Sam William Heads

2024

A new long-winged pygmy grasshopper in Eocene Baltic amber raises questions about the evolution of reduced tegmenula in Tetrigidae (Orthoptera)

Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Thomas, M. J. & Heads, S. W., Jan 2024, In: Journal of Orthoptera Research. 33, 1, p. 21-26 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2023

A new fossil katydid of the genus Arethaea Stål (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with exceptionally preserved internal organs from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado

Heads, S. W., Thomas, M. J., Hedlund, T. J. & Wang, Y., Jun 23 2023, In: Palaeoentomology. 6, 3

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

On the type material of the Upper Ordovician mitrate “carpoid” Diamphidiocystis drepanon Kolata & Guensburg (Echinodermata: Stylophora)

Heads, S., Kolata, D. & Guensburg, T. E., Feb 8 2023, In: Kentiana. 3, p. 1-2 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access

THE FIRST RECORD OF PHAULOTETTIX ABLUSUS FROM THE UNITED STATES (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE: MELANOPLINAE)

Hedlund, T. J., Thomas, M. J. & Heads, S. W., Nov 13 2023, In: Entomological News. 130, 5, p. 463-465 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

2022

First record of a fossil coral (Anthozoa) from Pleistocene deposits at Terra Ceia, North Carolina

Heads, S. & Taylor, S., Dec 20 2022, In: Kentiana. 2, p. 1-4 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Two new species of Archelcana Sharov (Orthoptera: Elcanidae) from the Lower Jurassic of Luxembourg

Heads, S., Thuy, B. & Tamarri, J., Oct 18 2022, In: Kentiana. 1

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2021

A new remarkably preserved fossil assassin bug (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae) from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado

Swanson, D. R., Heads, S. W., Taylor, S. J. & Wang, Y., Aug 2021, In: Papers in Palaeontology. 7, 3, p. 1459-1478 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia

Wang, B., Shi, G., Xu, C., Spicer, R. A., Perrichot, V., Schmidt, A. R., Feldberg, K., Heinrichs, J., Chény, C., Pang, H., Liu, X., Gao, T., Wang, Z., Ślipiński, A., Solórzano-Kraemer, M. M., Heads, S. W., Jared Thomas, M., Sadowski, E. M., Szwedo, J. & Azar, D. & 10 others, Nel, A., Liu, Y., Chen, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Q., Luo, C., Yu, T., Zheng, D., Zhang, H. & Engel, M. S., Apr 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 18, eabg0625.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2020

A geochemical model for the preservation of insects in the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Barling, N., Martill, D. M. & Heads, S. W., Dec 2020, In: Cretaceous Research. 116, 104608.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Rescuing a lost damsel: a revised identity for the extinct true bug Miocoris fagi (Heteroptera)

Swanson, D. R. & Heads, S. W., Nov 1 2020, In: Palaeoentomology. 3, 6, p. 597-606 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The first Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Triassic of China

Xu, C., Fang, Y., Heads, S., Zhang, Q., Jarzembowski, E. A. & Wang, B., Jan 2 2020, In: Alcheringa. 44, 1, p. 93-98 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

The last batrachideine of Europe: A new genus and species of pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Eocene Baltic amber

Thomas, M. J., Skejo, J. & Heads, S. W., 2019, In: Zootaxa. 4686, 3, p. 435-445 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

A fossil caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Eocene of Colorado

Robinson, J. L., Thomas, M. J. & Heads, S. W., Apr 4 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4403, 2, p. 389-394 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A new genus and species of elcanidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) from cretaceous burmese amber

Heads, S. W., Jared Thomas, M. & Wang, Y., Dec 7 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4527, 4, p. 575-580 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A systematic reappraisal of Araripeneuridae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea), with description of new species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

Makarkin, V. N., Wedmann, S. & Heads, S. W., Apr 2018, In: Cretaceous Research. 84, p. 600-621 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Comments on the neglected nymphs of mud crickets in the genus Mirhipipteryx (Caelifera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae)

Baena-Bejarano, N., Heads, S. W. & Taylor, S. J., Sep 27 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4486, 2, p. 180-188 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

First records of Dentridactylinae (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae) from Colombia, with description of two new species of Dentridactylus Günther

Baena-Bejarano, N. & Heads, S. W., Mar 29 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4402, 3, p. 575-584 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

On the status of Araripegryllus romualdoi (Insecta: Orthoptera Grylloidea) from the cretaceous santana formation of Brazil

Heads, S. W., Sep 26 2018, In: Zootaxa. 4486, 1, p. 83-84 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

The earliest Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) from the Upper Triassic of North America

Fang, Y., Muscente, A. D., Heads, S. W., Wang, B. & Xiao, S., Nov 1 2018, In: Journal of Paleontology. 92, 6, p. 1028-1034 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The first Archelcaninae (Orthoptera, Elcanidae) from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of Liaoning, China

Fang, Y., Heads, S. W., Wang, H., Zhang, H. & Wang, B., Jun 2018, In: Cretaceous Research. 86, p. 129-134 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

Insects as Indicators of Habitat Quality, Ecological Integrity and Restoration Success in Illinois Prairies, Savannas and Woodlands

Heads, S. W., Dana, C. E., Jeffords, M. R., Post, S. L. & Spencer, J. L., Dec 2017, Illinois Natural History Survey. 28 p. (INHS Technical Reports; no. T-92-R-1)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois

Swanson, D. R., Taylor, S. J. & Heads, S. W., May 24 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4269, 4, p. 571-585 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

On the name of the oldest fossil mushroom

Heads, S. W., Miller, A. N. & Crane, J. L., Dec 1 2017, In: Mycological Progress. 16, 11-12, p. 1071-1072 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa

Makarkin, V. N., Heads, S. W. & Wedmann, S., Oct 2017, In: Cretaceous Research. 78, p. 149-160 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

The oldest fossil mushroom

Heads, S. W., Miller, A. N., Crane, J. L., Thomas, M. J., Ruffatto, D. M., Methven, A. S., Raudabaugh, D. B. & Wang, Y., Jun 2017, In: PloS one. 12, 6, e0178327.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2016

An investigation of unusual shale intervals within a echinoderm-stromatoporoid carbonate buildup from the Kimmswick Formation, Jefferson County, Missouri

Daum, J. M., Wittmer, J. M., Heads, S., Butler, S. K. & Guensburg, T. E., 2016, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. 5 ed. Champaign, IL, Vol. 48.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Fossil Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil

Jepson, J. E. & Heads, S. W., Apr 5 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4098, 1, p. 134-144 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Paleoecology of a Middle Ordovician reef of the Kimmswick Formation, Jefferson County, Missouri

Gabel, V., Wittmer, J. M., Heads, S. & Guensburg, T. E., 2016, Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America. Vol. 48:5.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

The type specimen and generic placement of Tridactylus galla Saussure, 1895 (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Tridactylidae)

Heads, S. W. & Hollier, J., Nov 15 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4193, 1, p. 195-196 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

300 million years of diversification: Elucidating the patterns of orthopteran evolution based on comprehensive taxon and gene sampling

Song, H., Amédégnato, C., Cigliano, M. M., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Heads, S. W., Huang, Y., Otte, D. & Whiting, M. F., Dec 1 2015, In: Cladistics. 31, 6, p. 621-651 31 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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 6: The Rhaphidophoroidea, Stenopelmatoidea and Tettigonioidea

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., 2015, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 122, 2, p. 307-323 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

High fidelity preservation of fossil insects from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Barling, N., Martill, D. M., Heads, S. W. & Gallien, F., Jan 1 2015, In: Cretaceous Research. 52, PB, p. 605-622 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Mud crickets (Orthoptera: Ripipterygidae): phylogenetic relationships of genera and Ripipteryx species groups based on morphology

Baena-Bejarano, N., Sarmiento, C. & Heads, S. W., 2015, Entomology 2015.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Regional biodiversity of terrestrial Heteroptera and Orthoptera in southwestern Illinois

Heads, S. W., Taylor, J., S., Swanson, D. R. & Thomas, M. J., Jan 30 2015, Illinois Natural History Survey. (INHS Technical Report 2015 (04); no. 4)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

Three new species of the genus ripipteryx from Colombia (Orthoptera, ripipterygidae)

Baena-Bejarano, N. & Heads, S. W., 2015, In: ZooKeys. 2015, 502, p. 129-143 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

2014

The type specimens of Orthoptera described by American entomologists in the collection of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., Mar 2014, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 121, 1, p. 63-76 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

2012 Belize Biospeleology Expedition

Taylor, S. J., Heads, S. W., Jacoby, J., Hoese, G. B., Krejca, J. K., Beveridge, A. E. & Hager, K. D., Dec 8 2013, Illinois Natural History Survey. (INHS Technical Report 2013 (43); no. 43)

Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Technical report

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

Hollier, J., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S. W., Sep 2013, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 120, 3, p. 445-535 91 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: The first Mesozoic Pteromalidae

Barling, N., Heads, S. W. & Martill, D. M., Oct 2013, In: Cretaceous Research. 45, p. 258-264 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

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)

Hollier, J. & Heads, S. W., Jun 2012, In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 119, 2, p. 149-160 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Sam William Heads, Ph.D.

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