Robert S. Copeland

Robert S. Copeland, Entomologist, USA

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi and Research Affiliate, National Museums of Kenya, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Adamski, D., Copeland, R.S., Miller, S.E., Hebert, P.D.N., Darrow, K. & Luke, Q. 2010. A review of African Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae), with new taxa reared from native fruits in Kenya. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 630: 1–68. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.630 ResearchGate Reference page.

Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Kotrba, M. & Copeland, R.S. 2011. Further details of the morphology of the enigmatic African fly Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae). African Invertebrates 52(1): 145–165. DOI: 10.5733/afin.052.0107. PDF Reference page.

Swart, V.R., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Copeland, R. 2015. A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4044(4): 556–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.5. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Roques, A., Copeland, R.S., Soldati, L., Denux, O. & Auger-Rozenberg, M-A. 2016. Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. ZooKeys 585: 51-124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.585.7503. Reference page.
Roques, A., Copeland, R., Soldati, L., Denux, O. & Rozenberg, M.A.A. 2016. Corrigenda: Roques A, Copeland RS, Soldati L, Denux O, Auger-Rozenberg M-A (2016) Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. ZooKeys 585: 51–124. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.585.7503. ZooKeys 620: 151-151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.620.10663. Reference page.
Talamas, E.J., Mikó, I. & Copeland, R.S. 2016. Revision of Dvivarnus (Scelionidae, Teleasinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 49: 1–23. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.49.7714. Reference page.

Delvare, G. & Copeland, R.S. 2018. Four-horned wasps, description of some remarkable Dirhinus (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) from Kenya, with a discussion of their taxonomic placement. Zootaxa 4374(3): 301–349. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.1 Reference page.
Kim, C-J., Copeland, R.S. & Notton, D.G. 2018. The family Ismaridae Thomson (Hymenoptera, Diaprioidea): first record for the Afrotropical region with description of fourteen new species. African Invertebrates 59(2): 127–163. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.24403 Reference page.
Tanga, C.M., Magara, J.O., Ayieko, M.A., Copeland, R.S., Khamis, F.M., Mohamed, S.A., Ombura, F.L.O., Niassy, S., Subramanian, S., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Roos, N., Ekesi, S. & Hugel, S. 2018. A new edible cricket species from Africa of the genus Scapsipedus. Zootaxa 4486(3): 383–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.3.9 Reference page.

Copeland & Razowski 2019. Frugivorous Insects Reared from Chytranthus obliquinervis Radlk. (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) with the Description of a New Monophagous Species of Grapholita Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121(3): 382–393. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.382 Reference page.
Delvare, G., Copeland, R.S. & Tanga, C.M. 2019. Description of Eniacomorpha hermetiae Delvare sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Chalcididae) a pupal parasitoid of Hermetia illucens (L.) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae), and a potential threat to mass production of the fly as a feed supplement for domestic animals. Zootaxa 4638(2): 237–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.2.4 Reference page.
Olmi, M., Copeland, R.S. & van Noort, S. 2019. Dryinidae of the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea). Zootaxa 4630(1): 1–619. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4630.1.1 Reference page.
Pauly, A. & Copeland, R.S. 2019. Meganomia somalica (Friese, 1915) comb. nov. and new records of Meganomiinae for East Africa (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology 89: 1-22. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Bossert, S., Wood, T.J., Patiny, S., Michez, D., Almeida, E.A., Minckley, R.L., Packer, L., Neff, J.L., Copeland, R.S., Straka, J., Pauly, A., Griswold, T., Brady, S.G., Danforth, B.N. & Murray, E.A. 2022. Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the mining bee family Andrenidae. Systematic entomology, 47(2): 283–302. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12530 . Reference page.
Brown, J.W., Razowski, J., Aarvik, L., Timm, A.E. & Copeland, R.S. 2022. New species and new combinations in Afrotropical Eucosmocydia Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Insecta Mundi 0927: 1–27. PDF. Reference page.
van Noort, S., Shaw, S.R. & Copeland, R.S. 2022. Revision of the endemic African genus Dinapsis (Dinapsini, Megalyridae, Hymenoptera) with description of seven new species. Zookeys 1112ː 27–122. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1112.82307 Reference page.