Sonja J. Scheffer

Sonja J. Scheffer, Entomologist, USA

Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705 U.S.A.

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(List may be incomplete)

Winkler, I.S., Scheffer, S.J. & Mitter, C. 2009. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae): delimitation of Phytomyza Fallén sensu lato and included species groups, with new insights on morphological and host-use evolution. Systematic Entomology 34(2): 260–292. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00462.x Reference page.

Nelson, L.A., Scheffer, S.J. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. Three new species of Fergusonina Malloch gall-flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from terminal leaf bud galls on Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) in south-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3112: 36–48. Preview Reference page.
Nelson, L.A., Scheffer, S.J. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. Two new species of sympatric Fergusonina Malloch flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from bud galls on high-elevation snow gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex) in the Australian Alps. Australian Journal of Entomology 50(4): 356–364. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2011.00826.x Reference page.
Scheffer, S.J. & Lonsdale, O. 2011. Phytomyza omlandi spec. nov. — the first species of Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) reared from the family Gelsemiaceae (Asteridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113(1): 42-49. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.113.1.42 Reference page.

Nelson, L.A., Scheffer, S.J. & Yeates, D.K. 2012. Species diversity of Fergusonina Malloch gall flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) forming leaf bud galls on snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex), with a description of a new species from Tasmania. Insect Systematics & Evolution 43(2): 147–160. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X04302001 Reference page.

Davies, K.A., Ye, W-M., Taylor, G.S., Scheffer, S.J., Bartholomaeus, F. & Giblin-Davis, R.M. 2018. Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. XI. Descriptions of five new species of Fergusobia from Australia. Zootaxa 9499(1): 1–31. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.9499.1.1 Reference page.
Scheffer, S.J. & Lonsdale, O. 2018. A survey of Agromyzidae (Diptera) reared from leafmines on Long Island, New York; host associations, distribution data, and the description and host association of a new species. Zootaxa 4450(1): 77–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.5 Reference page.

Konstantinov, A.S., Linzmeier, A.M., Scheffer, S.J. & Lewis, M.L. 2020. Moss-inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies I: New species of Borinken Konstantinov and Konstantinova and Kiskeya Konstantinov and Chamorro-Lacayo (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Puerto Rico. Insecta Mundi 0771: 1–12. PDF. Reference page.
Konstantinov, A.S., Linzmeier, A.M., Scheffer, S.J. & Lewis, M.L. 2020. Moss inhabiting flea beetles of the West Indies IV: new species of Andersonaltica Linzmeier and Konstantinov from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini). Journal of Insect Biodiversity 18(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.12976/jib/2020.18.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page.