James P. Pitts

James P. Pitts, US entomologist

Department of Biology, Utah State University, 5305 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Manley, D.G. & Pitts, J.P. 2007. Tropical and subtropical velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with descriptions of 45 new species. Zootaxa 1487: 1–128. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Pilgrim, E.M., von Dohlen, C.D. & Pitts, J.P. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica Scripta 37(5): 539–560. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00340.x . Reference page.

Boehme, N.F., Tanner, D.A., Williams, K.A. & Pitts, J.P. 2012. Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity patterns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Zootaxa 3587: 1–45. Preview reference page
Williams, K.A., Manley, D.G., Deyrup, M., von Dohlen, C. & Pitts, J.P. 2012. Systematic review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): using phylogenetics to address species-group placement and sex associations. Zootaxa 3554: 1–29. Preview Reference page.

Rodriguez, J., Von Dohlen, C.D. & Pitts, J.P. 2014. Assessing species boundaries and sex-associations in the genus Drepanaporus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with comparison of the utility of cytochrome c oxidase I and a nuclear molecular marker, and the description of a new species of Drepanaporus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(4): 709–720. DOI: 10.1603/AN13177 Reference page.
Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & Pitts, J.P. 2014. New additions to the Honduran fauna of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the description of two species. Zootaxa 3873(5): 590–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.8 Reference page.
Waichert, C., von Dohlen, C.D. & Pitts, J.P. 2014. Resurrection, revision and molecular phylogenetics of Eragenia Banks with implications for Ageniellini systematics (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Systematic Entomology 40(2): 291–321. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12101 Reference page.

Pitts, J.P. & Sadler, E.A. 2015: Description of a new species and species-group of Sphaeropthalma Blake (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with an updated classification of the genus. Zootaxa 3947(2): 282–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Portman, Z.M., Griswold, T. & Pitts, J.P. 2016. Association of the female of Perdita (Xeromacrotera) cephalotes (Cresson), and a replacement name for Perdita bohartorum Parker (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa 4097(4): 567–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.8. Full article (PDF)Reference page.

Pitts, J.P. & Sadler, E.A. 2017. Association and description of the male of Aplochares imitator (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4300(1): 135–141. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.8. Reference page.
Pitts, J.P., Waichert, C. & Sadler, E. 2017. Review of the Neotropical spider wasp subgenus Anoplius (Dicranoplius) Haupt (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), new comb. Zootaxa 4311(4): 537–560. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.6. Reference page.
Rodriguez, J., Waichert, C., von Dohlen, C.D. & Pitts, J.P. 2017. The geological record and phylogeny of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): A revision of fossil species and their phylogenetic placement. PLoS One 12(10):e01853799. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185379 Reference page.
Sadler, E.A., Pitts, J.P. & Wilson, J.S. 2017. Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 4319(2): 329–367. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.4. Reference page.
Waichert, C., Fernández, F., Castro-Huertas, V., Rodriguez, J. & Pitts, J.P. 2017. More new records of spider wasps from Colombia (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). ZooKeys 658: 89—95. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.658.10538 Reference page.

Orr, M.C., Pitts, J.P. & Griswold, T. 2018. Revision of the bee group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with notes on potential conservation concerns and a molecular phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 4511(1): 1–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4511.1.1 Reference page.
Waichert, C., Colombo, W.D., von Dohlen, C.D. & Pitts, J.P. 2018. Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 4403(1): 133–153. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4403.1.8 Reference page.
Williams, K.A., Cambra, R.A., Bartholomay, P.R., Luz, D.R., Quintero A., D. & Pitts, J.P. 2019. Review of the genus Lomachaeta Mickel, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with new species and sex associations. Zootaxa 4564(1): 101–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4 Reference page.

Pitts, J.P. & Sadler, E.A. 2019. Redescription of Neanoplius Banks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4568(3): 571–580. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.10 Reference page.

Decker, B.L., Pitts, J.P., Yuan, D. & Rodriguez, J. 2020. Re-examination of Australian and Oriental species of Minagenia Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with a new record for the genus in Australia and a new species description. Zootaxa 4768(3): 383–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.3.5 Reference page.
Oliveira, N.S., Decker, B.L., Pitts, J.P. & Waichert, C. 2020. Addition to the taxonomic and distribution records of Abernessia Arlé (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 4801(1): 191–197. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.12 Reference page.