Maria Alma Solis

Maria Alma Solis, U.S. entomologist.

Systematic Entomology Lab., USDA, Washington, United States of America.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 29 taxon names authored by Maria Alma Solis

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1992

• Solis, M.A. 1992. Checklist of the Old World Epipaschiinae and the related New World genera Macalla and Epipaschia (Pyralidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 46(4): 280–297. PDF. Reference page. 

1993

• Solis, M.A. 1993. A phylogenetic analysis and reclassification of the genera of the Pococera complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101(1): 1–83. BHL Reference page. 

1997

• Gentili, P. & Solis, M.A. 1998 (imprint 1997). Checklist and key of New World species of Omiodes Guenée with descriptions of four new Costa Rican species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Entomologica scandinavica 28(4): 471–492. DOI: 10.1163/187631297X00295 Reference page. 

1998

• Solis, M.A. & Adamski, D. 1998. Review of the Costa Rican Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 106(1): 1–55. PDF. Reference page. 

1999

• Solis, M.A. & Shaffer, M. 1999. Contribution towards the study of the Pyralinae (Pyralidae): historical review, morphology, and nomenclature. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53(1): 1–10. Full article: [1]. Reference page. 

2000

• Solis, M.A., Sullivan, J.J. & Janzen, D.H. 2000. Cromarcha stroudagnesia, a new chrysaugine species boring in shoots of Tabebuia ochracea (Bignoniaceae) in a Costa Rica dry forest (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Chrysauginae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 11(1-2): 33–39. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2003

• Solis, M.A. & Styer, L. 2003. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Accinctapubes Solis (Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) with a larval description of an Avocado-feeding species. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 57(2): 121–136. PDF Reference page. 

2011

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 

2012

• Yang, Z.F., Landry, J.F., Handfield, L., Zhang, Y.L., Solis, M.A., Handfield, D., Scholtens, B., Mutanen, M., Nuss, M. & Hebert, P.D.N. 2012. DNA barcoding and morphology reveal three cryptic species of Anania (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) in North America, all distinct from their European counterpart. Systematic Entomology 37(4): 686–705. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00637.x . Reference page. 

2013

• Goldstein, P.Z., Metz, M.A. & Solis, M.A., 2013: Phylogenetic systematics of Schacontia Dyar with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Zookeys 291: 27–81. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.291.3744. . Reference page. 
• Sullivan, J.B. & Solis, M.A. 2013. A new species of Palpita (Crambidae, Spilomelinae) from the coastal plains of southeastern United States. ZooKeys 264: 3–9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.264.4363 Reference page. 

2015

• Scholtens, B. & Solis, M.A. 2015. Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. Zookeys 535: 1-136. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086 Full article Reference page. 

2016

• Solis, M.A. & Metz, M. 2016. An illustrated guide to the identification of the known species of Diatraea Guilding (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Crambinae) based on genitalia. ZooKeys 565: 73-121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.565.6797.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. 

2017

• Solis, M.A. & Neunzig, H.H. 2017. A New Phycitine Genus and Species of a Pourouma-Feeding Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Panama. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(3): 464-470. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.464 Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A., Pratt, P., Makinson, J., Zonneveld, R. & Lake, E. 2017. Another New Lygodium-Boring Species of the Musotimine Genus Siamusotima (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) from China. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(3): 471-480. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.119.3.471 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. 

2018

• Heikkilä, M., Simonsen, T.J. & Solis, M.A. 2018. Reassessment of known fossil Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the oldest fossil pyraloid and a crambid larva in Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4483(1): 101–127. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.1.4 full article pdf 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. 

2019

• Solis, M.A., Hayden, J.E., Vargas Sanabria, F., Gonzalez, F., Sanabria Ujueta, C. & Gulbronson, C.J. 2019. A New Species of Sufetula Walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Feeding on the Roots of Pineapple, Ananas comosus (L.) (Bromeliaceae), from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121(3): 497-510. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.497 . 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. 

2020

• Solis, M.A., Canepuccia, A.D., Farina, J.L. & Iribarne, O.O. 2020. A New Species of Haimbachia Dyar (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Spartina Schreb. (Spartinaceae) from Argentina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(4): 916-928. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.4.916. . Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A., Osorio-Mejía, P.A., Sarmiento-Naizque, Z.X. & Barreto-Triana, N. 2020. A New Species of Eoreuma Ely (Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Crambinae) Feeding on Sugarcane from Colombia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(2): 471-481. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.2.471. . Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A., Phillips-Rodríguez, E., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T. & Janzen, D.H. 2020. Asturodes Amsel (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae): Three New Species from the Western Hemisphere and Food Plant Records from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(1): 147–171. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.122.1.147 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., 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

• Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E.G., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Miltom, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S.R., Kittel, R.N., Solis, M.A., Metz, M.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Brown, J.W., Quicke, D.L.J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B.V. & Burns, J.M. 2021. Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys 1013: 1–665. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. . Reference page. 
• 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

• Solis, M.A. 2022. Cacotherapia Dyar (Pyralidae: Galleriinae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.: Type Images and Lectotype Designations. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 124(2): 346-358. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.2.346. . Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A. & Vergara-Cobián, C.E. 2022. Lineodes Guenée (Crambidae: Spilomelinae) of Peru: New Reports of Larval Feeding on Solanaceae and New Species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 24(4): 845-859. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.845. . Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A., Alvarado, J.V., Phillips-Rodriguez, E., Halwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2022. Cacographis (Lederer, 1863) of Costa Rica Feeding on Araceae: Species Identity, Biology, and Larval Description (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Midilinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 124(4): 860-872. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.124.4.860. . Reference page. 
• Vargas, H.A., Solis, M.A. & Vargas-Ortiz, M. 2022. The South American moth Rheumaptera mochica (Dognin, 1904) (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) rediscovered after more than a century of anonymity. Zookeys 1085ː 129–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1085.76868 Reference page. 

2023

• Landry, B., Bilat, J., Hayden, J., Solis, M.A., Lees, D.C., Alvarez, N., Léger, T. & Gauthier, J. 2023. The identity of Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambinae), synonyms, and related species revealed by morphology and DNA capture in type specimens. Zookeys 1146ː 1–42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1146.96099 Reference page. 
• Solis, M.A., Mally, R., Hayden, J.E. & Nuss, M. 2023. Revision of the type species of Syllepte Hübner and other spilomeline genera recently synonymized (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Zootaxa 5389(3): 343–361. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.3.3. . Reference page. 

2024

• Solis, M.A., Cock, M.J.W., Janzen, D.H. & Halwachs, W. 2024. New World Orphanostigma Guenée, 1854, including a new species from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae). Zootaxa 5471(3): 383–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.3.8. . Reference page.