Oscar Federico Francke Ballvé

Oscar Federico Francke Ballvé, Mexican arachnologist.

Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. 3er. circuito exterior s/n. Apartado Postal 70-153, C.P. 04510, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal, México.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 62 taxon names authored by Oscar Federico Francke Ballvé

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1982

• Francke, O.F. 1982. Studies of the scorpion subfamilies Superstitioninae and Typhlochactinae, with description of a new genus (Scorpiones, Chactidae ). Bulletin of the Association for Mexican Cave Studies 8: 51–61. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2013

• Cruz-López, J.A.; Francke, O.F. 2013: On the enigmatic genus Philora: familial assignment and taxonomic revision (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae). Journal of arachnology, 41(3): 291–305. DOI: 10.1636/Ha13-13.1 Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2013. Two new species of the genus Paramitraceras Pickard-Cambridge, 1905 (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnopsidae) from Chiapas, Mexico. Zootaxa 3641(4): 481–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.13 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Francke, O.F. 2013: Two new species of ricinuleids of the genus Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from southern Mexico. Zootaxa 3635(5): 545–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.5.4 Reference page. 

2014

• Giribet, G., McIntyre, E., Christian, E., Espinasa, L., Ferreira, R., Francke, Ó.F., Harvey, M.S., Isaia, M., Kováč, Ľ., McCutchen, L., Souza, M.F.V.R. & Zagmajster, M. 2014. The first phylogenetic analysis of Palpigradi (Arachnida) – the most enigmatic arthropod order. Invertebrate Systematics 28(4): 350–360. DOI: 10.1071/IS13057 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A., Mendoza, J.I. & Francke, O.F. 2014: First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family. ZooKeys 416: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.416.7253 Reference page. 

2015

• Contreras-Félix, G.A., Francke, O.F. & Bryson, R.W., Jr. 2015. A new species of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 from the Mexican state of Aguascalientes (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Zootaxa 3936(1): 131–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.1.8. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision of the genus Karos Goodnight & Goodnight, 1944 (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnopsidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(4): 827–891. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12299 Reference page. 
• Guzmán, A.A., Chirivi-Joya, D. & Francke, O.F. 2015: The first troglomorphic species of the genus Phrynus Lamarck, 1801 (Amblypygi: Phrynidae) from Mexico. Zootaxa 3920(3): 474–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.3.6. Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R. & Francke, O.F. 2015: Taxonomic revision of the genus Mayazomus Reddell & Cokendolpher, 1995 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with description of five new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Zootaxa 3915(4): 451–490. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.1.Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Two new species of Bonnetina tarantulas (Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) from Mexico: contributions to morphological nomenclature and molecular characterization of types. Journal of natural history 49(11-12): 685–707. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.924770 Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A. & Francke, O.F. 2015. Phylogeny of the spider genus Ixchela Huber, 2000 (Araneae: Pholcidae) based on morphological and molecular evidence (CO1 and 16S), with a hypothesized diversification in the Pleistocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175(1): 20-58. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12265 . Reference page. 

2016

• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2016. Three new species of the Mexican harvestman genus Chapulobunus (Opiliones: Stygnopsidae). Journal of Arachnology 44(1): 65–75. Reference page. 

2017

• Candia-Ramírez, D.T. & Francke, O.F. 2017. Taxonomic revision of the genus Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with the description of additional keels on the embolus. Journal of Arachnology 45(1): 67–98. Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2017. Systematic revision of Brachypelma red-kneed tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae), and the use of DNA barcodes to assist in the identification and conservation of CITES-listed species. Invertebrate Systematics 31(2): 157-179. DOI: 10.1071/IS16023. Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D. & Francke, O.F. 2017. Reconciling morphological and molecular systematics in tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae): revision of the Mexican endemic genus Bonnetina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180(4): 819-886. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlw013 Reference page. 

2018

• Barrales-Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F., Van Devender, T.R. & Contreras-Félix, G.A. 2018. A new Sky Island species of Vaejovis C.L. Koch, 1836 from Sonora, Mexico (Scorpiones, Vaejovidae). ZooKeys 760: 37–53. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.760.22714. Reference page. 
• Cruz-López, J.A., Cruz-Bonilla, A. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Molecules and morphology reveal a new aberrant harvestman genus of Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Dypsnoi, Nemastomatidae) from Mexico. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(7): 714–729. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1476416 Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J.I. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Five new cave-dwelling species of Hemirrhagus Simon 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae), with notes on the generic distribution and novel morphological features. Zootaxa 4407(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.4.1. Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R. & Francke, O.F. 2018. Five new species of Stenochrus (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 4374(2): 189–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.2 Reference page. 
• Ortiz, D., Francke, O.F. & Bond, J.E. 2018. A tangle of forms and phylogeny: Extensive morphological homoplasy and molecular clock heterogeneity in Bonnetina and related tarantulas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 55–73. Reference page. 
• Valdez-Mondragón, A., Francke, O.F. & Botero-Trujillo, R. 2018: New morphological data for the order Ricinulei with the description of two new species of Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from Mexico. Journal of Arachnology 46: 114–132. Reference page. 

2019

• Contreras-Félix, G.A. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the “mexicanus” group of the genus Vaejovis C. L. Koch, 1836 (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae). Zootaxa 4596(1): 1–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4596.1.1 Reference page. 
• Francke, O.F. 2019. Conspectus Genericus Scorpionorum 1758–1985 (Arachnida: Scorpiones) updated through 2018. Zootaxa 4657(1): 1–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.1 Reference page. 
• Guerrero-Fuentes, D.R. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Anicius Chamberlin, 1925 (Araneae: Salticidae), with five new species of jumping spiders from Mexico. Zootaxa 4638(4): 485–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.4.2. Reference page. 
• Quijano-Ravell, A.F., de Armas, L.F., Francke, O.F. & Ponce-Saavedra, J. 2019. A new species of the genus Centruroides Marx (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from western Michoacán State, México using molecular and morphological evidence. Zookeys, 859: 31–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.859.33069 Reference page. 
• Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Prendini, L. & Francke, O.F. 2019. Systematics of the short-tailed whipscorpion genus Stenochrus Chamberlin, 1922 (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae), with descriptions of six new genera and five new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 435: 1–91. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.435.1.1 Reference page. 

2020

• Cruz-López, J.A. & Francke, O.F. 2020. Two new genera of epigean harvestmen (Opiliones, Stygnopsidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico, with an identification key for the stygnopsine genera. Zootaxa 4748(3): 431–454. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.2 Reference page. 
• Mendoza, J. & Francke, O. 2020. Systematic revision of Mexican threatened tarantulas Brachypelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae), with a description of a new genus, and implications on the conservation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188: 82–147. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz046 . Reference page. 

2021

• Cruz-López, J.A., Monjaraz-Ruedas, R., Colmenares, P.A. & Francke, O.F. 2021. Historical biogeography of a neglected family of armoured harvestmen (Opiliones: Laniatores: Icaleptidae) with the first record and a new genus for tropical Mesoamerica. Invertebrate Systematics 35(5): 493-513. DOI: 10.1071/IS20008. . Reference page. 

2023

• Barrales-Alcalá, D.A., Francke, O.F. 2023. Three new species of the giant vinegaroon genus Mastigoproctus (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Mexico. The Journal of Arachnology 51(2): 223-237. DOI: 10.1636/JoA-S-22-013. . Reference page.