Biography:Sam W. Heads

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Sam W. Heads
Born (1983-04-22) 22 April 1983 (age 40)
Northumberland, UK
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Portsmouth Ph.D, 2009; B.Sc. (Hons), 2004
Spouse(s)Tina Louise Heads
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2009–
University of Portsmouth 2001–2009
Doctoral advisorDr David M. Martill (University of Portsmouth)
Other academic advisorsProf. Dr. Paul A. Selden (University of Kansas)

Sam W. Heads (born 22 April 1983 in Northumberland, UK) is a British palaeontologist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, as well as a former Officer and Editor-in-Chief at the Orthopterists' Society.[1]

He received his training at the University of Portsmouth where he was awarded a B.Sc. (Hons) in Palaeobiology and Evolution in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Entomology in 2009. Dr. Heads is an authority on the taxonomy, systematics and palaeontology of Orthoptera.[2] He is based at the Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[3]

Select publications

  • Heads, S.W. & Wang, Y. 2013. First fossil record of Melanoplus differentialis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Entomological News 123: 33–37.[4]
  • Heads, S.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 2013. First record of Scapteriscus abbreviatus from Belize (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Entomological News 123: 241–244.[5]
  • Hollier, J. & Heads, S.W. 2014. The type specimens of Orthoptera described by American entomologists in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue suisse de Zoology 121: 63–76.[6]
  • Barling, N., Heads, S.W. & Martill, D.M. 2013. A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: the first Mesozoic Pteromalidae. Cretaceous Research 45: 258–264,[7]
  • Hollier, J., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S.W. 2013. An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea. Revue suisse de Zoology 120: 445–535.[8]
  • Jepson, J.E., Heads, S.W., Makarkin, V.N. & Ren, D. 2013. New fossil mantidflies (Insecta, Neuroptera, Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of northeastern China. Palaeontology 56: 603–613.[9]
  • Heads, S.W., Penney, D. & Green, D.I. 2012. A new species of the cricket genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae). ZooKeys 229: 111–118.[10]
  • Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Heads, S.W., Hinojosa-Díaz, I.A. & Engel, M.S. 2012. The first record of Protogryllinae from the Jurassic of India (Orthoptera: Grylloidea). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85: 53–58.[11]
  • Hollier, J. & Heads, S.W. 2012. An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: Tridactyloidea. Revue suisse de Zoology 119: 149–160.[12]
  • Rodríguez, F. & Heads, S.W. 2012. New mole crickets of the genus Scapteriscus Scudder (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Scapteriscinae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 3282: 61–68.[13]
  • Heads, S.W. & Taylor, S.J. 2012. A new species of Ripipteryx from Belize with a key to the species of the Scrofulosa Group (Orthoptera, Ripipterygidae). ZooKeys 169: 1–8.[14]
  • Heads, S.W. & Leuzinger, L. 2011. On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera). ZooKeys 77: 17–30.[15]
  • Heads, S.W. 2010. New Tridactyloidea in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 46: 204–210.[16][17]
  • Heads, S.W. 2010. A new species of Ripipteryx from the Ecuadorian Andes (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae). Zootaxa 2476: 23–29.[18]
  • Heads, S.W. 2010. The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 56–65.[19]
  • Heads, S.W. & Maehr, M.D. 2009. Proposed conservation of the name Gastrimargus Saussure, 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) threatened by an unused senior homonym. Zootaxa 2268: 65–68.[20]
  • Heads, S.W. 2009. A new pygmy mole cricket in Cretaceous amber from Burma (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Denisia 26: 75–82.[21]
  • Heads, S.W. 2009. New pygmy grasshoppers in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Denisia 26: 69–74.[22]
  • Delclòs, X., Nel, A., Azar, D. Bechly, G., Dunlop, J.A., Engel, M.S. & Heads, S.W. 2008. The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): new palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 247: 353–381.[23]
  • Heads, S.W., Martill, D.M. & Loveridge, R.F. 2008. Palaeoentomological paradise: the Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Antenna 32: 91–98.[24]
  • Heads, S.W. & Chesmore, D. 2008. New records of the slender ground-hopper Tetrix subulata (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Yorkshire. British Journal of Entomology & Natural History 21: 243–246.[25]
  • Heads, S.W. & Lakin, C. 2008. A new katydid of the genus Phoebolampta from St Maarten (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 77: 256–266.[26]
  • Heads, S.W. 2008. A new species of Yuripopovia (Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicidae) from the Early Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. British Journal of Entomology & Natural History 21: 247–254 .
  • Heads, S.W. 2008. The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family. Palaeontology 51: 499–507.
  • Heads, S.W. 2006 [for 2005]. A new caddisfly larval case (Insecta, Trichoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Vectis Formation (Wealden Group) of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association 117: 307–310.
  • Menon, F., Heads, S.W. & Martill, D.M. 2005. New Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 26: 837–844.
  • Menon, F. & Heads, S.W. 2005. New species of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 357: 1–11.
  • Heads, S.W., Martill, D.M. & Loveridge, R.F. 2005. An exceptionally preserved antlion (Insecta, Neuroptera) with colour pattern preservation from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology 48: 1409–1417.

References

  1. ↑ "The Orthopterists' Society". http://140.247.119.138/OS_Homepage/. 
  2. ↑ "The Orthopterists' Society". http://140.247.119.138/OS_Homepage/. 
  3. ↑ "W. Heads--Illinois Natural History Survey". http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/staff/index.php?action=list&user_name=swheads. 
  4. ↑ Heads, Sam W.; Wang, Yinan (May 2013). "First Fossil Record of Melanoplus differentialis (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)". Entomological News 123 (1): 33–37. doi:10.3157/021.123.0108. ISSN 0013-872X. https://bioone.org/journals/entomological-news/volume-123/issue-1/021.123.0108/First-Fossil-Record-of-Melanoplus-differentialis-Orthoptera--Acrididae/10.3157/021.123.0108.full. 
  5. ↑ Heads, Sam W.; Taylor, Steven J.; Krejca, Jean K. (October 2013). "First Record of Scapteriscus abbreviatus from Belize (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)". Entomological News 123 (3): 241–244. doi:10.3157/021.123.0311. ISSN 0013-872X. https://bioone.org/journals/entomological-news/volume-123/issue-3/021.123.0311/First-Record-of-Scapteriscus-abbreviatus-from-Belize-Orthoptera-Gryllotalpidae/10.3157/021.123.0311.full. 
  6. ↑ Hollier, John; Heads, Sam William (March 2014). "The type specimens of Orthoptera described by American entomologists in the collection of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 121 (1): 63–76. ISSN 0035-418X. https://experts.illinois.edu/en/publications/the-type-specimens-of-orthoptera-described-by-american-entomologi. 
  7. ↑ Barling, Nathan; Heads, Sam W.; Martill, David M. (2013-10-01). "A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: The first Mesozoic Pteromalidae" (in en). Cretaceous Research 45: 258–264. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.05.001. ISSN 0195-6671. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667113000864. 
  8. ↑ "An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea | Request PDF" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257644739. 
  9. ↑ Jepson, James E.; Heads, Sam W.; Makarkin, Vladimir N.; Ren, Dong (2013). "New fossil mantidflies (Insecta: Neuroptera: Mantispidae) from the Mesozoic of north-eastern China" (in en). Palaeontology 56 (3): 603–613. doi:10.1111/pala.12005. ISSN 1475-4983. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pala.12005. 
  10. ↑ Heads, Sam W.; Penney, David; Green, David I. (2012-10-22). "A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pentacentrinae)". ZooKeys (229): 111–118. doi:10.3897/zookeys.229.3678. ISSN 1313-2989. PMID 23166475. 
  11. ↑ Fuente, Ricardo Pérez-de La; Heads, Sam W.; Hinojosa-Díaz, Ismael A.; Engel, Michael S. (January 2012). "The first record of Protogryllinae from the Jurassic of India (Orthoptera: Protogryllidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85 (1): 53–58. doi:10.2317/JKES111103.1. ISSN 0022-8567. https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-the-kansas-entomological-society/volume-85/issue-1/JKES111103.1/The-first-record-of-Protogryllinae-from-the-Jurassic-of-India/10.2317/JKES111103.1.full. 
  12. ↑ "An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type specimens housed in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 1: The Tridactyloidea (Caelifera) | Request PDF" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241277538. 
  13. ↑ "New mole crickets of the genus Scapteriscus Scudder from Colombia (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae; Scapteriscinae)" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241277536. 
  14. ↑ Heads, Sam; Taylor, Steven (2012-10-02). "A new species of Ripipteryx from Belize with a key to the species of the Scrofulosa Group (Orthoptera, Ripipterygidae)" (in en). ZooKeys (169): 1–8. doi:10.3897/zookeys.169.2531. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 22371682. PMC 3278811. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2448/. 
  15. ↑ Heads, Sam; Leuzinger, Léa (2011-01-26). "On the placement of the Cretaceous orthopteran Brauckmannia groeningae from Brazil, with notes on the relationships of Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera, Ensifera)" (in en). ZooKeys (77): 17–30. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.769. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 21594149. PMC 3088056. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2537/. 
  16. ↑ Günther, Kurt K. (2008-04-22). "Die Tridactyloidea-Fauna Kolumbiens (Orthoptera, Caelifera) 'The Tridactyloidea of Colombia (Orthoptera, Caelifera)'". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 41 (1): 1–56. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19940410102. ISSN 1435-1951. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.19940410102. 
  17. ↑ Ricardo., Gómez L. de Guevara (1992). Estudio faunístico y ecológico de los caelifera (orthoptera, insecta) de la Sierra del Taibilla (Albacete). Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. ISBN 84-88255-11-X. OCLC 435378980. http://worldcat.org/oclc/435378980. 
  18. ↑ Heads, Sam W. (2010). "A new species of Ripipteryx from the Ecuadorian Andes (Orthoptera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae)". Zootaxa 2476: 23–29. doi:10.5281/zenodo.195303. https://www.gbif.org/dataset/22939bf4-7e92-41a2-9724-c0f6f01625fe. 
  19. ↑ "Validate User". https://academic.oup.com/crawlprevention/governor?content=%2fzoolinnean%2farticle%2f158%2f1%2f56%2f2732038%3flogin%3dtrue. 
  20. ↑ Heads, Sam W.; Maehr, Michael D. (2009-10-20). "Proposed conservation of the name Gastrimargus Saussure, 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) threatened by an unused senior homonym" (in en). Zootaxa 2268 (1): 65–68–65–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2268.1.6. ISSN 1175-5334. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2268.1.6. 
  21. ↑ "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayReference?reference_no=39305&fbclid=IwAR07AIJmFSQEU7Yal2ZXdYAo0_RmFMSd7a0bjtLc3gabOxBIqFkMcnbdC24. 
  22. ↑ Song, Hojun; Amédégnato, Christiane; Cigliano, María Marta; Desutter Grandcolas, Laure; Heads, Sam W.; Huang, Yuan; Otte, Daniel; Whiting, Michael F. (2015). "300 million years of diversification: elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling" (in en). Cladistics 31 (6): 621–651. doi:10.1111/cla.12116. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34753270. http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108443. 
  23. ↑ "The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): New …". 2014-06-15. http://biodiversity.ku.edu/enigmatic-mesozoic-insect-taxon-chresmodidae-polyneoptera-new-palaeobiological-and-phylogenetic-data. 
  24. ↑ Heads, Sam; Martill, David; Loveridge, Bob (2008). "Palaeoentomological paradise: the Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil" (in English). Antenna, Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society 32 (2): 91–98. ISSN 0140-1890. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publications/palaeoentomological-paradise-the-cretaceous-crato-formation-of-br. 
  25. ↑ "New Records of the Slender Ground-hopper Tetrix subulata from Yorkshire (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) - Research Database, The University of York". https://pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/new-records-of-the-slender-groundhopper-tetrix-subulata-from-yorkshire-orthoptera-tetrigidae(231f9974-f9cc-4fe3-9e67-61185ac5180f).html. 
  26. ↑ Heads, Sam W.; Taylor, Steve; Swanson, Daniel R.; Thomas, Michael J. (2015-01-30) (in English). Regional biodiversity of terrestrial Heteroptera and Orthoptera in southwestern Illinois. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/90093. 

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