Pitts, J. P. (James P.)

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Pitts, J. P. (James P.)

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Pitts, J.
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42
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6
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6
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Pitts J. P., McHugh J. V. 2000; Stethophotopsis, a new genus of Sphaeropthalmini (Mutillidae, Sphaeropthalminae) with a brachypterous male from Arizona. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 9:29-33 2000
Manley D. G., Pitts J. P. 2002; A key to the genera and subgenera of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) in America north of Mexico with description of a new genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 11:72-100 2002
Pitts J. P., Manley D. G. 2002; Descriptions of females of Stethophotopsis Pitts and Sphaeropthalma (Photopsioides Schuster) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 104:672-679 2002
Pitts J. P., McHugh J. V. 2002; Review of Acrophotopsis Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae), with description of a new species from Baja California. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 11(2):338-349 2002
Pitts J. P. 2003; Schusterphotopsis, a new genus of Aphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from California, with notes on the closely related genera Acrophotopsis Schuster and Dilophotopsis Schuster. Zootaxa. 333:1-7 2003
Pitts J. P. 2003; Host record for Dilophotopsis concolor crassa (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Entomological Science. 38(3):485-486 2003
Pitts J. P., Parker F. D. 2003; Description of the female and larval stage of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with new synonymy and notes. Zootaxa. 137:1-10 2003
Manley D. G., Pitts J. P. 2004; Two new species of black Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Texas and California. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77(4):644-649 2004
Pitts J. P., Manley D. G. 2004; A revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa. 474:1-27 2004
Pitts J. P., Parker F. D., Pitts-Singer T. L. 2004; A review of the Sphaeropthalma uro species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with taxonomic changes. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77:222-234 2004
Pitts J. P. 2005; Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa. 1050:39-43 2005
Pitts J. P., McHugh J. V., Ross K. G. 2005; Cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta. 34:493-505 2005
Pitts J. P., Parker F. D. 2005; Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa. 1011:55-64 2005
Pitts J. P., Wasbauer M. S., von Dohlen C. D. 2005; Preliminary morphological analysis of relationships between the spider wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): revisiting an old problem. Zoologica Scripta. 35(1):63-84 2005
Pitts J. P. 2006; Review of the Sphaeropthalma imperialis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with descriptions of females and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa. 1248:1-20 2006
Manley D. G., Pitts J. P. 2007; Tropical and subtropical velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with descriptions of 45 new species. Zootaxa. 1487:1-128 2007
Pitts J. P. 2007; Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new genus Laminatilla. Zootaxa. 1619:1-43 2007
Pitts J. P. 2007; Description of the female of Sphaeropthalma galapagensis Williams and notes on Morsyma Fox and Caenotilla Pitts and Manley (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 83:95-100 2007
Pitts J. P., Boud T. J., Pilgrim E. M. 2007; Molecular sex association of three species of nocturnal velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 80:136-145 2007
Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2007; New species of the predominately temperate velvet ant genera Lomachaeta Mickel and Sphaeropthalma Blake from Central and northern South America (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 133(3 4):297-326 2007
Pilgrim E. M., Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2008; Sex association and synonymy in southwestern U.S. species of Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 84(1):57-68 2008
Pilgrim E. M., von Dohlen C. D., Pitts J. P. 2008; Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica Scripta. 37(5):539-560 2008
Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2008; Three species masquerading as one: Updating the taxonomy of Pseudomethoca russeola Mickel and P. donaeanae (Cockerell & Fox) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 17(2):127-133 2008
Wilson J. S., Pitts J. P. 2008; Revision of velvet ant genus Dilophotopsis Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) by using molecular and morphological data, with implications for desert biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 101:514-524 2008
Pilgrim E. M., Williams K. A., Manley D. G., Pitts J. P. 2009; Addressing the Dasymutilla quadriguttata species-group and species-complex (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): Several distinct species or a single, morphologically variable species?. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 82(3):231-249 2009
Pitts J. P., Wilson J. S. 2009; Description of the female of Acrophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with synonymy of Sphaerothalma dirce. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18(2):205-211 2009
Pitts J. P., Wilson J. S., Williams K. A., Boehme N. F. 2009; Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA. Zootaxa. 2131:1-53 2009
Tanner D. A., Boehme N. F., Pitts J. P. 2009; Review of Acanthophotopsis Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18(2):192-204 2009
Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2009; Eight new species of Lomachaeta Mickel and the synonymy of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18(2):227-243 2009
Wilson J. S., Pitts J. P. 2009; Species boundaries of Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): Is color useful for differentiating species?. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 18(2):212-226 2009
Brabant C. M., Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2010; True females of the subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa. 2559:58-68 2010
Pitts J. P., Wilson J. S., Williams K. A., Boehme N. F. 2010; Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California. Zootaxa. 2553:1-34 2010
Wilson J. S., Pitts J. P. 2010; Pleistocene diversification of the Odontophotopsis unicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 103(4):555-565 2010
Williams K. A., Brothers D. J., Pitts J. P. 2011; New species of Tobantilla Casal, 1965 and a new genus and species, Gogoltilla chichikovi gen. et sp. nov., from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa. 3064:41-68 2011
Williams K. A., Manley D. G., Pilgrim E. M., von Dohlen C. D., Pitts J. P. 2011; Multifaceted assessment of species validity in the Dasymutilla bioculata species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Systematic Entomology. 36(1):180-191 2011
Boehme N. F., Tanner D. A., Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2012; Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity patterns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA. Zootaxa. 3587:1-45 2012
Williams K. A., Manley D. G., Deyrup M., von Dohlen C. D., Pitts J. P. 2012; Systematic review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): using phylogenetics to address species-group placement and sex associations. Zootaxa. 3554:1-29 2012
Williams K. A., Pitts J. P. 2013; Caribbean and Mexican additions to the Dasymutilla bioculata species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 106(4):429-436 2013
Wilson J. S., von Dohlen C. D., Forister M. L., Pitts J. P. 2013; Family-level divergences in the stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), with correlations to angiosperm diversification. Evolutionary Biology. 40:101-107 2013
Castro-Huertas V., Pitts J. P., Rodriguez J., Waichert C., Fernández F. 2014; New records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia. ZooKeys. 443:35-44 2014
Pitts J. P., Sadler E. A. 2015; Description of a new species and species-group of Sphaeropthalma Blake (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with an updated classification of the genus. Zootaxa. 3947(2):282-288 2015
Waichert C., Rodriguez J., Wasbauer M. S., von Dohlen C. D., Pitts J. P. 2015; Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175:271-287 2015