Jonas Rimantas Stonis

Jonas Rimantas Stonis (1958–), Lithuanian entomologist. Formerly Rimantas Puplesis.

• Department of Biology and Institute for Scientific Research, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Studentų St. 39, Vilnius LT-08106, Lithuania
• Pedagogical University, Studentu 39, Vilnius, Lithuania

Jonas Rimantas Stonis

Taxon names authored

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• 359 taxon names authored by Jonas Rimantas Stonis

Publications

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1984

• Puplesis, R. 1984. New species of nepticulids (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) from southern Primorye. Entomological Review 1: 96-110. (Original Russian Text in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 1984, 63(1): 111-125). Reference page. 
• Puplesis, R. 1984a. Contribution to the classification of the Palearctic Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Entomological Review 3: 149-164. (Original Russian Text in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 1984, 63(3): 582-597). Reference page. 

1990

• Puplesis, R. 1990. The genus Acalyptris Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) in the USSR: distribution and taxonomy. Nota Lepidopterologica 13(1): 62–88. BHL Reference page. 

1995

• Puplesis, R. & Diškus, A. 1995. Acalyptris argyraspis sp. n., a remarkable species from Tadzhikistan (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Phegea 23(1): 51–54. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1996

• Puplesis, R. & Diškus, A. 1996. First record of the genus Etainia Beirne from Central Asia with descriptions of two new species and some provisional notes on the world fauna (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Phegea 24(1): 41-48. reference page 

2000

• Puplesis, R. & Robinson, G.S. 2000. A review of the Central and South American Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to Belize. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Entomology series 69(1): 1–114. BHL Reference page. 

2002

• Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. & Robinson, G.S. 2002. New Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the western Amazonian rainforest and the Andes of Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology series 71(1): 19–58. DOI: 10.1017/S0968045402000020 BHL Reference page. 
• Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Robinson, G.S. & Onore, G. 2002. New Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the western Amazonian rainforest and the Andes of Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology series 71(1): 59–76. BHL Reference page. 

2003

• Puplesis, R. & Diškus, A. 2003. The Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) - a global view, with strategic regional revisions. Lutute, Kaunas. Reference page. 
• Sruoga, V. & Puplesis, R. 2003. A remarkable new species of Stephensia Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Belize rainforest (Central America). Zoological Science 20(10): 1273–1277. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1273. Reference page. 

2005

• Puplesis, R. & Diškus, A. 2005. Checklist of African Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) with a Redescription of the Formerly Neglected Tischeria urticicolella from Equatorial Africa. Zoological Science 22(9): 1051–1055. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.1051. Reference page. 

2007

• Davis, D.R. & Stonis, J.R. 2007. A revision of the new world plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera:Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 625: 1–212. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.625. . Reference page. .
• Lees, D.C. & Stonis, J.R. 2007. The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae. Zootaxa 1645: 35–45. Abstract & excerpt. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Diškus, A. 2007. Description of Tischeria gouaniae sp. n. from the Tropical Forest of Belizean Exotic New Addition to the American Fauna of Tischeria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae). Zoological Science 24(12): 1286–1291. Reference page. 

2008

• Stonis, J.R. & Diškus, A. 2008. Checklist of American Coptotriche (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species from the Tropical Forest of Belize (Central America). Zoological Science 25(1): 99-106. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.99. . Reference page. 

2009

• Šimkevičiūté, A., Stonis, J.R. & Diškus, A. 2009. Taxonomic Checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the Description of Three New Species from the Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Lituanica 19(4): 268–277. DOI: 10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0. . Reference page. 

2011

• Navickaité, A., Diškus, A., Stonis, J.R. & Dobrynina, V. 2011. Taxonomic catalogue of the world Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) described by members of the Biosystematics Research Group (Lithuania) up to 2009. Acta Zoologica Lituanica 21(2): 113–132. Reference page. 
• Navickaité, A., Diškus, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2011. Review of Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) occurring in the Curonian Spit (Baltic Coast of Lithuania). Acta Zoologica Lituanica 21(3): 221–231. Reference page. 

2013

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Navickaité, A. & Rociené, A. 2013. Description of new species of oak leaf-miners (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), with notes on the species groups of Stigmella Schrank associated with Quercus as a host-plant. Zootaxa 3737(3): 201–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. & Noreika, R. 2013a. New Nepticulidae species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula (SE Mexico). Zootaxa 3609(2): 223–230. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.8 reference page 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Noreika, R. & Schuster, J. 2013b. Four new leaf-mining Acalyptris species from Guatemala and Belize, with new data on bionomics of Stigmella pruinosa (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 3737(2): 101–117. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.1 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Schuster, J.C. 2013c. First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America. Zootaxa 3737(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.1 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Sruoga, V. 2013. An annotated list of the Opostegidae of the Himalaya, with a description of Pseudopostega brevicaudata sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Zootaxa 3609(2): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3609.2.4 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Rocienė, A. 2013. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (1). Re-examination of the male genitalia of types deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Zootaxa 3652(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.1.1 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Rocienė, A. 2013. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist. Zootaxa 3652(1): 75–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.1.3 Reference page. 

2014

• Navickaité, A., Diškus, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2014. An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe. Zootaxa 3847(2): 151–202. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.1 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Davis, D.R. 2014. Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 3887(3): 321–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.3 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Rocienė, A. 2014. Additions to the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia, with descriptions of three new species from Primorskiy Kray. Zootaxa 3846(2): 204–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.2 reference page 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Rociené, A., Sruoga, V., Davis, D.R. 2014. New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East. Zootaxa 3884(2): 141–155. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.3 Reference page. 

2015

• Diškus, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2015. Astrotischeria neotropicana sp. nov.—a leaf-miner on Sida, Malvaceae, currently with the broadest distribution range in the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae). Zootaxa 4039(3): 456–466. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Remeikis, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2015. First discovery of Quercus-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America, with description of new species and designation of the S. nigriverticella complex in the S. saginella group. Zootaxa 4057(3): 409–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A. & Remeikis, A. 2015. The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum, Asteraceae. Zootaxa 4040(5): 576–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.5.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Remeikis, A. 2015. The first records on the genus Acalyptris from the Caribbean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 4057(1): 79–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Torres, N.C. 2016. First description of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) feeding on the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae). Zootaxa 4061(2): 119–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.2. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Gerulaitis, V. & Karsholt, O. 2016b. Leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from record high altitudes: documenting an entire new fauna in the Andean páramo and puna. Zootaxa 4181(1): 1–94. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4181.1.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Davis, D.R., Solis, M.A. & Torres, N.C. 2016a. The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America. Zootaxa 4136(1): 101–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.4. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Remeikis, A. 2016. Southern Andean Stigmella sinuosa complex (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): unraveling problematic taxonomy with a pictorial key of adults? Zootaxa 4136(2): 309–322. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.3. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. & Gerulaitis, V. 2016c. The Ando-Patagonian Stigmella magnispinella group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) with description of new species from Ecuador, Peru and Argentina. Zootaxa 4200(4): 561–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.7. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Karsholt, O. 2016. Do leaf-mining Nepticulidae occur in the natural but so threatened Andean Polylepis forests?. Biologija 62(2): 83–97. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Torres, N.C. 2016e. Rosaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of South America: some taxonomic and trophic diversity revealed. Biologija 62(4): 250–267. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v62i4.3412. . Reference page. 

2017

• Stonis & Remeikis 2017. Anacardiaceae-feeding Nepticulidae in the Neotropics: description of Stigmella lilliputica sp. nov. from Argentina, a pest on Chilean peppertree Schinus polygama. Biologija 63(3): 230–237. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v63i3.3577. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Karsholt, O. & Torres, N.C. 2017. Illustrated review of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae of the central Andes (Peru and Bolivia). Zootaxa 4257(1): 1–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4257.1.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. & Megoran, N. 2017. New species of leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the Neotropical and Ando-Patagonian regions, with new data on host plants. Zootaxa 4272(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Forero, D. & Torres, N.C. 2017. A report on Lamiaceae-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from South America. Zootaxa 4338(1): 128–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.6. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. & Solis, M.A. 2017. The American species of the genus Glaucolepis Braun, 1917 (Neotrifurcula van Nieukerken, syn. nov.) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 4338(3): 489–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4338.3.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Paulavičiūtė, B. & Monro, A.K. 2017, Urticaceae-feeders from the family Tischeriidae: descriptions of two new species and new genus Paratischeria gen. nov. Biologija, 63(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v63i1.3470. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Monro, A.K. 2017e. The mystery of thetiny Urticaceae-feeders: documentation of the first leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) species from equatorial America associated with Phenax, Boehmeria and Pilea. Biologija, 63(2): 105–125. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v63i2.3523. . Reference page. 
• Xu, J-S., Dai, X-H., Liu, P., Bai, H-Y., Diškus, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2017. First report on Paratischeria from Asia (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae). Zootaxa 4350(2): 331–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.2.8. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2018

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A. Carvalho Filho, F. & Lewis, O.T. 2018. American Asteraceae-feeding Astrotischeria species with a highly modified, three-lobed valva in the male genitalia (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae). Zootaxa 4469(1): 001–069. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4469.1.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Solis, M.A. 2018a. A Gondwanan concept of Simplimorpha Scoble (sensu lato): a step toward clarity in the generic diagnostics of global Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 4521(2): 151–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.2.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Solis, M.A. 2018. The American Brachinepticula gen. nov. and Manoneura Davis (Nepticulidae): a new generic concept based on a reinforced cathrema in the phallus. Biologija 64(2): 99-128. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v64i2.3735. Reference page. 
• Stonis & Diškus, A. 2018. Acalyptris amazonensis sp. nov.: documentation of another leaf-mining species supplementing the unique but disputable A. latipennata group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Biologija 64(3): 191-202. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v64i3.3824. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Remeikis, A. 2018. Odd species of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the American rainforest and southern Andes. Zootaxa 4392(3): 458–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.2. Reference page. 
• Xu, H.S., Dai, X.H., Liao, C.Q., Diškus, A. & Stonis, J.R. 2018. Discovery of Ulmaceae-feeding Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera, Tischerioidea), Tischeria ulmella sp. nov., and the first report of the Quercus-feeding T. naraensis Sato in China Zootaxa 4399(3): 361–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.3.6. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2019

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Katinas, L., Torres, N.C., Schuster, J.C. & Puplesyte-Chambers, J. 2019 Diagnostics of new species of Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), with the first record of Coptotriche Walshingham from South America. Zootaxa 4691(1): 001–032. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.1.1. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A. & Vargas, S.A. 2019. Discovery of leaf-mining Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) in Colombia and their distribution in the Neotropics. Zootaxa 4638(2): 219–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.3. Reference page. .
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Vargas, S.A. 2019. Colombian Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea: a small step out of obscurity. Biologija 65(2): 67-79. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v65i2.4023. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Orlovskytė, S., Vargas, S.A. & Solis, M.A. 2019. A new leafmining pest of guava: Hesperolyra guajavifoliae sp. nov., with comments on the diagnostics of the endemic Neotropical genus Hesperolyra van Nieukerken (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). ZooKeys, 900: 87–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.900.46332 Reference page. 
• Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Nishida, K. 2019. Discovery of a new species of Ozadelpha van Nieukerken sheds more light on the diagnostics of this controversial genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Biologija, 65(4): 223-235. DOI: 10.6001/biologija.v65i4.4116. . Reference page. 

2020

• Klasiński, A., Stonis, J.R. & Remeikis, A. 2020. Diagnostics based on the juxta morphology reveals a new species of Tischeria Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) from the Caucasus. Biologija 66(1): 10-20. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Lewis, O.T. 2020. Exceptional diversity of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) from a single tropical forest site in Belize, Central America. European Journal of Taxonomy 723: 33–76. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.723.1143. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Solis, M.A. & Katinas, L. 2020. Exotic-looking Neotropical Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) and their host plants. ZooKeys, 970: 117–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.970.54801. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Vargas, S.A. & Solis, M.A. 2020. Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas. Zootaxa 4748(2): 201–247. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.1 pdf Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. & Navickaité, A. 2020. Documenting new and little known leaf-mining Nepticulidae from middle and southwestern areas of the Asian continent. Zootaxa 4881(3): 401–452. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.3.1. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Vargas, S.A. & Solis, M.A. 2020. Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of the Americas: Updated Catalog, Diagnostics, and New Species Descriptions. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(4): 929-972. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R. & Solis, M.A. 2020. Dishkeya gen. nov., a New World endemic genus of leaf-mining Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera), transferred from Tischeria Zeller. Biologija 66(3): 123-135. Reference page. 

2021

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Fernández-Alonso, J.L., Remeikis, A. & Solis, M.A. 2021. Zootaxa 4926(3): 363–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.3.3. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Baryshnikova, S.V. & Solis, M.A. 2021. Zootaxa 4942(2): 269–289. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.8. . Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Fernández-Alonso, J.L., Baryshnikova, S.V. & Solis, M.A. 2021. Zootaxa 5047(3): 300–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.4. . Reference page. 

2022

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A. & Mey, W. 2022. Four Tischeriidae species in Colombia, including a new Astrotischeria species: is it not too little for a megadiverse country?. Biologija 68(4): 189–199. Reference page. 
• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A. & Diškus, A. 2022. Neotropical Nepticulidae. Taxonomic diversity and trophic relationships of leaf-mining Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea. The Nature Research Centre, Vilnius. DOI: 10.35513/2022. Reference page. 

2023

• Stonis, J.R., Remeikis, A., Dobrynina, V. & Mey, W. 2023. Collecting in the Northern Andean Páramo revealed purple iridescent pygmy moths of the little known Andean endemic Brachinepticula (Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 5227(3): 328–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.2. . Reference page. 

2025

• Stonis, J.R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Orlovskytė, S. 2025. Dvidulopsis gen. nov., a rare Neotropical genus of pygmy moths (Nepticulidae) endemic to lowland humid forests, a biome of conservation priority. Zootaxa 5609(4): 583–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.4.8. . Reference page.