Paul E. Skelley
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
74 Papers
277 Citations
Paul E. Skelley is an academic researcher from Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The author has contributed to research in topics: Erotylidae & Genus. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 63 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul E. Skelley include Florida State University.
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Papers
American Beetles, Volume II : Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
R. H. Arnett,Michael C. Thomas,Paul E. Skelley,J. Howard Frank +3 more
- 19 Jun 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the most sweeping reference available on the subject of North American beetles and their rigorous standards for the presentation of data create a concise, useful format that is consistent throughout the book.
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A new species of Pharaxonotha Reitter (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from central South America.
Paul E. Skelley,Rosane Segalla +1 more
TL;DR: Pharaxonotha cerradensis, new species (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), is described from Bolivia and Brazil and belongs in a complex of species from Mexico and Central America that radiated on host cycads of the genus Zamia L. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae).
Ceratophila, a new genus of erotylid beetles (Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae) inhabiting male cones of the cycad Ceratozamia (Cycadales: Zamiaceae).
TL;DR: Ceratophila new genus inhabiting male cones of the Mesoamerican cycad genus Ceratozamia Brongniart (Zamiaceae) is described for seven new species and compared to other genera of the Pharaxonothinae, which differ most notably in external characters and sexual dimorphism.
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Xalpirta mauryi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini) from Southeast Brazil.
TL;DR: This work provides a new geographical record for X. maderi in Southeast Brazil, and discusses the morphological affinities of X. mauryi with other species in the genus and with species of other closely related genera within Tritomini.
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New Australian Erotylinae with notes on Dacnini (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Erotylidae).
TL;DR: In this article, several new taxa of Australian Erotylinae (Coleoptera: erotylsidae) need to be described to make names available.
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