Publications on Pacific Coleoptera
Liebherr, J.K. 2018. Cladistic classification of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) and taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian subgenus Phacothorax Jeannel. Deutsche Entomologissche Zeitschrift 65(1): 1–63 (https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.65.21000).
Liebherr, J.K. 2016. Cyphocoleus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Odacanthini): taxonomic revision, phylogenetic relationships, and the Cenozoic history of New Caledonia. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(2): 211–270 (http://dez.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10241).
Liebherr, J.K. 2015. The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) of Haleakalā, Maui: Keystone of a hyperdiverse Hawaiian radiation. ZooKeys 522 (6074): 1-407 (DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.544.6074).
Liebherr, J.K. & N. Porch. 2015. Reassembling a lost lowland carabid beetle assemblage (Coleoptera) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. Invertebrate Systematics 29: 191-213 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS14047).
Liebherr, J.K. & D.R. Maddison. 2013. Colonization of the Pacific by Bembidion beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of Bembidion tahitiense, sp. nov., from Tahiti, French Polynesia. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 439-449 (DOI: http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IS13003.htm).
Liebherr, J.K. 2013. The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) of Tahiti, Society Islands. ZooKeys 322: 170 pp(DOI: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/322/).
Liebherr, J.K. 2012. New Mecyclothorax spp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) define Mont Mauru, eastern Tahiti Nui, as a distinct area of endemism. ZooKeys 227: 63-99 (DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.227.3797).
Liebherr, J.K. 2012. The first precinctive Carabidae from Moorea, Society Islands: new Mecyclothorax spp. (Coleoptera) from the summit of Mont Tohiea. ZooKeys 224: 37-80 (DOI:10.3897/zookeys.224.3675).
Liebherr, J.K. & P.D. Krushelnycky. 2011. Mecyclothorax palikea, sp. n. from the Waianae Range, Oahu, and the biogeographical history of Hawaii’s M. flavomarginatus species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini). Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(4): 365-384 (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/wp-content/journals/10.1163/187631211×608718).
Liebherr, J.K. 2011. The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Moriomorphini) of West Maui, Hawaii: taxonomy, biogeography, and conservation. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 58: 15-76 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnd.201100005/abstract).
Liebherr, J.K., A. Casale, T.L. Erwin & G.E. Ball. 2010. On the provenance of Boheman’s “Eugenies resa” Carabidae (Coleoptera) allegedly described from Hawaii. Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 221-229 (http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1649/1176.1).
Liebherr, J.K., S.L. Montgomery, R.A. Englund & G.A. Samuelson. 2009. The first Hawaiian occurrence of the alien ground beetle Agonum muelleri (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii island. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 41: 97-103 (http://hdl.handle.net/10125/14452).
Liebherr, J.K. 2009. Native and alien Carabidae (Coleoptera) share Lanai, an ecologically devastated island. Coleopterists Bulletin 63: 383-411 (http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1649/1176.1).
Liebherr, J.K. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Oahu: epithets as epitaphs for an endangered fauna? Systematic Entomology 34: 649-687 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2009.00477.x/abstract).
Liebherr, J.K. 2008. Taxonomic revision of Hawaiian Bembidion Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Bembidiini) with a discussion of their reductive and derivative evolutionary specializations. Annals of Carnegie Museum 77: 31-78 (http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.2992/0097-4463-77.1.31).
Liebherr, J.K. 2008. Taxonomic revision of Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Hawaii Island: abundant genitalic variation in a nascent island radiation. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitshrift 55: 19-78 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnd.200800004/abstract).
Short, A.E.Z. & J.K. Liebherr. 2007. Systematics and biology of the endemic water scavenger beetles of Hawaii (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini). Systematic Entomology 32: 601-624 (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00403.x/abstract).
Liebherr, J.K. 2007[2006]. Taxonomic revision of the Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Psydrini) of Molokai, Hawaii and recognition of areas of endemism on Kamakou Volcano. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114: 179-281 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25010556).
Liebherr, J.K. 2006. Hawaiian Blackburnia beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Platynini): patterns of specialization with implications for conservation. Mitteilungen der Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 15: 57-62 (pdf).
Liebherr, J.K. 2006. Recognition and description of Blackburnia kavanaughi, new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Kauai, Hawaii. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114:17-27 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25010535).
Liebherr, J.K. & A.E.Z. Short. 2006. Blackburnia riparia, new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Platynini): a novel element in the Hawaiian riparian insect fauna. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 114:1-16 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25010534). For data matrix used in this paper and Liebherr [2006], and the 10,108 MEPTs found, see: data matrix.
Liebherr, J.K. & P.D. Krushelnycky. 2006. Unfortunate encounters? Novel interactions of native Mecyclothorax, alien Trechus obtusus(Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Agentine ant (Linepithema humile, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) across a Hawaiian landscape. Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 61-73 (http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-006-9019-8).
Liebherr, J.K. 2006[2005]. New species of Mecyclothorax (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Psydrini) from Polipoli, Maui define an area of endemism on Haleakala Volcano, Hawaii. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 113: 97-128 (http://www.jstor.org/stable/25010521).
Liebherr, J.K. 2005. Vanuatu Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Miocene diversification on the Melanesian Arc. Invertebrate Systematics 19: 263-295 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS04032).
Krushelnycky, P.D., R.G. Gillespie, L.L. Loope & J.K. Liebherr. 2005. Rediscovery and uncertain future of high-elevation Haleakalā carabid beetles (Coleoptera). Pacific Science 59: 399-410 (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pacific_science/v059/59.3krushelnycky.pdf).
Liebherr, J.K. 2004. Patterns of endangerment or pathways to enlightenment? Reconstructing the Fauna Hawaiiensis. Systematics & Biodiversity 2: 175-189 (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1017/S1477200004001458).
Polhemus, D.A., C.P. Ewing, R. Kaholoa`a & J.K. Liebherr. 2003. Rediscovery of Blackburnia anomala (Blackburn) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in East Maui, Hawaii after a 107-year hiatus. Pacific Science 57: 161-165 (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pacific_science/v057/57.2polhemus.pdf).
Liebherr, J.K. 2003. Blackburnia lata sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Kauai: morphological transformation in the arboreal microhabitat. Insect Systematics & Evolution 34:41-52 (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/wp-content/journals/10.1163/187631203788964953).
Liebherr, J.K. & R. Takumi. 2002. Introduction and distributional expansion of Trechus obtusus Erichson (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Maui, Hawaii. Pacific Science 56: 365-375 (http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pacific_science/v056/56.4liebherr.pdf).
Liebherr, J.K. 2001. Blackburnia gastrellariformis, sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Molokai: successful prediction of a new taxon by reconciled tree analysis. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32:133-141 (http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/wp-content/journals/10.1163/187631201×00083).
Cryan, J.R., J.K. Liebherr, J.W. Fetzner, Jr. & M.F. Whiting. 2001. Evaluation of relationships within the endemic Hawaiian Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 19: 72-85 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790301909911).
Liebherr, J.K. & E.C. Zimmerman. 2000. Hawaiian Carabidae (Coleoptera), Part 1: Introduction and Tribe Platynini. Insects of Hawaii 16: v + 494 pp. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu (http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=3D9HEO2J5xpPmlw5YmK&page=1&doc=2).
Liebherr, J.K. & E.C. Zimmerman. 1998. Cladistic analysis, phylogeny, and biogeography of Hawaiian Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Systematic Entomology 23: 137-172 (10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00044.x).
