George Orlo Poinar, Jr.

George Orlo Poinar, Jr. (born 1936), U.S. entomologist, mycologist, parasitologist and helminthologist.

IPNI standard form: Poinar

Taxon names authored

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61 taxon names authored by George Orlo Poinar, Jr.

Eponyms

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1 eponyms of George Orlo Poinar, Jr.

Publications Edit

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1978 Edit

Poinar, G.O., Jr., Rémillet, M. & Van Waerebeke, D. 1978. Mermis changodudus sp. n. (Mermithidae) a nematode parasite of Heteronychus beetles (Scarabaeidae) in Madagascar. Nematologica 24: 100–104. PDF.

1984 Edit

Poinar, G.O. Jr. 1984. Heydenius dominicus n. sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a Fossil Parasite from the Dominican Republic. Journal of Nematology 16(4): 371–375. PMC 2618410 PMID 19294040

1986 Edit

Baker, G.L. & Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1986. Mermis quirindiensis n. sp. (Nematoda : Mermithidae), a parasite of locusts and grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in south-eastern Australia. Revue de Nématologie 9(2): 125–134. PDF.

1988 Edit

Baker, G.L. & Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1988. A description of the male and redescription of female Mermis athysanota Steiner, 1921 (Nematoda: Mermithidae). Revue de Nématologie 11(3): 343–350. PDF.
Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1988. Zorotypus palaeus, new species, a fossil Zoraptera (Insecta) in Dominican amber. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96: 253–259. JSTOR .

1990 Edit

Santiago-Blay, J., Schawaller, W. & Poinar, G.O., Jr. 1990. A new species of Microtityus ambarensis (Scorpiones, Buthidae), fossil from Hispaniola: Evidence of taxonomic status and possible biogeographic implications. Journal of Arachnology 18: 115–117. Reference page.

1994 Edit

Poinar, G.O., Jr., Acra, A. & Acra, F. 1994. Earliest fossil nematode (Mermithidae) in Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Fundamental and Applied Nematology 17: 475–477. PDF. Reference page.

1996 Edit

Prentice, M.A., Poinar, G.O., Jr. & Milki, R. 1996. Fossil scolebythids (Hymenoptera: Scolebythidae) from Lebanese and Dominican amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98(4): 802–811. BHL. Reference page.

1997 Edit

O'Keefe, S.T., Pike, T. & Poinar, G. 1997. Palaeoleptochromus schaufussi (gen. nov., sp. nov.), a new antlike stone beetle (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae) from Canadian Cretaceous amber. Canadian entomologist 129: 379–385. DOI: 10.4039/Ent129379-3

2000 Edit

Poinar, G.O. Jr. 2000. Fossil onychophorans from Dominican and Baltic amber: Tertiapatus dominicanus n.g., n.sp. (Tertiapatidae n.fam.) and Succinipatopsis balticus n.g., n.sp. (Succinipatopsidae n.fam.) with a proposed classification of the subphylum Onychophora. Invertebrate Biology 119(1): 104–109. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00178.x .
Poinar, G.O. Jr. 2000. Heydenius araneus n.sp. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), a parasite of a fossil spider, with an examination of helminths from extant spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Invertebrate Biology 119(4): 388–393. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00108.x JSTOR

2001 Edit

Poinar, G.O. Jr. 2001. Nematoda and Nematomorpha. Pp. 255–295. In: Thorp, J.H. & Covich, A.P. (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates (2nd ed.). New York, NY, USA: Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/B978-012690647-9/50010-7 .
Poinar, G.O. Jr. 2001. Heydenius brownii sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasitising a planthopper (Homoptera: Achilidae) in Baltic amber. Nematology 3(8):753–757. DOI: 10.1163/156854101753625263
Poinar, G.O., jr. & Milki, R. 2001. Lebanese amber. The oldest insect ecosystem in fossilized resin. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, USA. Reference page.

2002 Edit

Poinar, G.O. Jr. 2002. First fossil record of nematode parasitism of ants; a 40 million year tale. Parasitology 125(5): 457–459. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182002002287 PMID 12458829

2004 Edit

Poinar, G.O. Jr. & Poinar, R. 2004. Paleoleishmania proterus n. gen., n. sp., (Trypanosomatidae: Kinetoplastida) from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Protist 155(3): 305–310. DOI: 10.1078/1434461041844259 Reference page.
Poinar, G. & Brown, A.E. 2004. A new subfamily of Cretaceous antlike stone beetles (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae: Hapsomelinae) with an extra leg segment. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106(4): 789–796.
Santiago-Blay, J.A., Savini, V., Furth, D.G., Craig, P.R. & Poinar, G.O. 2004. Wanderbiltiana wawasita: A new species of flea beetle (Alticinae) from Dominican amber (Lower Oligocene to Lower Miocene). Pp. 275–277. In: Jolivet, P., Santiago-Blay, J.A. & Schmitt, M. (eds.) New Developments on the Biology of Chrysomelidae. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-51-03142-3. DOI: 10.1163/9789004475335_027 . Reference page.

2005 Edit

Poinar, G., Jr. 2005. A Cretaceous palm bruchid, Mesopachymerus antiqua, n. gen., n. sp. (Coleptera: Bruchidae: Pachymerini) and biogeographical implications. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 107(2): 392–397. BHL.

2006 Edit

Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2006. Haplochelidae, a new family of Cretaceous beetles (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) from Burmese amber. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(1): 155–164. BHL. Reference page.
Poinar Jr., G.O. & Buckley, R. 2006. Nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) and hairworm (Nematomorpha: Chordodidae) parasites in Early Cretaceous amber. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 93: 36–41. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.04.006 .
Poinar, G.O. Jr., Lachaud, J-P., Castillo, A. & Infante, F. 2006. Recent and fossil nematode parasites (Nematoda: Mermithidae) of Neotropical ants. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 91(1): 19–26. DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.10.003 PMID 16300784

2008 Edit

Poinar, G. 2008. Lutzomyia adiketis sp. n. (Diptera: Phlebotomidae), a vector of Paleoleishmania neotropicum sp. n. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Dominican amber. Parasites & Vectors 1: 22. DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-1-22 Reference page.

2009 Edit

Poinar, G. 2009. Palaeocryptorhynchus burmanus, a new genus and species of Early Cretaceous weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 30: 587–591. PDF.

2010 Edit

Hörnschemeyer, T., Wedmann, S. & Poinar, G. 2010. How long can insect species exist? Evidence from extant and fossil Micromalthus beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(2): 300–311. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00549.x . [Corrigendum: 160(3): 619. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00702.x .] Reference page.
Poinar, G., Jr. 2010. Cascoplecia insolitis (Diptera: Cascopleciidae), a new family, genus, and species of flower-visiting, unicorn fly (Bibionomorpha) in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 31(1): 71–76. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.007 .
Poinar, G.O., jr., Bechly, G. & Buckley, R. 2010. First record of Odonata and a new subfamily of damselflies from Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeodiversity 3: 15–22. PDF. Reference page.

2011 Edit

Poinar Jr., G.O. 2011. The Evolutionary History of Nematodes - As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives Volume 9. Brill, Leiden-Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17521-1. DOI: 10.1163/9789047428664 . Google Books.
Poinar, G. Jr. & Huber, J.T. 2011. A new genus of fossil Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) from Cretaceous amber and key to Cretaceous mymarid genera. ZooKeys 130: 461–472. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.130.1241 . Reference page.

2012 Edit

Poinar, G.O., Jr. 2012. New fossil nematodes in Dominican and Baltic amber. Nematology 14(4): 483–488. DOI: 10.1163/156854111X612199 .
Poinar, G., Jr., Kritsky, G. & Brown, A. 2012. Minyscapheus dominicanus n. gen., n. sp. (Hemiptera: Cicadidae), a fossil cicada in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 24: 329–333. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2011.635791 Reference page.

2013 Edit

Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Poinar, G., Jr. 2013. On the systematic position of the genera Lepiceroides gen. n. and Haplochelus, with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the Myxophaga (Coleoptera). Pp. 55–69. In: Azar, D., Engel, M., Jarzembowski, E., Krogmann, L. & Santiago-Blay, J. (eds.) Insect Evolution in an Amberiferous and Stone Alphabet Brill, 210 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-21070-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-21071-4 (E-Book). DOI: 10.1163/9789004210714_006 . Reference page.
Poinar, G., Jr. 2013. Stenaspidiotus microptilus n. gen., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) in Dominican amber, with evidence of tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) oviposition. Historical Biology 25(1): 101–105. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2012.710443 .

2014 Edit

Legalov, A.A. & Poinar, G.O. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). New tribes of the superfamily Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) in Burmese amber. Historical Biology 27(5): 558–564. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.896908 Reference page.
Poinar, G.O. & Legalov, A.A. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). New species of the subfamily Cossoninae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 27(5): 491–502. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.888422 Reference page.
Poinar, G.O. & Legalov, A.A. 2015. New Apioninae (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 27(2): 134–157. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2013.871010 Reference page.
Poinar, G.O. & Legalov, A.A. 2014. First record of the genus Baris Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Dominican amber. Fossil Record 18(1): 31–35. DOI: 10.5194/fr-18-31-2015 . Reference page.
Poinar, G. & Legalov, A.A. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). New species of the genera Dryophthorus Germ. and Stenommatus Woll. (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Dominican amber. Historical Biology 27(5): 508–513. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2014.892938 Reference page.

2015 Edit

Poinar, G. & Legalov, A.A. 2015. Two new species of the genus Rhynchitobius Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in Dominican amber. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 51(1): 70–77. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2015.1059996 Reference page.

2017 Edit

Poinar, G.O., Jr. 2017. A mermithid nematode, Cretacimermis aphidophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Mermithidae), parasitising an aphid (Hemiptera: Burmitaphididae) in Myanmar amber: a 100 million year association. Nematology 19(5): 509–513. DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00003063 .
Poinar, G.O. & Ballerio, A. 2017. Remarks on some Ceratocanthinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae) in Dominican amber. Zootaxa 4286(1): 125–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.9. Reference page.

2019 Edit

Poinar, G.O., Jr. & Currie, D.C. 2019. Mermithid nematode (Nematoda: Mermithidae) parasites of a fossil black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Baltic amber. Nematology 22(6): 655–658. DOI: 10.1163/15685411-00003328 .
Poinar, G. & Fanti, F. 2019. A new fossil soldier beetle (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) of the genus Cacomorphocerus Schaufuss, 1892 from Baltic amber. Palaeodiversity 12: 99–105. DOI: 10.18476/pale.v12.a9. . Reference page.

2020 Edit

Legalov, A.A. & Poinar G.O., Jr. 2020. Two new species and new findings of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Baltic amber. Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 10(2): 357–364. ResearchGate PDF. Reference page.

2023 Edit

Luo, C., Poinar, G.O., Xu, C., Zhuo, D., Jarzembowski, E.A. & Wang, B. 2023. Widespread mermithid nematode parasitism of Cretaceous insects. eLife 12: e86283 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.86283 . Reference page.