Derek S. Sikes

Derek S. Sikes, US entomologist.

• University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, United States of America.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 taxon names authored by Derek S. Sikes

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2002

• 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. 

2006

• Sikes, D.S., Madge, R.B. & Trumbo, S.T. 2006. Revision of Nicrophorus in part: new species and inferred phylogeny of the nepalensis-group based on evidence from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Invertebrate Systematics 20(3): 305–365. DOI: 10.1071/IS05020 Reference page. 

2009

• Majka, C.G. & Sikes, D.S. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island's precinctive beetles: taxonomic lessons and the utility of distributional checklists. In: Majka, C.G. & Klimaszewski, J. (eds.) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera II. ZooKeys 22: 267–283. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.93 . Reference page. 

2012

• Ferris, C.D., Kruse, J.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Philip, K.W., Schmidt, B.C. & Sikes, D.S. 2012. A checklist of the moths of Alaska. Zootaxa 3571: 1–25. Preview PDF Reference page. 

2013

• Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P., Davies, A.E. & Sikes, D.S. 2013. Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. ZooKeys 360: 1–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742 . Reference page. 
• Sikes, D.S. & Mousseau, T. 2013. Description of Nicrophorus efferens, new species, from Bougainville Island (Coleoptera, Silphidae, Nicrophorinae). ZooKeys 311: 83–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.311.5141 Reference page. 
• Sikes, D.S. & Stockbridge, J. 2013. Description of Caurinus tlagu, new species, from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Mecoptera, Boreidae, Caurininae). ZooKeys 316: 35–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.316.5400 Reference page. 
• Slowik, J. & Sikes, D.S. 2013. Synonymy of four Pardosa species (Araneae: Lycosidae) undiagnosable without geography. Journal of Arachnology 41(3): 327–334. DOI: 10.1636/K13-23.1 Reference page. 
• Yoo, I.-S., Sikes, D. & Ahn, K.-J. 2013: A redescripton [redescription] of Lyrosoma pallidum (Eschscholtz) and distributional range extension of Lyrosoma Mannerheim (Coleoptera, Agyrtidae). ZooKeys 329: 23-32. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.329.4957 Reference page. 

2014

• Scudder, G.G.E. & Sikes, D.S. 2014. Alaskan Heteroptera (Hemiptera): new records, associated data, and deletions. Zootaxa 3852(3): 373–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.3.6 Reference page. 

2015

• Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R.P., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C. & Labrecque, M. 2015. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and Atheta Thomson, subgenus Microdota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Zookeys 524: 103–136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6105 Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Pampell, R., Sikes, D., Pantoja, A., Holloway, P., Knight, C. & Ranft, R. 2015. Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of Interior Alaska: Species Composition, Distribution, Seasonal Biology, and Parasites. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085. Reference page. 
• Sikes, D.S. & Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Silphidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88(2): 184–185. DOI: 10.2317/kent-88-02-184-185.1 . JSTOR.

2016

• Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R.P., Langor, D.W., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C., Godin, B. & Ernst, C. 2016. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genus Liogluta Thomson, and descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Webster, R.P., Bouchard, P., Klimaszewski, J. (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 217–256. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.573.7878.Reference page. 
• Sikes, D. & Allen, R.T. 2016. First Alaskan records and a significant northern range extension for two species of Diplura (Diplura, Campodeidae). ZooKeys 563: 147-157. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.563.6404.Reference page. 

2017

• Seltmann, K.C., Cobb, N.S., Gall, L.F., Bartlett, C.R., Basham, M.A., Betancourt, I., Bills, C. Brandt, B., Brown, R.L., Bundy, C., Caterino, M.S., Chapman, C., Cognato, A.I., Colby, J., Cook, S.P., Daly, K.M., Dyer, L.A., Franz, N.M., Gelhaus, J.K., Grinter, C.C., Harp, C.E., Hawkins, R.L., Heydon, S.L., Hill, G.M., Huber, S., Johnson, N.F., Kawahara, A.Y., Kimsey, L.S., Kondratieff, B.C., Krell, F.T., Leblanc, L., Lee, S., Marshall, C.L., Mccabe, L.M., McHugh, J.V., Menard, K.L., Opler, P.A., Palffy-Muhoray, N., Pardikes, N., Peterson, M.A., Pierce, N.E., Poremski, A., Sikes, D.S., Weintraub, J.D., Wikle, D.L., Zaspel, J.M. & Zolnerowich, G. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247(1): 73–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10 PDF. Reference page. 

2018

• Mullen, L.J., Campbell, J.M. & Sikes, D. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(mo16): 1–54. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.mo4.1 Reference page. 

2019

• Klimaszewski, J., Sikes, D.S., Brunke, A. & Bourdon, C. 2019. Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution. Zookeys, 848: 57–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.848.34846 Reference page. 
• Sikes, D.S. 2019. Diplura and Protura of Canada. Pp 197–203 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.25238 Reference page. 

2020

• Ahn, K-J., Sikes, D.S. & Klimaszewski, J. 2020. Paramblopusa eoa Ahn and Maruyama (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), distributional range extension to Alaska. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(2): 324–326. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.2.324 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.