David R. Smith

David Rollins Smith (27.VII.1937 - 12.II.2024), U.S. entomologist.

• Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, c/o NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, 10th & Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC, USA

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• 20 taxon names authored by David R. Smith

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• Smith, D.R. 1978. Suborder Symphyta. (Xyelidae, Pararchexyelidae, Parapamphiliidae, Xyelydidae, Karatavitidae, Gigasiricidae, Sepulcidae, Pseudosiricidae, Anaxyelidae, Siricidae, Xiphydriidae, Paroryssidae, Xyelotomidae, Blasticotomidae, Pergidae). Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio), The Hague, W. Junk Publishers 14: 1–193. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

• Krombein, K.V., Hurd, P.D., Smith, D.R. & Burks, B.D. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC. 2735 pp. Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. 1980. Pergidae (Hymenoptera) from New Guinea and Australia in the Bishop Museum. Pacific Insects 22(3-4): 329-346. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta (Hymenoptera) and their type species. Esakia 31: 1–115. DOI: 10.5109/2551 . Reference page. 

• Ovruski, S.M. & Smith, D.R. 1993. Descriptions of immature stages of Nematus desantisi (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), a pest of Salicaceae in Argentina and Chile. Entomological News 104(4): 153–160. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Engel, M.S. 1993. Population genetics of a cooperative spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Araneae: Eresidae). American Arachnology 48: 6. Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. & Engel, M.S. 1994. Population structure in an Indian cooperative spider, Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch (Eresidae). Journal of Arachnology 22(2): 108–113. Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2002. Revision of the ophrynopine genera Argentophrynopus gen. n., Guiglia Benson, Kulcania Benson, Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynon Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow, and Stirocorsia Konow Hymenoptera: Orussidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution 33(4): 387–420. DOI: 10.1163/187631202X00217. Reference page. 

• Schmidt, S. & Smith, D.R. 2006. An annotated systematic world catalogue of the Pergidae (Hymenoptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 34(3): 1–207. ResearchGate . PDF. Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. 2008. Xiphydriidae of the Philippines, insular Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji (Hymenoptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie 58(1): 15–95. DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.1.15-95 . Reference page. 

• Blank, S.M., Taeger, A., Liston, A.D., Smith, D.R., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shinohara, A., Heidemaa, M. & Viitasaari, M. 2009. Studies toward a world catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera). Zootaxa 2254: 1–96. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2254.1.1 . Academia.edu . Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Schmidt, S. 2009. Rediscovery of the Perreyiine Genus Barilochia Malaise (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) in South America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(4): 874–879. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-111.4.874 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Schmidt, S. 2009. A new subfamily, genus, and species of Cephidae (Hymenoptera) from Australia. Zootaxa 2034: 56–60. PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2034.1.5 . Reference page. 

• Abrahamovich, A.H., Lucia, M., Alvarez, L.J. & Smith, D.R. 2010. Type specimens of sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Symphyta) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina. Zootaxa 2360: 63–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2360.1.4 . Preview. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. 2010. Five New Species of Acordulecera Say (Hymenoptera: Pergidae) from Arizona and California, the First Records of the Family from Southwestern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112 (3): 410-422. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.112.3.410 PDF Reference page. 

• Koch, F. & Smith, D.R. 2011. A new species of Caliroa (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from South Africa. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113(4): 442–450. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.113.4.442 Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. 2011. Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) of Thailand, with notes on some other southeastern Asian nematines. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 1–27. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.22.1617 Reference page. 

• Hara, H. & Smith, D.R. 2012. Nesodiprion orientalis sp. nov., N. japonicus, and N. biremis, with a key to species of Nesodiprion (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae). Zootaxa 3503: 1–24. Preview Reference page. 
• Heidemaa, M., Smith, D.R. & Shinohara, A. 2012. Taxonomy of Dolerus subfasciatus auct. and D. subfasciatus F. Smith with notes on the sawfly subgenus Equidolerus (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Zootaxa 3525: 1–17. Preview PDF . Reference page. 
• Schiff, N.M., Goulet, H., Smith, D.R., Boudreault, C., Wilson, A.D. & Scheffler, B.E. 2012. Siricidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricoidea) of the Western Hemisphere. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 21: 1–305. DOI: 10.3752/cjai.2012.21 . Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. 2012. The South American genus Lagideus Konow (Hymenoptera: Pergidae: Syzygoniinae), a supplement. Zootaxa 3413: 1–18. Preview Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Tripotin, P. 2012. Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) of Madagascar. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 24: 1–25. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.24.1811 . Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2013. Food plants and life histories of sawflies of the families Argidae and Tenthredinidae (Hymenoptera) in Costa Rica, a supplement. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35: 17–31. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.35.5496 Reference page. 
• Vilhelmsen, L., Blank, S.M., Costa, V.A., Alvarenga, T.M. & Smith, D.R. 2013. Phylogeny of the ophrynopine clade revisited: review of the parasitoid sawfly genera Ophrella Middlekauff, Ophrynopus Konow and Stirocorsia Konow (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Invertebrate Systematics 27(4): 450–483. DOI: 10.1071/IS13006 . Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. 2014. A new genus and species of Allantinae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from Brazil. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 116(1): 98–101. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.116.1.98 Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R., Pratt, P.D. & Makinson, J. 2014. Studies on the Asian sawflies of Formosempria Takeuchi (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), with notes on the suitability of F. varipes Takeuchi as a biological control agent for skunk vine, Paederia foetida L. (Rubiaceae) in Florida. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 39: 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.39.8096 Reference page. 
• Vilhelmsen, L., Blank, S.M., Liu, Z., Smith, D.R. 2013 (Online) 2014 (Print): Discovery of new species confirms Oriental origin of Orussus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Orussidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 45(1): 51–91. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X-00002087 Reference page. 

• Hara, H. & Smith, D.R. 2015. Japanese species of the sawfly genus Nesodiprion (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae). Zootaxa 4007(4): 481–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.4.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R., Eiseman, C.S., Charney, N.D. & Record, S. 2015. A new Nearctic Scolioneura (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) mining leaves of Vaccinium (Ericaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 43: 1–8. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.43.4546. Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Naito, T. 2015. Studies on Adelestini (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), particularly the long-tongued Nipponorhynchus Takeuchi of Japan. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 45: 1–14. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.45.5442. Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Tripotin, P. 2015. Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera) of Thailand, other southeastern Asian records, and a new Trigonalys from India. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 44: 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.44.4495. Reference page. 

• Boevé, J-L., Marín-Armijos, D.S., Domínguez, D.F. & Smith, D.R. 2016. Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Pergidae, Tenthredinidae) from southern Ecuador, with a new record for the country and some ecological data. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51: 55–89. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.51.9830. Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. 2016. Two unusual new species of Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera, Aulacidae) from South America. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 53: 162–170. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.53.9902. Reference page. 

• Smith, D.R. 2017. Redescription of Cladiucha insolita Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), description of the male and intraspecific variation. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 60: 173–179. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.60.21099 Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Villemant, C. 2017. Additions to the xiphydriid woodwasp (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae) fauna of New Caledonia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 61: 65–74. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.61.21787 Reference page. 

• Boevé, J-L., Domínguez, D.F. & Smith, D.R. 2018. Sawflies from northern Ecuador and a checklist for the country (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Orussidae, Pergidae, Tenthredinidae, Xiphydriidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64: 1–24. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.64.24408 Reference page. 

• Kumar, P.G., Smith, D.R. & Binoy, C. 2019. An unusual new species of Aulacus Jurine (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea: Aulacidae) from Southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4686(2): 289–293. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.2.9 Reference page. 
• Malagón-Aldana, L.A., Smith, D.R., Vilhelmsen, L. & Serna, F. 2019. The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘Symphyta’) of Colombia. Zootaxa 4633(1): 001–088. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4633.1.1. Reference page. 
• Wang, H., Smith, D.R., Xiao, W., Niu, G-Y. & Wei, M-C. 2019. Gilpinia infuscalae Wang & Wei, sp. nov. and a key to the Chinese Gilpinia species (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). Zootaxa 4571(4): 589–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.4.11 Reference page. 

• Shinohara, A., Hara, H. & Smith, D.R. 2020. The Xiphydria annulitibia group in northeastern Asia (Hymenoptera, Xiphydriidae). Zootaxa 4755(2): 375–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.11 Reference page. 
• Smith, D.R. & Malagón-Aldana, L.A. 2020. Studies on the related Neotropical genera Acrogymnia Malaise and Dacrogymnia, n. gen. (Hymenoptera: Argidae). Zootaxa 4830(3): 455–502. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.2 Reference page. 

• Malagón-Aldana, L.A., Smith, D.R., Shinohara, A. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2021. From Arge to Zenarge: adult morphology and phylogenetics of argid sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193(3): 880–938. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa170 . [Erratum: 2022. 194(1): 348. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab028 .] Reference page. 

• Blaimer, B.B., Santos, B.F., Cruaud, A., Gates, M.W., Kula, R.R., Mikó, I., Rasplus, J-Y., Smith, D.R., Talamas, E.J., Brady, S.G. & Buffington, M.L. 2023. Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera. Nature Communications 14: 1212. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36868-4. . Reference page. 

• Schmidt, S., Blank, S.M. & Taeger, A. 2006. David R. Smith. Pp. 19–28. In: Blank, S.M., Schmidt, S. & Taeger, A. (eds.) Recent Sawfly Research: Synthesis and Prospects. Goecke & Evers, Keltern. ResearchGate .
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