Biography:Sam W. Heads
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Sam W. Heads | |
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Born | Northumberland, UK | 22 April 1983
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Portsmouth Ph.D, 2009; B.Sc. (Hons), 2004 |
Spouse(s) | Tina Louise Heads |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2009– University of Portsmouth 2001–2009 |
Doctoral advisor | Dr David M. Martill (University of Portsmouth) |
Other academic advisors | Prof. 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
- ↑ "The Orthopterists' Society". http://140.247.119.138/OS_Homepage/.
- ↑ "The Orthopterists' Society". http://140.247.119.138/OS_Homepage/.
- ↑ "W. Heads--Illinois Natural History Survey". http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/staff/index.php?action=list&user_name=swheads.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "New mole crickets of the genus Scapteriscus Scudder from Colombia (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae; Scapteriscinae)" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/241277536.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Validate User". https://academic.oup.com/crawlprevention/governor?content=%2fzoolinnean%2farticle%2f158%2f1%2f56%2f2732038%3flogin%3dtrue.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "PBDB". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayReference?reference_no=39305&fbclid=IwAR07AIJmFSQEU7Yal2ZXdYAo0_RmFMSd7a0bjtLc3gabOxBIqFkMcnbdC24.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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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