Brian V. Brown

Brian V. Brown; US entomologist.

• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, United States of America.
• e-mail: bbrown[at]nhm.org

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 2 taxon names authored by Brian V. Brown

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1990

• Brown, B.V. & Pike, E.M. 1990: Three new fossil phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Canadian Late Cretaceous amber. Canadian journal of earth sciences 27(6): 845–848. abstract and pdf Reference page. 

1993

• Brown, B.V. 1993. Taxonomy and preliminary phylogeny of the parasitic genus Apocephalus, subgenus Mesophora (Diptera: Phoridae). Systematic Entomology 18(3): 191–230. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00662.x . PDF. Reference page. 

1997

• Brown, B.V. 1997. Revision of the Apocephalus attophilus-group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in science 468: 1–60. PDF Reference page. 

2000

• Brown, B.V. 2000. Revision of the "Apocephalus miricauda - group" of ant-parasitizing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Contributions in science (482) PDF PDF Reference page. 

2001

• Brown, B.V. 2001. Taxonomic revision of Neodohrniphora, subgenus Eibesfeldtphora (Diptera: Phoridae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 32(4): 393–409. DOI: 10.1163/187631201x00272 Reference page. 

2003

• Brown, B.V., Folgarait, P. & Gilbert, L.E. 2003. A new species of Pseudacteon attacking Solenopsis fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina. Sociobiology 41(3): 685–688. Reference page. 

2005

• Corona, E.M. & Brown, B.V. 2005. The Central American species of Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 1050(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1050.1.3 . Reference page. 

2007

• Brown, B.V. 2007. A further new genus of primitive phorid fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Baltic amber and its phylogenetic implications. Contributions in science (513) PDF PDF Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. & Oliver, H. 2007. First records of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) and M. spiracularis Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) from New Zealand, with additional information on other worldwide species. New Zealand Entomologist 30(1): 85–87. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2007.9722155 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2008

• Brown, B.V. & Oliver, H. 2008. Two new genera of Phoridae (Diptera) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 1933: 1–11. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page. 

2009

• Brown, B.V. 2009. Three new species of parasitoid Phoridae (Diptera) from the Neotropical region. Sociobiology 54(3): 715–722. PDF Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V., Faust, L.F. & Cicero, J.M. 2009. A cantharid beetle host for a parasitic phorid fly new to the Nearctic Region (Coleoptera: Cantharidae; Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(4): 898–899. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.4.898 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Plowes, R.M., Lebrun, E.G., Brown, B.V. & Gilbert, L.E. 2009. A review of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants of the Solenopsis geminata complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(6): 937–958. DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0604 Reference page. 

2010

• Brown, B.V. & LeBrun, E.G. 2010. Ant-decapitating flies, Apocephalus, subgenus Apocephalus Coquillett (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae), of Arizona. Contributions in science 519 PDF PDF Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V., Disney, R.H.L., Elizalde, L. & Folgarait, P.J. 2010. New species and new records of Apocephalus Coquillett (Diptera: Phoridae) that parasitize ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in America. Sociobiology 55(1B): 165–190. PDF Reference page. 

2011

• Brown, B.V. & Oliver, H. 2011. Male terminalia and undescribed female of Ceratoplatus fullerae Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 34(1): 65–66. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2011.9722211 . Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V., Schneider, S.A. & LaPolla, J.S. 2011. A new North American species of Pseudacteon (Diptera: Phoridae), parasitic on Nylanderia arenivaga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(1): 37–38. DOI: 10.1603/AN10081 full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Solórzano Kraemer, M.M., Perrichot, V., Brown, B.V., Tafforeau, P. & Soriano, C. 2011. A new species of the Cretaceous genus Prioriphora (Diptera: Phoridae) in French amber. Systematic Entomology 36(3): 581–588. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00583.x Reference page. 

2012

• Brown, B.V., Braganca, M.A.L., Gomes, D.S., Queiros, J.M. & Teixeira, M.C. 2012. Parasitoid phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from the threatened leafcutter ant Atta robusta Borgmeier (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3385: 33–38. Preview Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. 2012. Small size no protection for acrobat ants: world's smallest fly is a parasitic phorid (Diptera: Phoridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(4): 550–554. DOI: 10.1603/AN12011 . Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. & Philpott, S.M. 2012: Pseudacteon parasitoids of Azteca instabilis ants in southern Mexico (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche, Article ID 351232 DOI: 10.1155/2012/351232 . Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. 2012. Revision of the Apocephalus mucronatus group of ant decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 3413: 19–28. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Brown, B.V. 2013. Automating the "Material examined" section of taxonomic papers to speed up species descriptions. Zootaxa 3683(3): 297–299. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.3.8 Reference page. 

2014

• Brown, B.V. 2014. Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 3857(4): 551–570. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.4.5 Reference page. 
• Uribe, S., Brown, B.V., Bragança, M.A.L., Queiroz, J.M. & Nogueira, C.A. 2014. New species of Eibesfeldtphora Disney (Diptera: Phoridae) and a new key to the genus. Zootaxa 3814(3): 443–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.3.11 Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. & Oliver, H. 2014. The first known ant-parasitising phorid fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from New Zealand is an invasive species. New Zealand Entomologist 37(2): 141–143. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2014.891455 Reference page. 

2015

• Borkent, A. & Brown, B.V. 2015: How to inventory tropical flies (Diptera)—One of the megadiverse orders of insects. Zootaxa 3949(3): 301–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.3.1. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Hartop, E., Brown, B.V. & Disney, R.H.L. 2015: Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA). Zootaxa 3941(4): 1–451. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.484. Preview Reference page. 
• Hash, J.M. & Brown, B.V. 2015. Revision of the New World Species of the Millipede-Parasitic Genus Myriophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 4035(1): 1–79. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4035.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-819-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-820-8 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V., Kung, G.-A. & Porras, W. 2015. A new type of ant-decapitation in the Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera). Biodiversity data journal 3: e4299. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4299 Reference page. 

2016

• Ament, D.C. & Brown, B.V. 2016. FAMILY PHORIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 414–451. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.37. Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. 2016. Two new bee-killing flies from Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae: Melaloncha). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7715. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7715. Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. & Porras, W. 2016. A second species, and first Central American record, of the phorid fly genus Lenkoa Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Zootaxa 4168(3): 583–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.11. Reference page. 
• Hartop, E.A., Brown, B.V. & Disney, R.H.L. 2016. Flies from L.A., The Sequel: A further twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from the BioSCAN Project in Los Angeles (California, USA). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7756. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7756. Reference page. 

2018

• Borkent, A., Brown, B.V., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D. de S., Barber, K.N., Bickel, D.J., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A., Kung, G-A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshal, S.A., Mathis, W.N., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S.M., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T., Whitworth, T.L., Wong, M.A., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E., Yau, T., Zavortnik, T.J. & Zumbado, M.A. 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402(1): 53–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Brown, B.V. 2018. A second contender for “world’s smallest fly” (Diptera: Phoridae). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22396. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e22396. Reference page. 

2019

• Brown, B., Wong, M. & Hartop, E. 2019. A new white-spotted Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from western North America. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7: e34310. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e34310 Reference page. 
• Greenwalt, D.E., Bickel, D.J., Kerr, P.H., Curler, G.R., Brown, B.V., de Jong, H., Fitzgerald, S.J., Dikow, T., Tkoč, M., Kehlmaier, C. & Amorim, D. de S. 2019. Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica 22.2.50: 1–56. DOI: 10.26879/891 . Reference page. 

2021

• Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E.G., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Miltom, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S.R., Kittel, R.N., Solis, M.A., Metz, M.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Brown, J.W., Quicke, D.L.J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B.V. & Burns, J.M. 2021. Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys 1013: 1–665. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. . Reference page. 

Links

• Phorid website