 64 (4): 557–596.
McKenna, D.D., Farrell, B.D., Caterino, M.S., Farnum, C.W., Hawks, D.C., Maddison, D.R., Seago, A.E., Short, A.E.Z., Newton, A.F. & Thayer, M.K. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 35–60. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12093 Reference page.
Navarrete-Heredia, J. L. & Newton, A.F. 2014. Biodiversidad de Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) en México. Biodiversity of Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Mexico. Revista mexicana de biodiversidad 85 (Suplemento): S332–S338.

2015

Newton, A.F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Hydrophilidae; Histeridae; Leiodidae; Staphylinidae, pp. 1–4, 9–15. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea–Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702. Reference page.
McKenna, D. D., A. L. Wild, K. Kanda, C. L. Bellamy, R. G. Beutel, M. S. Caterino, C. W. Farnum, D. C. Hawks, M. A. Ivie, M. L. Jameson, R. A. B. Leschen, A. E. Marvaldi, J. V. McHugh, Newton, A.F., J. A. Robertson, Thayer, M.K., M. F. Whiting, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D. R. Maddison & B. D. Farrell 2015 The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic entomology 40(4): 835–880.
Newton, A.F. 2015. Cyrtoscydmini Schaufuss, 1889 Replaced by Glandulariini Schaufuss, 1889 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Coleopterists bulletin 69(4): 758–759. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.4.758
Newton, A.F. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A survey of the families. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2): 283–304.
Chani-Posse, M. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Flohria Sharp – a relictual genus of the subtribe Philonthina from the Americas (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (3): 372–382.
Lackner, T., S. Mazur & Newton, A.F. 2015. Family Histeridae Gyllenhal, 1808, pp. 76–130. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702.
Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4028(3): 301–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.1. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Schülke, M. & Newton, A.F. 2015. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments: Staphylinidae, p. 5. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Revised and updated edition. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea. Brill, Leiden & Boston. Vol. 2/1, xiii, 1–900; 2/2, 901–1702.
Seago, A.E., Leschen, R.A.B. & Newton, A.F. 2015. Two new high altitude genera of Camiarini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae) from Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 3957(3): 300–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.3.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

2016

Newton, A.F. 2016. Sphaeritidae Shuckard, 1839; Synteliidae Lewis, 1882; Staphylinoidea Latreille, 1802: Introduction, phylogeny; Agyrtidae Thomson, 1859; Leiodidae Fleming, 1821, pp. 274–281, 315–316, 356–376. In: Beutel, R. G. & R. A. B. Leschen (eds.). Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). 2nd edition. Handbook of Zoology; Arthropoda: Insecta (ed. R. G. .Beutel & N. P. Kristensen); De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. xvii, 684 pp.
Cai, C-Y., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B. & Huang, D-Y. 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 283 (20161439): 1-8; online supplement (4 pp.). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1439 . Reference page.
Yin, Z-W., Newton, A.F. & Zhao, T-X. 2016. Odontalgus dongbaiensis sp. n. from eastern China, and a world catalog of Odontalgini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Zootaxa 4117(4): 567–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.8. Reference page.

2017

Cai, C-Y., Lü, L., Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. & Huang, D-Y. 2017 [2016]. First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89 (4): 345-357. Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 2017. Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in Staphyliniformia (Coleoptera). Insecta mundi (0595): 1–52. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Newton, A.F. 2017. Errata to the Volumes 2 and 3 of the Updated and Revised Edition of the Catalogue: Staphylinidae; References, p. xxxiii. In: Löbl, I. & D. Löbl (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Revised and updated edition. Archostemata – Myxophaga – Adephaga. Brill, Leiden & Boston. 1446 pp.
Ahn, K-J., Cho, Y-B., Kim, Y-H., Yoo, I-S. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Checklist of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 10(3): 279–336. DOI: 10.1016/j.japb.2017.06.006 Reference page.
Cai, Chenyang, Diying Huang, Newton, A.F., K. T. Eldredge & M. S. Engel 2017. Response to “Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily”. Current Biology 27(16): R794–795.
Gnaspini, P., C. Antunes–Carvalho, Newton, A.F. & R. A. B. Leschen 2017. Show me your tenent setae and I tell you who you are – Telling the story of a neglected character complex with phylogenetic signals using Leiodidae (Coleoptera) as a case study. Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 46(4): 662–685, 2 online supplements. DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2017.06.004
Jałoszyński, P. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Taxonomy of 'Euconnus complex'. Part XV. Disentangling the Euconnus-Sciacharis knot (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa 4344(3): 401–433. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.1. Reference page.
Newton, A.F., Švec, Z. & Fikáček, M. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Leiodinae from Chile, with keys to world genera of Sogdini and Leiodinae from Chile and Argentina (Coleoptera: Leiodidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 121-140. Full article (PDF). Reference page. Erratum, 57 (2): 602.
Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T. & Engel, M.S. 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous beetles. Current Biology 27(8): 1229–1235, online supplements (8 pp.). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009 Reference page.
Bachmann, A.O., Chani-Posse, M.R., Guala, M.E. & Newton, A.F. 2017. A catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires (MACN). Zootaxa 4223(1): 1–74. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4223.1.1. Reference page.
Peck, S. B. & Newton, A.F. 2017. An annotated catalog of the Nearctic Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of continental America north of Mexico (the USA and Canada). Coleopterists bulletin 71(2): 211–258.
Kilian, A. & Newton, A.F. 2017. Morphology of the immature stages of Platycholeus Horn, 1880 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Leptodirini). Zoologischer anzeiger 266: 158–168.

2018

Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Yin, Z-W. & Huang, D-Y. 2018. A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84: 431–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.004 Reference page.
Chani-Posse, M.R., Newton, A.F., Hansen, A.K. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2018. Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4449(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4449.1.1 Reference page.
Costa-Silva, V., Asenjo, A., Newton, A.F. & Thyssen, P.J. 2018. Redescription and new records of Ontholestes brasilianus Bernhauer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Zootaxa 4388(1): 143–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.1.12. Reference page.
Yin, Z-W., Cai, C-Y. & Newton, A.F. 2018. Beetle with long ‘nose’—A bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous research 89: 98–106. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.019 Reference page.

2019

Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D. & Engel, M.S. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 286(1894): 20182175. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175 . Reference page.
Cai, C-Y., Wang, Y-L., Lü, L., Yin, Z-W., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Zhou, Y-L. 2019. Congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies of the rove beetle subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 9, 15137 (2019): 1–11. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51408-1 Reference page.
Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K. & Yamamoto, S. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45(1): 175–187; online supplements. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Beutel, R.G. & Newton, A.F. 2019. Lepicerus larva still unknown: a correction (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae, Phalacridae). Zootaxa 4545(3): 441–442. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.8 Reference page.

2020

Jałoszyński, P. & Newton, A.F. 2020. New names for junior homonyms in Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4768(4): 589–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.9 Reference page.
Peck, S.B., Gnaspini, P. & Newton, A.F. 2020. Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“Latin America”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America). Zootaxa 4741(1): 1–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1 Reference page.
Tihelka, E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. New Data, Old Story: Molecular Data Illuminate the Tribal Relationships among Rove Beetles of the Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 11(3), 164: 1–12. DOI: 10.3390/insects11030164 Reference page.
Yamamoto, S. & Newton, A.F. 2020. First Record of the Flat Rove Beetle Genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) from Thailand. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(1): 106–108. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.106 Reference page.
Yin, Z-W., Lü, L., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). Cladistics 37(2): 185–210. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12430 Reference page.

2021

Pablo-Cea, J.D., Asenjo, A., Navarrete-Heredia, J.L. & Newton, A.F. 2021, Checklist of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) of El Salvador. Zootaxa 4951(1): 80–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.1.3 Reference page.

2022

Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page.

2023

Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1015627. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627 . Reference page.
Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Newton, A.F., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. New species of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds, with discussion on the generic circumscription. Palaeoentomology 6(4): 398–415. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.11 . Reference page.

2024

Sikes, D.S., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2024. Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence. ZooKeys 1200: 159–182. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1200.122835 Reference page.