Harold Frederick Loomis

Harold Frederick Loomis (1896–1976), U.S. myriapodologist and botanist.

IPNI standard form: H.F.Loomis

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by Harold Frederick Loomis

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1928

• Cook, O.F. & Loomis, H.F. 1928. Millipedes of the order Colobognatha, with descriptions of six new genera and type species, from Arizona and California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 72(18): 1–26, f. 1–6, pls. 1–2. BHL DOI: 10.5479/si.00963801.72-2714.1 Reference page. 

1933

• Loomis, H.F. 1933. Three new Cuban millipeds, with notes on two little-known species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 75(9): 363–357.
• Loomis, H.F. 1933. Egg-laying habits and larval stages of a milliped, Arctobolus marginatus (Say) Cook, native at Whashington, D.C. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 23: 100–109.

1934

• Loomis, H.F. 1934. Millipeds of the West Indies and Guiana collectet by the Allison V. Armour Expedition in 1932. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 89(14): 1–69. Washington

1936

• Loomis, H.F. 1936. The millipeds of Hispaniola, with descriptions of a new family, new genera, and new species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80(1): 1–191. Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.
• Loomis, H.F. 1936. New millipeds of the American family Striariidae. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 26(10): 404–409.
• Loomis, H.F. 1936. Three new millipeds of the order Colobognatha from Tennessee, Texas, and lower California, with records of previously known species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 832989. 361–368. Washington

1937

• Loomis, H.F. 1937. Crested millipeds of the family Lysiopetalidae in North America, with Descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 84(3006): 97–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1937. New Jamaican and Cuban millipeds, with notes on several other species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80: 215–228. Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.

1938

• Loomis, H.F. 1938. New and noteworthy millipeds from Cuba collected by Dr. P.J. Darlington in 1936. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 82(6): 427–481.
• Loomis, H.F. 1938. The cambaloid millipeds of the United States, including a family new to the fauna and genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3043): 27–66.

1939

• Loomis, H.F. 1939. The millipeds collected in Appalachian caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86(4): 165–193. Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.

1941

• Loomis, H.F. 1941. Millipeds collected in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic by Dr. P.J. Darlington in 1938. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 88(2): 17–80. Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.
• Loomis, H.F. 1941. A new Cuban Milliped, with notes and drawings of other West Indian species. Psyche 48(1): 35-38, plate IV on page 39. Boston.
• Loomis, H.F. 1941. New genera and species of Millipeds from the Southern peninsula of Haiti. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 31: 188–195.

1942

• Loomis, H.F. 1942. Sinocybe a new genus of colobognath millipeds from China. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 32(9): 270–273.

1943

• Loomis, H.F. 1943. New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 92(7): 371–410. Cambridge, Mass, U.S.A.
• Loomis, H.F. 1943. A new genus of Virginia millipeds related to Scynotonus and a new species from Florida. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 33(10): 318–320.

1944

• Loomis, H.F. 1944. Millipeds Principally Collected by Professor V. E. Shelford in the Eastern and Southeastern States. Psyche 51: 166–177. BHL Reference page. 

1948

• Loomis, H.F. & Hoffman, R.L. 1948. Synonymy of various Diplopods. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 61: 51–54. Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1948. Two new millipeds of Jamaica. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 38(5): 185–188.

1949

• Loomis, H.F. 1949. New millipeds of the spiroboloid genus Watichelus from the Pacific Coast. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 39: 241–244.

1950

• Loomis, H.F. 1950. Synonymy of some native American and introduced millipeds. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 40: 164–166.

1951

• Loomis, H.F. 1951. A luminiscent new xystodesmid milliped from California. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41: 270–272.

1953

• Loomis, H.F. 1953. New millipeds of the western States and Lower California. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 43: 417–422.

1958

• Loomis, H.F. 1958. A new milliped family on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48: 235–237.

1959

• Loomis, H.F. 1959. A new milliped from Honduras. Ceiba 8(2): 41–43. PDF. Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1959. New myrmecophilous millipeds from Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone, and Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 32(7): 1–7. Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1959. Millipeds collected en route from Florida to San Antonio, Texas, and vicinity. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 49(5): 157–163. BHL Reference page. 

1960

• Loomis, H.F. 1960. Millipeds of the order Polydesmida from the western states and Baja California. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 33: 57–68. JSTOR Reference page. 

1961

• Loomis, H.F. 1961. New and previously known millipeds of Panama. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113(3454): 77–123. Washington.

1962

• Loomis, H.F. & Hoffman, R.L. 1962. A remarkable new family of spined polydesmoid Diplopoda, including a species lacking gonopods in the male sex. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 145–158. Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1962. Two unusual Central American spirostreptid milliped species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 47–52. Washington

1963

• Loomis, H.F. 1963. A new Florida Milliped genus of the family Paraiulidae. The Florida Entomologist 46(2): 193–195.
• Loomis, H.F. 1963. Millipeds from states immediately north and south of the Mexican boundary. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 36: 118–126.

1964

• Loomis, H.F. 1964. The Millipeds of Panama (Diplopoda). Fieldiana: Zoology 47(1): 1–136. BHL Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1964. Three new polydesmoid millipeds from Central America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 77: 183–188. Washington

1966

• Loomis, H.F. 1966. Two new families and other North American Diplopoda of the suborder Chordeumidea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 79: 221–230. BHL Reference page. 
• Loomis, H.F. 1966. Descriptions and records of Mexican Diplopoda. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59: 11–27.
• Loomis, H.F. 1966. Millipeds from the region of Monterrey, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39: 513–524.

1968

• Loomis, H.F. 1968. New North American spiroboloid millipeds of the families Atopetholidae and Messicobolidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 81: 499–510.
• Loomis, H.F. 1968. New and known paraiulid millipeds from various parts of the United States. The Florida Entomologist 51: 159–166.
• Loomis, H.F. 1968. New species and records of millipeds from Nuevo León, Mexico. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 41: 382–394.
• Loomis, H.F. 1968. A checklist of the millipeds of Mexico and Central America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 266: 1–137.

1969

• Loomis, H.F. 1969. Millipeds from Jamaican caves. The Florida Entomologist 52(3): 141–145.
• Loomis, H.F. 1969. New and known millipeds from four southern states. The Florida Entomologist 52: 245–251.

1970

• Loomis, H.F. 1970. Millipeds of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, and a new species from Puerto Rico. The Florida Entomologist 53(3): 129–134.

1971

• Loomis, H.F. & Schmitt, R. 1971. The ecology, distribution and taxnomy of the millipeds of Montana west of the Continental Divide. Northwest science 45: 107–131. Pallman
• Loomis, H.F. 1971. Rectified type locality for two millipeds formerly credited to Panama. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(21): 175–176.
• Loomis, H.F. 1971. The diplopod genus Polyzonium in North America. The Florida Entomologist 54: 151–163.
• Loomis, H.F. 1971. Additions to the millipeds of Mexico (Myriapoda: Diplopoda). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología, 40: 49–54.

1972

• Loomis, H.F. 1972. Millipeds from the atlantic lowlands of Costa Rica. The Florida Entomologist 55(3): 185–206.
• Loomis, H.F. 1972. Millipeds associated with ants in Washington State. The Florida Entomologist 55: 145–151.
• Loomis, H.F. 1972. Some notes on the milliped family Paeromopidae, with a description of a new species. The Florida Entomologist 55: 259–262.

1973

• Loomis, H.F. 1973. Poratioides disparatus, a tiny new Stylodesmid millipeds from South Florida, mostly represnted by females. The Florida Entomologist 56(4): 312–323.

1974

• Loomis, H.F. 1974. Millipeds from southern Costa Rican highlands. The Florida Entomologist 57(2): 169–187.

1975

• Loomis, H.F. 1975. New millipeds in a noteworthy collection from Jamaica. The Florida Entomologist 58: 167–185.
• Loomis, H.F. 1975. Three new parajulid millipeds from Texas. The Florida Entomologist 58: 217–220.

1976

• Loomis, H.F. 1976. Two new species of diplopods from Texas and one from Mexico. The Florida Entomologist 59(3): 287–292.
• Loomis, H.F. 1976. Some blue-green rhachodesmid millipeds of Mexico related to Strongylodesmus Sausure. The Florida Entomologist 59: 397–402.

1977

• Loomis, H.F. 1977. Three new millipeds from West Indian caves. The Florida Entomologist 60: 21–25.

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