Richard Lawrence Hoffman

Richard Lawrence Hoffman (1927–2012), U.S. myriapodologist and entomologist.

Taxon names authored

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• 23 taxon names authored by Richard Lawrence Hoffman

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Richard Lawrence Hoffman

Publications

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1958

• R.V. Chamberlin & Hoffman, R.L. 1958: Checklist of the Millipeds of North America.Bulletin of the United States National Museum no. 212. 236 pp. Full text Reference page. 

1963

• Hoffman, R.L. 1963. A second species of the spider genus Hypochilus from eastern North America. American Museum Novitates 2148: 1-8. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hoffman, R.L. 1963. A new phalangid of the genus Siro from Eastern United States, and taxonomic notes on other American sironids (Arach., Opiliones). Senckenbergiana biologica 44: 129–139. Reference page. 

1971

• Hoffman, R.L. 1971. The Insects of Virginia. No. 4. Shield bugs (Hemiptera; Scutelleroidea, Corimelaenidae, Cydnidae, Pentatomidae). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Research Division Bulletin 67: v + 61 pp., 7 maps, 1 pl. PDFReference page. 

1976

• Hoffman, R.L. 1976. A new species in the diplopod genus Amplinus from El Salvador with comments on other members of the genus Revue suisse de Zoologie 83(1): 39–44. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoffman, R.L. 1976. A new lophodesmid milliped from a Guatemalan cave, with notes on related forms (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie 83(2): 307–316. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoffman, R.L. 1976. A new genus and species of cave-dwelling milliped from Guatemala (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Revue suisse de Zoologie 83(3): 743–746. BHL Reference page. 

1993

• Pereira , L.A., Hoffman, R.L. 1993. The American species of Escaryus a genus of holoarctic centipeds (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae). Jeffersoniana 3: 1–72. Reference page. 

1999

• Hoffman, R.L. 1999: Checklist of the Millipeds of North and Middle America. Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8. Martinsville, VA, 584 pp. Reference page. 

2006

• Mauriès, J.P., Golovatch, S.I. & Hoffman, R.L. 2006. Review of the millipede genus Macellolophus Attems, 1940 (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae). Arthropoda Selecta 15(1): 19–21. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2011

• Golovatch, S.I., Hoffman, R.L. & Chang, H.W. 2011: Identity of Glomeris bicolor Wood, 1865, and the status of the generic names Hyleoglomeris Verhoeff, 1910 and Rhopalomeris Verhoeff, 1906 (Diplopoda, Glomeridae). Tropical Natural History 11(1): 1–8. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hoffman, R.L. & Enghoff, H. 2011: A new genus for a colorful spirostreptid milliped from East Africa (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae). Zootaxa 2903: 21–28. Preview Reference page. 

2012

• Hoffman, R.L. & Golovatch, S.I. 2012: The millipede genus Argentocricus Verhoeff, 1941 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae). Arthropoda selecta 21(3): 211–215. Full article (PDF) Reference page.