Number 61, 2026
Table Of Contents
Seasonality, abundance, and carrion preference of carrion beetles (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) from a small-scale survey in Steele Creek Park, northeastern Tennessee – L. D. Jessee and S. A. G. Harrington (Full Article)
Number 60, 2026
Table Of Contents
Catalog of Virginia Spiders – M. A. Milne, J. C. Means, R. L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 59, 2025
Table Of Contents
Owlet moths of Virginia, II. The genus Papaipema (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Apameini) – S. M. Roble, E. L. Quinter, and A. E. McBride (Full Article)
Spiders of the Coast: Building the tree of life for arachnids in Magic: The Gathering – M. A. Milne and S. Derkarabetian (Full Article; Supplemental Material)
Two-hundred and seven beetle (Coleoptera) taxa new to a national park in northern Virginia and the District of Columbia with a summary of sampling effort from 1998 through 2023 – B. W. Steury (Full Article)
Contributions to eBird and iNaturalist county records in western Virginia: The hidden value of game camera incidentals – W. J. Viers, K. J. Earls, K. E. Powers, and R. J. Reynolds (Full Article)
New occurrence records for the Southern Plains Bumblebee, Bombus fraternus Smith, 1854 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae), in Virginia – J. M. Weber, V. R. Emerick III, and T. A. Coates (Full Article)
Notes on the distribution of Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838) in Maryland – R. W. Miller (Full Article)
Clarifying the Distributions of the northern pygmy salamander (Desmognathus organi, Crespi, Browne, & Rissler, 2010) and Weller’s salamander (Plethodon welleri Walker, 1931) in Virginia’s Balsam Mountains – S. L. Busick, R. R. Alcantara-Roberts, D. Bellamy, C. M. Blevins, B. J. Cheers, T. W. Etoll, E. G. Kelley, J. L. Legg, M. S. Sullivan, and W. H. Smith (Full Article)
Interbasin transfer of Etheostoma longimanum Jordan, 1888 into the Roanoke River drainage – M. M. Calvert and S. L. Powers (Full Article)
Development of a climate buffering index to enhance understanding of nocturnal cold air formation in wet environments of the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America – linkage to biological diversity in a changing climate – W. W. Browning (Full Article; Supplemental Material)
Coleoptera captured in prionic acid baited cross-vaned panel traps at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland – C. L. Staines (Full Article)
How well can a bioblitz capture species richness? Documenting mammalian species richness at Selu Conservancy, Montgomery County, Virginia – A. F. Jones, W. J. Justice, A. L. Bryant, J. E. Boyce, C. K. Rossmeisl, A. R. Owens, S. D. Vannoy, N. A. Beach, and K. E. Powers (Full Article)
Seasonal limitations to documenting species richness of birds and herpetofauna at Selu Conservancy, Montgomery County, Virginia – A. L. Bryant, C. K. Rossmeisl, A. R. Owens, J. E. Boyce, W. J. Justice, S. D. Vannoy, A. F. Jones, N. A. Beach, and K. E. Powers (Full Article)
Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2025 Supplement – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Utilizing acoustic recorders to monitor anuran populations across southern Maryland and Virginia’s Northern Neck – M. Neff (Full Article)
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Shorter Contributions
First reported case of whole-body melanistic woodchuck (Marmota monax [L., 1758]) in Virginia – K. Powers and M. E. Beckner (Full Article)
Uncommon retrices color in cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, from a single-day mortality event in Virginia – G. C. Smith, G. W. Tieskotter, and K. E. Powers (Full Article)
Incidental herpetological observations from a bumble bee habitat survey in Highland County, Virginia – C. M. Stinson and T. Brust (Full Article)
Documented interaction between an American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm) and a central rat snake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis [Holbrook]) – T. Z. Roberts, A. F. Jones, W. J. Viers, K. E. Powers, and P. L. Read (Full Article)
Notes on Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon & Bachman) reproduction in western Virginia – C. K. Rossmeisl, N. A. Beach, W. J. Justice, J. E. Boyce, A. F. Jones, A. L. Bryant, S. D. Vannoy, A. R. Owens, and K. E. Powers (Full Article)
Number 58, 2024
Table Of Contents
Notes on the distribution of Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) in Maryland – R. W. Miller (Full Article)
Notes on the distribution of Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) in Maryland – R. W. Miller (Full Article)
Cases of unusual melanism in Scurius niger L. (1758) from Virginia – K. E. Powers, M. E. Beckner, and N. D. Moncrief (Full Article)
The Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2024 Supplement. – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Additional notes on the distribution of Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) in Maryland – R. W. Miller (Full Article)
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Shorter Contributions
Observations of the cicada emergence in 2024 – R. S. Groover (Full Article)
First recorded red-legged grasshopper-mite interaction in southwest Virginia – J. K. Lau, J. Koger, R. R. Sheehy, S. L. Foltz, and K. E. Powers (Full Article)
Hypomelanism in two Big Brown Bats and potentially the first documented occurrences in Virginia – L. Sturges and L. Burbulis (Full Article)
Number 57, 2023
Table Of Contents
The Coleoptera of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Mammal diversity associated with former surface mines in the Virginia coalfields – Walter H. Smith, Pearl Acheampong, Kayla B. Deel, Alicia R. Dingus, Michael T. Hughes, Cadence J. Lagow, Soo Lee, Anwita Molaka, Dylan G. Mullins, Elizabeth Owens, Callie N. Perkins, Taylor R. Sanders, Kaleigh B. Still and Peyton Wilson (Full Article)
Some aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Dryopidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae, Noteridae, Psephenidae) of Great Falls Park and Turkey Run Park, Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
The sap-feeding beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, and the District of Columbia – Donald S. Chandler and Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
An updated checklist of Virginia mayfly (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) species and their ecoregion affiliations – Michael D. Meyer and Luke M. Jacobus (Full Article)
Saivodus striatus (Chondrichthyes, Ctenacanthiformes) from the Lower Carboniferous of Southwestern Virginia – Jeremy B. Stout (Full Article)
The Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2023 Supplement. – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
The absence of nosemosis in common eastern bumblebees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) from regions of Roanoke and New River Valley – Binuk Samarasinghe, Thomas Ausburne, Christopher Blankenship, Kaung Lin, Kathleen Linsenman, Jayasimha Rao, and Chet Bhatta (Full Article)
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Shorter Contributions
Unusual pelage pigmentation in Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845) in Smyth County, Virginia – Karen E. Powers and Katherine M. Gorman (Full Article)
Number 56, 2022
Table Of Contents
Additions to the bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) fauna of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Assessing the effects of elevation on the Peaks of Otter Salamander (Plethodon hubrichti) using body condition index – Norman Reichenbach, Elisabeth Russell, Hannah Suber, Hannah Kinsley, Liam Cusack, Cetia Dawson, Savannah Dunn, Olivia de Arujo and Timothy R. Brophy (Full Article)
Techniques and trends in aging carcasses of bird-window collisions in the New River Valley – Savannah L. Lancaster, Rebecca Salen, E. Haley Olsen-Hodges, Sam R. Simon, and Karen E. Powers (Full Article)
Survey of Anisoptera (Odonata) at five National Park Battlefields in Hanover County, Virginia – Richard S. Groover (Full Article)
Little known contribution to Virginia Ephemeroptera by Richard L. Hoffman – Michael D. Meyer (Full Article)
Bryophyte survey of the College Woods and campus of the College of William and Mary – Helen L. Hamilton (Full Article)
The Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 2021-2022 Supplement – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Beetle (Coleoptera) species new to the George Washington Memorial Parkway, including species new to Virginia and the District of Columbia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Herpetological inventory at Sweet’s Farm in Highland County, Virginia – David R. Weisenbeck, Emma M. Nelson, and David S. McLeod (Full Article)
Number 55, 2021
Table Of Contents
Research Articles
Additions to the beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, including new state records – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
The discovery of a second population of the microendemic Apheloria whiteheadi (Shelley, 1986), a state-listed threatened species for Virginia – Jackson C. Means, Kaloyan Ivanov, and Benjamin R. Williams (Full Article)
Coefficients of Conservatism (C-values) for the Flora of Virginia – Douglas A. DeBerry, Joseph A. Thompson, Zackary R. Bradford, David L. Davis, J. Christopher Ludwig, Roderick H. Simmons, and Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
Special Section – Beetles of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland: The Curculionoidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland: The Tenebrionoidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland: The Cucujoidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: the Elateroidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
The Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Rhysodidae) of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An annotated checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: miscellaneous families – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Deletion of Hyla femoralis, Eretmochelys imbricata, and Plestiodon inexpectatus from the herpetofauna of Maryland – Robert W. Miller (Full Article)
It’s raining sturgeons: a likely occurrence of avian predation or scavenging of Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhinchus Mitchell, 1815) – Eric J. Hilton and Patrick E. McGrath (Full Article)
The Civil War and the Flowering Dogwood tree (Cornus florida L.) – Richard S. Groover (Full Article)
Number 54, 2020
Banisteria Number 54, 2020 (PDF)
Table Of Contents
Species Composition and Habitat Associations of the Fishes of Flat Creek, Appomattox River Drainage, Virginia – Michael J. Pinder (Full Article)
Land Snails and Slugs from a Suburban Yard in Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Observations on the Behavior, Biology, and Distribution of the Eastern Hercules Beetle, Dynastes tityus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Dynastinae) in Virginia – John Bunch and Art V. Evans (Full Article)
A baseline inventory of waterfowl from surface mine wetlands in the Virginia coalfields – Kyle Hill and Walter H. Smith (Full Article)
The natural history of the marsh rice rat, Oryzomys palustris, in eastern Virginia – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
Porrocaecum encapsulatum (Nematoda: Ascaridida: Toxocaridae) in Northern Short-tailed Shrews from Virginia – Ralph P. Eckerlin, David M. Feldman, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
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Special Section – Beetles of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland: The Aquatic Families – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: The Scarabaeoidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Maryland: The Staphylinoidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
An Annotated Checklist of the Coleoptera of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: The Chrysomeloidea – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
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Shorter Contributions
Local Compilation of an Annotated Butterfly Checklist – Adrienne Frank, Ken Lorenzen, and Brian Taber (Full Article)
Six Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) New to Virginia – Brent W. Steury and R. Michael Brattain (Full Article)
Parasite loads and aging techniques assess the condition of a Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kitten in Virginia – Karen E. Powers, Thomas H.D. Marshall, Logan M. Van Meter, Robert R. Sheehy, and Sabrina Garvin (Full Article)
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Citizen Science
Pearly-eye Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) of Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia – Kenneth Lorenzen (Full Article)
Number 53, 2019
Table Of Contents
Natural History of the Eastern Harvest Mouse in Southeastern Virginia – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
Investigating Campus Features that Influence Bird-Window Collisions at Radford University, Virginia – Karen E. Powers, Lauren A. Burroughs, Breann M. Mullen, Hannah C. Reed, and Zoe Q. Krajcirovic (Full Article)
Using DNA Barcoding to Identify Carcasses from Bird-Window Collisions at Radford University – Claudia Y. Paniagua-Ugarte, Karen E. Powers, and Robert R Sheehy (Full Article)
The Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, with a Checklist of Regional Species – R. Michael Brattain, Brent W. Steury, Alfred F. Newton, Margaret K. Thayer, and Jeffrey D. Holland (Full Article)
Probable Cerulean Warbler x Northern Parula Hybrid in Rockbridge County, Virginia in April 2019 – Richard A. Rowe and Lucinda M. Rowe (Full Article)
First Records of the Neotropical Deer Ked Lipoptena mazamae Róndani (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) from Virginia – Liberty Hightower, Nancy D. Moncrief, and Kaloyan Ivanov (Full Article)
Notes on the Parasitic Beaver Beetle, Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema, 1869 and Mouse Nest Beetle, Leptinus orientamericanus Peck, 1982 (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae) in Virginia – Ralph P. Eckerlin and Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
Number 52, 2019
Table Of Contents
Owlet Moths of Virginia, I. Subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Distribution, Hybridization, and Taxonomic Status of Two-lined Salamanders (Eurycea bislineata complex) in Virginia and West Virginia – Paul W. Sattler and Timothy R. Brophy (Full Article)
Prey of American Bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) from Henry and Patrick Counties, Virginia (Anura: Ranidae) – Jason D. Gibson and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
New Virginia Records of Trichoptera and Neuroptera (Insecta) – Steven M. Roble, Oliver S. Flint, Jr., and Steven C. Harris (Full Article)
The Ant-like Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera, Aderidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Two Beetles New to Virginia (Coleoptera: Cantharidae, Erotylidae) – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Number 51, 2018
Table Of Contents
Annual Patterns of Production in a Dragonfly Community in Western Virginia – Timothy G. Halverson and Douglas E. Gill (Full Article)
Natural History of Amphibians and Reptiles of the Cohoke Mill Creek Watershed in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and R. Wayne Van Devender (Full Article)
Carpenter and Leopard Moths of Virginia (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Cossidae, Dudgeoneidae) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Euteliidae of Virginia (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
First Virginia Records of Four Exotic Noctuoid Moths, with Additional Records for Two Other Introduced Species (Lepidoptera) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Annotated Checklist of Checkered Beetles from the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia (Coleoptera, Cleridae) – Brent W. Steury and John M. Leavengood, Jr. (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Three Checkered Beetles (Coleoptera, Cleridae) New to Virginia and Additional Records for Phyllobaenus verticalis (Say) and Wolcottia pedalis (LeConte) – Brent W. Steury and John M. Leavengood, Jr. (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Obituary: John R. Holsinger (Full Article)
Obituary: Rowland M. Shelley (Full Article)
Number 50, 2018
Table Of Contents
Natural History of the Southern Bog Lemming in Southeastern Virginia – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
Microhabitat of the Chainback Darter, Percina nevisense (Actinopterygii: Percidae), in the Upper Roanoke River in Salem, Virginia – Steven L. Powers and Peyton Whitlow (Full Article)
Eight Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) New to Virginia, with Additional Records for West Virginia and Maryland – Curt W. Harden (Full Article)
Annotated Checklist of Some Fungivorous Beetles (Coleoptera: Anamorphidae, Biphyllidae, Derodontidae, Endomychidae, Erotylidae, and Tetratomidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Four Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) New to Virginia and Additional New Park Records (Coleoptera: Anthicidae, Buprestidae, Cantharidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) for the George Washington Memorial Parkway – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Two Significant Cases of Insects Biting Humans – Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
The Current Status of Cicindela limbalis Klug in Virginia – Thomas P. Smith and C. Barry Knisley (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
First Fern Records from Virginia: John Banister’s Account of 1679-1692 – Joseph Ewan (Full Article)
Number 49, 2017
Table Of Contents
Biotic Condition and Species Composition of the Fish Community of Big Moccasin Creek, Scott and Russell Counties, Virginia – Michael J. Pinder and Charles F. Saylor (Full Article)
An Acoustic Survey of Bats at Radford Army Ammunition Plant’s New River Unit, Virginia – Heather N. Custer, Karen E. Powers, and Len L. DiIoia, Jr. (Full Article)
Old Collections Add a New Species to Virginia’s Ensign Wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) Fauna – Kal Ivanov (Full Article)
Number 48, 2017
Table Of Contents
Distribution and Abundance of the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle (Habroscelimorpha dorsalis dorsalis) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) at Eastern Shore of Virginia Sites in 2016 – C. Barry Knisley (Full Article)
Use of Rock Crevices in Winter by Big Brown Bats and Eastern Small-footed Bats in the Appalachian Ridge and Valley of Virginia – Paul R. Moosman, Jr., P. Reid Anderson, and Martin G. Frasier (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
First Record of the Rove Beetle Trigonodemus striatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Virginia and Additional New Park Records (Coleoptera: Anthicidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) for the George Washington Memorial Parkway – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
A Tropical Butterfly Visits Virginia – Amos H. Showalter (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
Early Wildlife Conservation and Education Efforts in Virginia: Correspondence of A. Willis Robertson – Heather N. Custer, Karen E. Powers, and Shane Brandes (Full Article)
Number 47, 2016
Table Of Contents
Digitizing Virginia’s Herbaria: A Call to Citizen-Scientists – Andrea Weeks (Full Article)
The Small Mammals of Southeastern Virginia as Revealed by Pitfall Trapping – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
Recovery and Distribution of Anthribus nebulosus, a Scale Predator Introduced into Virginia in 1981 – Peter B. Schultz and Carrie E. Muhleman (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
Arnold Ortmann’s Little-known 1925-26 Mollusk Collecting Trips to Virginia – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Number 46, 2016
Table Of Contents
Herpetofaunal and Small Mammal Assemblages along a Terrestrial Moisture Gradient in Northern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Christopher A. Pague (Full Article)
A Survey of Amphibians at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Anne Arundel County, Maryland – Todd A. Tupper, Robert Aguilar, Tina Sepahpur, Coline C. Hay, and Seyedesara Ebrahimi (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
New Records of the Eastern Spotted Skunk in Northwestern Virginia – Jason V. Lombardi, Michael T. Mengak, and Steven B. Castleberry (Full Article)
An Instance of Geophagy by Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) in the Great Dismal Swamp – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Snowy Owl Brings New Record of Chewing Louse to Virginia – James F. Whatton and Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
How Ecology and Land Use History Shaped the Battle of Chancellorsville – Robert H. Floyd and Paul F. Threadgill (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Charles Elmo Stevens, Jr. (1926-2015): Tribute to a Naturalist (Full Article)
Obituary: John B. Bazuin, Jr. (Full Article)
Obituary: Robert B. Lyon (Full Article)
Number 45, 2015
Table Of Contents
Annotated Checklist of the Neuropterida of Virginia (Arthropoda: Insecta) – Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Distribution of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) in National Park Service Units of the National Capital Region – Elizabeth R. Matthews and Michael Riedman (Full Article)
Noteworthy Plant Records from Fort A.P. Hill, Caroline County, Virginia – Brian W. Josey, Stefanie Ferrazzano, Robert H. Floyd, and Jason R. Applegate (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Noteworthy Beetle Records from Virginia and Maryland (Coleoptera: Anthicidae, Buprestidae, Carbide) – Brent W. Steury and Peter W. Messer (Full Article)
Obituary
David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Number 44, 2014
Table Of Contents
Habitat Selection of the Southern Flying Squirrel in the Virginia Piedmont – Todd S. Fredericksen, Jessica Banton, and Alison Davis (Full Article)
The Longhorned Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway – Brent W. Steury and Ted C. MacRae (Full Article)
Aquatic Snails (Gastropoda) from National Park Sites in Northern Virginia and Adjacent Maryland, with an Updated Checklist of Regional Species – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
A Collection of Shrews from Forests in Franklin County, Virginia – Todd S. Fredericksen, Anthony Garcia, and Cody Davis (Full Article)
Compass Orientation of an Incubating and Brooding Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Noteworthy Beetle Records from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Chrysomelidae) – Brent W. Steury, Peter W. Messer, and Joseph F. Cavey (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Reviews: A Natural History of the Central Appalachians (Full Review)
Number 43, 2014
Table Of Contents
Land Snails and Slugs (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda and Pulmonata) of Two National Parks Along the Potomac River near Washington, District of Columbia – Brent W. Steury and Timothy A. Pearce (Full Article)
Comparisons of Ectomycorrhizal Fungi and Fine Roots of Pinus virginiana Hosts from Two Soil Sources at the Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve, Franklin County, Virginia – Gregory D. Turner and Marianne Demkó (Full Article)
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Albemarle County, Virginia (Odonata) – James M. Childress (Full Article)
Twelve Ground Beetles New to Virginia or the District of Columbia and an Annotated Checklist of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the George Washington Memorial Parkway – Brent W. Steury and Peter W. Messer (Full Article)
Ichthyofaunal Survey of Tributaries of the Appomattox River System, Virginia, 1986-87 – Mitchell D. Norman and Ron Southwick (Full Article)
Freshwater Turtles in the Blackwater River Drainage in Southeastern Virginia – Mitchell D. Norman and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Amphibian and Reptile Communities in Hardwood Forest and Old Field Habitats in the – Central Virginia Piedmont – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Caddisfly Species New to, or Rarely Recorded from, the State of Virginia (Insecta: Trichoptera) – Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
The Opuntia Cactus Bug Chelinidea vittiger Rediscovered in Virginia (Heteroptera: Coreidae) – Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Two Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) New to the Virginia Fauna, Plus Notes on Additional Poorly Known Species – Paul Bedell (Full Article)
Harris’ Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii), a Northern Butterfly New to the Fauna of Virginia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – Steven M. Roble and Allen Bryan (Full Article)
Some Records of Chewing Lice from Carnivores in Virginia – Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
Chironomid Midge Hatch Leads to Mass Mortality Event for Chimney Swifts (Chaetura pelagica) – Christopher M. Milensky, Claudia J. Austin, John H. Epler, Christina A. Gebhard, and Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Snake Predation on American Oystercatcher Eggs on Fisherman Island, Virginia – Amanda D. Hackney, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Pamela P. Denmon (Full Article)
Number 42, 2013
This special issue of Banisteria consists of a lead article on the history
of biospeleology in Virginia, followed by a review of the 168 obligate
cave-dwelling invertebrate species that inhabit the Commonwealth.
The Invertebrate Cave Fauna Of Virginia
John R. Holsinger
Department of Biological Sciences
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529
David C. Culver
Department of Environmental Science
American University
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
David A. Hubbard, Jr.
Virginia Speleological Survey
40 Woodlake Drive
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901
William D. Orndorff
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Division of Natural Heritage Karst Program
8 Radford Street, Suite 102
Christiansburg, Virginia 24073
Christopher S. Hobson
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Division of Natural Heritage
600 East Main Street, 24th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219
ABSTRACT
The obligate cave-dwelling invertebrate fauna of Virginia is reviewed, with the taxonomic status and distribution of each species and subspecies summarized. There are a total of 121 terrestrial (troglobiotic) and 47 aquatic (stygobiotic) species and subspecies, to which can be added 17 stygobiotic species known from Coastal Plain and Piedmont non-cave groundwater habitats, and published elsewhere (Culver et al., 2012a). Richest terrestrial groups are Coleoptera, Collembola, and Diplopoda. The richest aquatic group is Amphipoda. A number of undescribed species are known and the facultative cave-dwelling species are yet to be summarized.
Key words: Appalachians, biogeography, biospeleology, caves, springs, stygobionts, subterranean, troglobionts.
Contributed Papers:
A Brief History of Biospeleology in Virginia – John R. Holsinger (Full Article)
The Invertebrate Cave Fauna of Virginia – John R. Holsinger, David C. Culver, David A. Hubbard, Jr., William D. Orndorff, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Number 41, 2013
Table Of Contents
“Historical Explorations into Virginia’s Natural History” Proceedings of a VNHS symposium held on September 26, 2009 at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia. Symposium Summary – Tom McAvoy (Full Article)
Thomas Jefferson and Virginia’s Natural History – Lucia Stanton (Full Article)
The History of Mammal Studies in Virginia – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
Emmett Reid Dunn and the Early History of Herpetology in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
History of Marine Biology in Virginia, with an Emphasis on Invertebrates – Judith E. Winston (Full Article)
History of Araneology in Virginia – Barbara J. Abraham (Full Article)
A Brief History of Terrestrial Game Species Management in Virginia: 1900-present – Jordan L. Thompson and Karen E. Francl-Powers (Full Article)
Nature, Natural History, and Naturalists in Virginia Since 1927: A Personal Evaluation – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Contributed Papers
Leaf Beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae, Chrysomelidae, Orsodacnidae) from the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax County, Virginia – Joseph F. Cavey, Brent W. Steury, and Erik T. Oberg (Full Article)
Ophiophagy in Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus), with the First Record of Eastern Wormsnakes (Carphophis amoenus) as Prey – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Status of Mabee’s Salamander, Ambystoma mabeei, in Virginia: A Spatial Comparison of Habitat Condition at Sites of Known Occurrence – J. Ryan Niccoli and John D. Kleopfer (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
A Probable Nearshore Record of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) on Assateague Island, Virginia – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Characteristics of a Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis) Territory in Huntley Meadows, Fairfax County, Virginia – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Hummingbirds Visit Feeders at High-Rise Apartment Buildings – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Vacusus vicinus (LaFerté-Sénectère) (Coleoptera: Anthicidae): Northern Range Extensions to Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Kansas – Brent W. Steury, Donald S. Chandler, and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
The Columbine Sawfly, Pristiphora rufipes Serville, New to Virginia, and Other Additions to the List of Virginia Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) – David R. Smith (Full Article)
Re-identification of Alasmidonta triangulata from Virginia – Arthur E. Bogan (Full Article)
Viewpoint
Rectifying the Inequity and Bias: The Case for Investigating Non-Insect Terrestrial Invertebrates in the Southeastern United States – Rowland M. Shelley (Full Article)
Number 40, 2012
Table Of Contents
Obituary: Richard Lawrence Hoffman (1927-2012) – Steven M. Roble and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Scientific Publications of Richard L. Hoffman – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Spot-Problem Solving: A New Approach to Virginia Herpetology for the Next Millennium – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Drawing the Line on Sweetgum: Fine-tuned Phytogeography, Part I. Virginia North to the Roanoke River – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Observations on the Distribution, Habitat, and Seasonality of the Centiped Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say) in Virginia (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
New and Additional Records of Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles for Virginia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Rhysodidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Six Click Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Elateridae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Three Wolf Spiders New to the Virginia Fauna (Araneae: Lycosidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Velvety Shore Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Ochteridae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Relative Abundance, Habitat Preference, and Seasonal Occurrence of Two Species of Carrion Beetles in Central Virginia (Silphidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Susan C. Kirby (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Distribution of the Flightless Carrion Beetle Necrophilus pettitii Horn in Virginia (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
A Second Locality for Phytocoris hoffmani Henry (Heteroptera: Miridae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Drassyllus rufulus (Banks), An Addition to the Ground Spider Fauna of Virginia (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Hyporhagus punctulatus Thompson (Coleoptera: Zopheridae, Monommatinae) in Virginia -Warren E. Steiner, Jr. and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Nampabius fungiferopes (Chamberlin), a Boreal Centiped New to theVirginia Fauna (Chilopoda: Lithobiidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
A Virginia Population of Alasmidonta triangulata (Lea) (Bivalvia: Unionidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Phyllophaga longispina (Smith), A Northern May Beetle New tothe Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, A Rarely Collected Leaf Beetle New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
An Inland Occurrence of the Grasshopper Leptysma marginicollis (Serville) in Virginia (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Leptysminae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Essays By Richard Hoffman
The High Country: Biologically Unique (Full Article)
A Garden of Biotic Delights (Full Article)
Bug of the Month (Full Article)
Abolish Invertebrates! (Full Article)
The Alleghany Naturalist
Miscellanea
The Virginia Natural History Society: A Brief History of the First 20 Years (Full Article)
Number 39, 2012
Table Of Contents
A Comparison of Lowland and Upland Forests of Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia I. Vascular Plants – Todd S. Fredericksen and Mavrik Mann (Full Article)
A Comparison of Lowland and Upland Forests of Fairy Stone State Park, Virginia II. Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Songbirds – Todd S. Fredericksen and Shane Boyd (Full Article)
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge and Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Patterns of Frog and Toad Vocalization in Fairfax County, Virginia – Todd A. Tupper, Tatiana Galitzin, Christine Bozarth, and David M. Lawlor (Full Article)
Survey and Assessment of Man-made Structures Used by Rafinesque’s Big-eared Bats (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) in Southeastern Virginia – Leeanna T. Pletcher and John D. Kleopfer (Full Article)
Freshwater Mussel Declines in the Upper South Fork Holston River, Virginia – Michael J. Pinder and Joseph J. Ferraro (Full Article)
Historical Records of Nicrophorus americanus (American Burying Beetle) from Virginia and Vicinity, and Confirmation of the Occurrence of N. carolinus in Virginia (Coleoptera: Silphidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Cicada Parasite Beetles (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae) of Virginia – Arthur V. Evans and Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Annotated List of the Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury, Ted C. MacRae, and Erik T. Oberg (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) Takes Wood Duck (Aix sponsa): Pathology and Process of an Exceptional Predation Event – Storrs L. Olson (Full Article)
Stachyocnemus apicalis is Rediscovered in Virginia (Heteroptera: Alydidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 38, 2011
Table Of Contents
A Preliminary List of the Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Virginia -Winnie H. Y. Lam, Jadranka Rota, and John W. Brown (Full Article)
Decline of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the North Fork and South Fork Shenandoah Rivers, Virginia – Anne C. Chazal and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Range Extension for the Dismal Swamp Southern Bog Lemming, Synaptomys cooperi helaletes, in Eastern Virginia – Robert K. Rose (Full Article)
The Occurrence of Ramphogordius sanguineus (Nemertea, Heteronemertea) in the Intertidal Zone of the Atlantic Coast of Virginia and New Observations on its Feeding Behavior – Serena A. Caplins and James M. Turbeville (Full Article)
The Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland – C. L. Staines and S. L. Staines (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
First Virginia Records for Two Boreal Species of Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
An Ensign Wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) New to Virginia – David R. Smith (Full Article)
A New Early Hatching Record for Plestiodon fasciatus (Sauria, Scincidae) in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Alton McCaleb Harvill, Jr. (1916-2008): A Necrology and Tribute (Full Article)
Number 37, 2011
Table Of Contents
Additions to the Vascular Flora of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia – Brent W. Steury (Full Article)
Timber Harvesting Effects on Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Invertebrates on Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve, Franklin County, Virginia – Caleb S. Burruss, Todd S. Fredericksen, and Glen Stevens (Full Article)
Two Austral Dung Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Gnathobleda litigiosa, an Austral Assassin Bug New to the Virginia Fauna (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
The False Longhorn Beetles (Stenotrachelidae) of Virginia (Coleoptera) – Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Early Nest Record for Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum) in Virginia – Kevin C. R. Kerr and Christopher M. Milensky (Full Article)
What Kind of Fleas Does Your Dog Have? – Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
T. A. Conrad’s Calfpasture River Mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Notices of Fresh Water Shells, &c, of Rockbridge County, Virginia – T. A. Conrad (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Obituary: Franklin J. Tobey, Jr. (1919-2010)(Full Article)
Number 36, 2010
Table Of Contents
A Preliminary List of the Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Virginia – Paul Bedell (Full Article)
Ground Beetles from the Quantico Marine Corps Base: 2. Thirty Additional Species from Recent Collections (Coleoptera: Carabidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Records of Butterflies and Skippers from Fort A. P. Hill and Vicinity, Caroline County, Virginia – Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Purse-web Spiders, Genus Sphodros, in Virginia (Mygalomorphae: Atypidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Late Ground Nesting of Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) on Assateague Island, Virginia – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Geocoris uliginosus, a Bigeyed Bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae) Associated with Phlox subulata in Mid-Appalachian Shale Barrens – A. G. Wheeler (Full Article)
Ecitoxenidia brevicornis Seevers, a Rare Myrmecophilous Beetle, Occurs in Virginia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Tailed Cellar Spider, Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall 1867), New to Virginia (Araneae: Pholcidae) – Travis Clark and William A. Shear (Full Article)
Historical Contributions
Some Observations Concerning Insects made by Mr. John Banister in Virginia, A.D. 1680 (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Reviews (Book Reviews)
Number 35, 2010
Table Of Contents
John Abbot, the English Naturalist-Artist, in Virginia – John V. Calhoun and David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Traditional Medicinal Plant Use Among Virginia’s Powhatan Indians – Erin E. Morgan and James E. Perry (Full Article)
A Review of the Status of the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) in Virginia – Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the Virginia Barrier Islands – Tim J. Arquette, John F. Barimo, and Richard R. Mills (Full Article)
Activity Patterns of Small Terrestrial Vertebrates and Relationship to Coarse Woody Debris – in Virginia Piedmont Forests
Todd S. Fredericksen, J. D. Fiore, Hannah S. Shively, Mary Beth Webb, Jessica L. Scott, and Ryan L. Smith (Full Article)
First Record for Prosorhochmus americanus (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea) in Virginia – with Notes on its Natural History and Morphology – James M. Turbeville and Serena A. Caplins (Full Article)
Pistia stratiotes L. (Water Lettuce) Discovered in Southeastern Virginia – Kimberly A. Coffie and Robert B. Atkinson (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) Scavenges Short-tailed Shrew (Blarina brevicauda)
in Northern Virginia – Hillary P. Graves and Sonya E. Graves (Full Article)
Miscellanea
A Lifetime of Contributions to Myriapodology and the Natural History of Virginia: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard L. Hoffman’s 80th Birthday. Steven M. Roble & Joseph C. Mitchell (editors). 2009. Special Publication Number 16, Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, VA. Pp. i-xvi, 1-458. ISBN: 1-884549-31-4. $76.00, plus shipping. (Full Review)
Number 34, 2009
Table Of Contents
An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part III. Emendations and Biogeography – Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
Bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) of a Riverside Outcrop Prairie in Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury, Sam W. Droege, and Erik T. Oberg (Full Article)
An Annotated List of the False Click Beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, R. L. Otto, and Robert Vigneault (Full Article)
The Forest Caterpillar Hunter, Calosoma sycophanta, an Old World Species – Confirmed as Part of the Virginia Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
An Updated List of Macrolepidopteran Moths Collected near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia 1996-2003 – J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
First Record of the Exotic Invasive Vitex rotundifolia (Verbenaceae) in Virginia – Christian Hauser, Lee Rosenberg, and James E. Perry (Full Article)
Photographic Documentation of Blue-Morph Ross’s Goose (Chen rossii) on Assateague Island, Virginia – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Two Austral Water Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Number 33, 2009
Table Of Contents
The Ant Community of a Riparian Forest in the Dyke Marsh Preserve, Fairfax County, Virginia, and a Checklist of Mid-Atlantic Formicidae. Daniel Kjar (Full Article)
Virginia Ground Spiders: A First List (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrochidae, Aquatic Hydrophilidae, and Noteridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the North Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland. C. L. Staines (Full Article)
Phyllophaga spreta (Horn), a Rare Species of June Beetle New to the Fauna of Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
Hybosorus illigeri Reiche Confirmed as Part of the Virginia Beetle Fauna, with Notes on Germarostes (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae). Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
Notes on Valgus seticollis (Palisot de Beauvois) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Virginia. Arthur V. Evans (Full Article)
First Records of Notapictinus aurivillii (Bergroth), a Little-known Flatbug, for Virginia and the Carolinas (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
An Obscure Sawfly, Kerita fidala Ross (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), New to Virginia, A Leafminer of Virginia Bluebell, Mertensia virginica (L.) Pers. ex Link (Boraginaceae). David R. Smith (Full Article)
Potential Range Extension of the Hispid Cotton Rat, Sigmodon hispidus, in Virginia. Karen E. Francl and Dwight E. Meikle (Full Article)
The Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae): Breeding in Richmond, Virginia. Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)
The Mourning Scorpionfly, Panorpa lugubris (Swederus), in Virginia (Mecoptera: Panorpidae). Arthur V. Evans and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Medically Significant Bite by a Nabid Bug (Heteroptera: Nabidae). Richard L. Hoffman, David N. Gaines, and Dreda McCreary (Full Article)
Number 32, 2008
Table Of Contents
Banisteria 32 – Potomac Gorge BioBlitz (2006) report
Part 1. Cover material and Table of Contents
Part 2. Introduction, Study Area, and Methods
Part 3. Results (Algae, Fungi, Plants, Non-insect invertebrates)
Part 5: Results (Amphibians and Reptiles; Final Species Count),
Discussion, Acknowledgements, Literature Cited, Miscellanea
Number 31, 2008
Table Of Contents
An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part II. Families of Integripalpia. Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
A Lichen Survey of Williamsburg, Virginia. Brendan P. Hodkinson and Martha A. Case (Full Article)
Bird Communities on Recently-logged and Mature Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in Virginia. Todd S. Fredericksen (Full Article)
Land Snails of the Cheat River Canyon, West Virginia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Kenneth P. Hotopp, Timothy A. Pierce, and Daniel C. Dourson (Full Article)
Firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Flight Periods, Sex Ratios, and Habitat Frequencies in a United States Mid-Atlantic Freshwater Tidal Marsh, Low Forest, and their Ecotone. Edward M. Barrows, Shawna B. Arsenault, and Nickolas P. Grenier (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Virginia Record for a Rare False Click Beetle (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Predation Stalemate: Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) Versus Eastern Ratsnake (Pantherophis alleghaniensis). Joseph C. Mitchell and Gayle Fischer (Full Article)
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia), A Non-Native Butterfly New to the Virginia Fauna. Steven M. Roble and Michael W. Donahue (Full Article)
Number 30, 2007
Table Of Contents
Arctodiaptomus dorsalis (Marsh): A Case History of Copepod Dispersal – Janet W. Reid (Full Article)
Exotic Plant Distributions Along Disturbance Corridors at the Grassy Hill Natural Area Preserve, Franklin County, Virginia – Gregory Turner and Marianne Demkó (Full Article)
Four May Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Distribution of Conoderus scissus (Schaeffer) with Notes on Some Taxonomic Characters (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypinae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
First Specimen Record of Great White Heron (Ardea herodias occidentalis) in Virginia – Carla J. Dove, Roger B. Clapp, and Crissy Willis (Full Article)
Observation of Eastern Red Bats (Lasiurus borealis) Mating in Coastal Virginia – Scott McConnell (Full Article)
First Records of the Rarely Collected Bug Nannocoris arenarius, from Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Thomas J. Henry (Full Article)
Appaleptoneta coma (Barrows), A Spider New to Virginia (Araneae, Leptonetidae) – William A. Shear (Full Article)
Chinese Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) in the Potomac River and Notes on Eastern Spiny Softshells (Apalone spinifera) in Northern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, Brent W. Steury, Kurt A. Buhlmann, and Peter Paul van Dijk (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Land Unvanquished: Parts IX-XVI – Roger H. de Rageot (Full Article)
Number 29, 2007
Table of Contents
A Flora of Fisherman Island, Virginia – Allen Belden, Jr. and Dorothy P. Field (Full Article)
A Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths of Turkey Run and Great Falls National Parks, Fairfax County, Virginia – Brent W. Steury, John Glaser, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Macrolophus brevicornis on Triosteum perfoliatum in Virginia: State Record and New Host-Plant Record for Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) – Alfred G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
Observations on a Malformed American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) from Fairfax County, Virginia – Jason D. Gibson, Tony Bulmer (Full Article)
Message from a Peat Bank: First Record for the Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum) – from Cobb Island, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Obituary: Roger de Rageot – Joseph C. Mitchell and David Liebman (Obituary)
My Favorite Story about Roger Rageot – Franklin J. Tobey, II
Land Unvanquished: Parts I-VIII – Roger de Rageot (Full Article)
Number 28, 2006
Table Of Contents
List of the Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Virginia – David R. Smith (Full Article)
Bird Records from the Southwestern Virginia Roanoke Sewage Treatment Plant – Michael W. Donahue (Full Article)
Status of the Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis) in North Carolina and Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Ecology of a Salamander Assemblage, Including Disjunct Populations of Eurycea lucifuga and
E. l. longicauda, in an Abandoned Virginia Mine – Norman Reichenbach, Micah LeMon, and Jeremiah Hinson (Full Article)
The Volvating Scarabaeid Beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Ceratocanthinae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Marl Pennant (Macrodiplax balteata), A New Coastal Dragonfly in Virginia – Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
A Native Occurrence of Carolina Moonseed (Cocculus carolinus) in Virginia – John F. Townsend and Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
Notes on Basking Behavior of the Stinkpot (Sternotherus odoratus) and its Implications for Predation Risk – John D. Kleopfer and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Early Emergence and Unusual Coloration in Eastern Milk Snakes (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) in the Northern Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Carrie Seltzer (Full Article)
Opportunistic Scavenging by Eastern American Toad (Bufo americanus americanus) Tadpoles on a Dead Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens) – Jason D. Gibson and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Number 27, 2006
Table Of Contents
Aeschynomene virginica (Fabaceae) Habitat in a Tidal Marsh, James City County, Virginia – David E. Bailey, James E. Perry, and Douglas A. DeBerry (Full Article)
Local Recreational Parks as Hospitable Habitats for Small Aquatic Animals: Examples of Copepod Crustaceans in Virginia – Janet W. Reid (Full Article)
Thirty Ground Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia, and a Milestone (Coleoptera: Carabidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Robert L. Davidson (Full Article)
Effects of Timber Harvesting on the Abundance and Diversity of Small Mammals on Non-Industrial Private Forestlands in South-central Virginia – Hannah S. Shively, Jason D. Fiore, and Todd S. Fredericksen (Full Article)
The Scarab Genus Polyphylla in Virginia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Patera panselenus (Hubricht) on the Lower Cheat River, West Virginia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Polygyridae) – Kenneth P. Hotopp (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Hemipeplus microphthalmus (Schwarz): A Species and Genus of Elongated Beetles New to the Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera; Mycteridae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
A Note on the Occurrence of the Spider Arachosia cubana (Banks) in Virginia (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Anahita punctulata (Hentz): A Species, Genus, and Family of Spiders New to the Fauna of the Virginias and Ohio (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Wm. James Arnold, and Richard A. Bradley (Full Article)
Collecting Insects on Fence Post Flood Refuges – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Observation of Intradermal Trombiculid Mite Larvae in Two Species of Salamanders in Virginia – Jason D. Gibson and Paul Sattler (Full Article)
Number 26, 2005
Table Of Contents
Some Observations on Growth Form in the Sand Post Oak (Quercus margarettiae) and Historic Reports of Boynton’s Oak (Quercus boyntonii) in Virginia – John F. Townsend (Full Article)
Jadera haematoloma, Another Insect on its Way North (Heteroptera: Rhopalidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
Behavior of Captive Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) in Virginia – Michael T. Mengak and Andrew K. Zadnik (Full Article)
The Occurrence of Arhaphe carolina Herrich-Schaeffer in Virginia: An Inexplicable Distribution Pattern (Heteroptera: Largidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
The Phantom Darner, Triacanthagyna trifida, A Dragonfly New to Virginia – Robert C. Simpson and R. Ann Simpson (Full Article)
The Occurrence in Florida and Virginia of Corixidea major, An Exceptionally Rare North American Bug (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Thomas J. Henry (Full Article)
Early Terrestrial Emergence of a Hatchling Northern Diamond-Backed Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin) on the Eastern Shore of Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Pamela Denmon (Full Article)
Winter Activity by an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Aberrant Color and Pattern in a Northern Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Invertebrate Predation on a Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum) Larva in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel (Full Article)
Arboreality in a Northern Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi dekayi) in Virginia -Jason Gibson, Paige Powell, and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Southern Ring-Necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus punctatus) Phenotype in the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province of Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and William D. Brown (Full Article)
Number 25, 2005
Results of a Herpetofaunal Survey of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Southwestern Virginia – C. Shay Garriock and Rick Reynolds (Full Article)
Distribution of Lythrum salicaria L., Purple Loosestrife, in Western Virginia and Northeastern Tennessee – Thomas J. McAvoy, Warren T. Mays, and Loke T. Kok (Full Article)
The Virginia Species of Banasa, Three Decades Later (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Observations on Blainville’s Beaked Whales, Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville, 1817), at Poor Man’s Canyon, Virginia – Edward S. Brinkley and J. Brian Patteson (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Vocal Mimicry of Broad-winged Hawk by Blue Jay – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Albinism in American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) Tadpoles from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)
Leucistic Wood Frog (Rana sylvatica) Tadpole from Northern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Anophthalmia in an Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum feriarum) from Southeastern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel (Full Article)
Bilateral Ectromelia in a Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans) Metamorph from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and C. Todd Georgel (Full Article)
Mortality of Larval Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in a Central Virginia Road Rut Puddle – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Number 24, 2004
Table Of Contents
The Earliest Illustrations and Descriptions of the Cardinal – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Road Mortality of Snakes in Central Virginia – Jason D. Gibson and Donald A. Merkle (Full Article)
Status of the Appalachian Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus centaureae wyandot) in Virginia – Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Katharine L. Derge (Full Article)
An Annotated List of the Caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Virginia: Part I. Introduction and Families of Annulipalpia and Spicipalpia – Oliver S. Flint, Jr., Richard L. Hoffman, and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Observation of an Externally Situated Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Nest Depredated by an Eastern Ratsnake (Elaphe alleganiensis) in Southwestern Virginia – James L. Sparks Jr., Lynne Hassel, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
An Unusually Colored Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum) from Virginia, with Notes on her Offspring – Joseph C. Mitchell and Liam McGranaghan (Full Article)
A Malformed Fowler’’s Toad (Bufo fowleri) from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Belinda Burwell (Full Article)
New Distribution Records for Eleates depressus (Randall) in the Southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae; Bolitophaginae) and Notes on These Occurrences – Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
Distribution of Ctenotrachelus shermani Barber, an Assassin Bug New to the Fauna of Virginia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Butterflies and Skippers Crossing the James River in Spring – Brian Taber (Full Article)
Number 23, 2004
Table Of Contents
The Flora of Manassas National Battlefield Park, Prince William and Fairfax Counties, Virginia – Gary P. Fleming and Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)
Arthropod Community Heterogeneity in a Mid-Atlantic Forest Highly Invaded by Alien Organisms – Daniel Kjar and Edward M. Barrows (Full Article)
Records of Butterflies and Skippers from the Southeastern Piedmont of Virginia – Anne C. Chazal, Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson, and Amber K. Foster (Full Article)
Notes on an Autumn Roost of an Eastern Small-footed Bat (Myotis leibii) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Early Fall Coyote Foods in Campbell and Bath Counties, Virginia – Daniel J. Gammons (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Calyptoproctus marmoratus, a Striking Planthopper, Arrives in Virginia from Parts South (Homoptera: Fulgoridae) –
Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Occurrence of Intradermal Mite, Hannemania sp. (Acarina: Trombiculidae), Parasites in Two Species of Amphibians in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Number 22, 2003
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A Review of Research Studies at Mountain Lake, Virginia – Bruce C. Parker (Full Article)
The Flora and Fauna of Virginia Army National Guard OMS No. 1 and No. 2 near Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia – Allen Belden, Jr. and Katharine L. Derge (Full Article)
Butterflies and Skippers Recorded from the Southern Tip of the Delmarva Peninsula, 1995-2003 – Brian Taber (Full Article)
Beetles of the Genus Anthophylax in Virginia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
New Flea and Cimicid Records from Birds in Virginia – Ralph P. Eckerlin, Harry F. Painter, and Roger B. Clapp (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Unusual Foraging Behavior of a Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Assateague Island, Virginia -William Moskoff (Full Article)
Heilipus apiatus, a Striking Large Weevil New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Pelage Anomaly in a Northern Short-tailed Shrew, Blarina brevicauda, from West Virginia – Karen E. Francl, Steven B. Castleberry, and W. Mark Ford (Full Article)
Number 21, 2003
Mosses of the Virginia Piedmont – David A. Breil (Full Article – Part 1) (Full Article – Part 2)
Number 20, 2002
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Summer Crane Flies (Tipulidae) of the Mountain Lake Vicinity, Virginia – George W. Byers (Full Article)
An Overview of Amphibian and Reptile Assemblages on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, with Comments on Conservation – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Archaeofaunal Remains from the Late Prehistoric Mount Joy Site in Botetourt County, Virginia – Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)
Thirteen Additions to the Known Beetle Fauna of Virginia (Coleoptera: Scirtidae, Bothrideridae, Cleridae, Tenebrionidae, Melyridae, Callirphidae, Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble, and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri): A New Milliped for Virginia (USA), with Natural History Observations (Julida: Julidae) – Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, Richard L. Hoffman, Joseph B. Lambert and Yuyang Wu (Full Article)
Leucistic Marbled Salamanders (Ambystoma opacum) in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Don R. Church (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Copperhead Preys on Star-nosed Mole in the Great Dismal Swamp – Gary R. Graves (Full Article)
Observations on Breeding by Eastern Spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in Augusta County, Virginia – Don R. Church, Henry M. Wilbur, Steven M. Roble, Fred C. Huber, and Michael W. Donahue (Full Article)
A Leucistic Northern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Number 19, 2002
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Home Range and Movement of the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Virginia – Michael T. Mengak (Full Article)
Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae in Virginia (Arachnida: Araneida) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
New Records for Stink Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Second Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia – J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Status of the Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta) in Virginia – Anne C. Chazal and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
First Virginia Records for Three Species of Centipeds (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Luis A. Pereira (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Spring Dragonfly (Odonata) and Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Fallout at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel – Brian Taber (Full Article)
Records for Winter Scorpionflies in Virginia (Mecoptera: Boreidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 18, 2001
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Biology and Conservation Status of Neonympha mitchellii, a Globally Rare Butterfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble, Clyde T. Kessler, Bruce Grimes, Christopher S. Hobson, and Anne C. Chazal
Prehistoric Archaeological Fish Distribution Records from the Roanoke River, Virginia and North Carolina – Thomas R. Whyte (Full Article)
Five Northern Lacewings New to the Virginia Fauna, Including Significant Southern Range Extensions for Eremochrysa canadensis and Hemerobius costalis (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae) – Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Nemotaulius hostilis (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae), a Boreal Caddisfly New to the Virginia Fauna -Steven M. Roble and Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Observations of a Yearling Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia Beach -Marshall J. Iliff and Edward S. Brinkley (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Recent Collections of Chologaster cornuta (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) in Virginia, with Comments on Sampling Methods for the Species – Mark A. Dugo and C. Michael Stinson (Full Article)
New Records of Reptiles from the Virginia Barrier Islands – M. Patrick Brannon, Nancy D. Moncrief, and Raymond D. Dueser (Full Article)
New Records of Esox niger and Lepisosteus osseus in the New River, Virginia – Travis O. Brenden and Joseph A. Williams (Full Article)
Obituary
Number 17, 2001
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The Vascular Flora of Fire-Maintained Grasslands and Woodlands at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia – Gary P. Fleming, Kathleen M. McCoy, and Nancy E. Van Alstine (Full Article)
A Status Survey of Freshwater Mussel Populations in the Upper Clinch River, Tazewell County, Virginia – Jess W. Jones, Richard J. Neves, Matthew A. Patterson, Chris R. Good, and Antoinette DiVittorio (Full Article)
Natural History of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in a Degraded Environment in Southeastern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, C. Todd Georgel, and Joseph S. Ferris (Full Article)
An Update to the Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths Near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia – J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
First Records for the Yellow Lamp Mussel (Lampsilis cariosa) in the Roanoke River System of Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Late Nesting Ecology in Virginia Beach, Virginia – Chad L. Cross, John B. Gallegos, and Florence G. James (Full Article)
Number 16, 2000
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Species Composition and Biotic Condition of the Fish Community of Indian Creek, Tazewell County, Virginia – Michael J. Pinder and Jess W. Jones (Full Article)
A Floristic Survey of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Appomattox County, Virginia – Anne C. Lund and Thomas J. Rawinski (Full Article)
Notes on Amphibians and Reptiles in Riparian and Upland Habitats on Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, A. Scott Bellows, and C. Todd Georgel (Full Article)
Amphibian and Reptile Diversity of a Threatened Natural Area in Central Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
First Virginia Records of Four European Insect Herbivores of Phragmites australis – Bernd Blossey and Joseph T. Weber (Full Article)
Fourteen Ground Beetles New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Three True Bugs New to the Virginia Fauna, Including the First Record of the Family Schizopteridae (Heteroptera) – Steven M. Roble and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Northernmost Population of the Scorpionfly Brachypanorpa jeffersoni Byers (Mecoptera: Panorpodidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Previously Overlooked Records of the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis) from Virginia – Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Miscellanea
Charles Overton Handley, Jr.: A Remembrance (Full Article)
Number 15, 2000
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Foods of Birds of Prey in Virginia. Part I. Stomach Analyses – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
A Survey of Macrolepidopteran Moths Near Vontay, Hanover County, Virginia – J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Grass Spiders of the Genus Agelenopsis in Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Records and Habitats of the “Rare Click Beetle,” Cerophytum pulsator (Haldeman), in Virginia and Maryland (Coleoptera: Cerophytidae) – Warren E. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
Mass Mortality of Red-spotted Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Rafinesque) on a Central Virginia Road – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Aggregations of Red-spotted Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Rafinesque) in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
The Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus): a New Face in Virginia – David A. Young (Full Article)
Lytta polita (Say), a Blister Beetle New to the Virginia Fauna (Coleoptera: Meloidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Additional Field Longevity Record for the Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma magister) – Michael T. Mengak (Full Article)
Number 14, 1999
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Small Mammal Assemblages on Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia: Habitat Associations and Patterns of Capture Success – A. Scott Bellows, Joseph C. Mitchell, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
A Survey of Freshwater Mussels in the Middle Fork Holston River, Virginia – William F. Henley, Richard J. Neves, Lora L. Zimmerman, and Rebecca Winterringer (Full Article)
Six Species of Bugs New to the Virginia List (Heteroptera: Coreidae, Lygaeidae, Phymatidae, Miridae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Amphibian Diversity in Three Montane Streams with Different Levels of Acidity, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Additional Records of the Rock Vole, Microtus chrotorrhinus (Miller) (Mammalia: Muridae), in Virginia – John L. Orrock, Elizabeth K. Harper, John F. Pagels, and William J. McShea (Full Article)
Distribution of the Dwarf Waterdog (Necturus punctatus) in Virginia, with Comments on Collecting Techniques – Steven M. Roble, Dirk J. Stevenson, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
First Records of Noctua pronuba L., an Old World Moth, in Virginia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) – Steven M. Roble, Anne C. Chazal, Christopher S. Hobson, and J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Number 13, 1999
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“The Big Levels Region of Virginia: Aspects of Natural History and Management of a Unique and Imperiled Area” – Proceedings of a Symposium Convened at Charlottesville, Virginia October 16, 1998 Under the Auspices of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, and the Virginia Natural History Society
Introduction to the symposium on the natural history of the Big Levels area: Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds and St. Marys River – Joseph C. Mitchell, Dawn M. Kirk, and Daniel M. Downey (Full Article)
Wildlife management activities in Big Levels, Augusta County, Virginia: an overview – Roy E. Swartz and David M. Kocka (Full Article)
Climate characteristics of the Big Levels region, Augusta County, Virginia – Scott D. Klopfer (Full Article)
Descriptive ecology of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia – Kurt A. Buhlmann, Joseph C. Mitchell, and Lawrence R. Smith (Full Article)
Water chemistry assessment of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole ponds in Virginia – Daniel M. Downey, Sara Wirtz, Kevin R. Kruer, and Sean P. Douglas (Full Article)
Plant communities and floristic features of sinkhole ponds and seepage wetlands in southeastern Augusta County, Virginia – Gary P. Fleming and Nancy E. Van Alstine (Full Article)
Factors controlling the distribution and abundance of the narrow endemic, Helenium virginicum (Asteraceae): antiherbivore defense? – John S. Knox, Frank W. Stearns, Jr., and Charles K. Dietzel (Full Article)
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system and vicinity, Augusta County, Virginia – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Amphibians and reptiles of the Shenandoah Valley sinkhole pond system in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Kurt A. Buhlmann (Full Article)
Observations on small mammals in the Maple Flats sinkhole pond complex, Augusta County, Virginia – Richard J. Reynolds, Andrew K. Zadnik, and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
Hydrology and geomorphology of Green Pond – a high-elevation depressional wetland in the Blue Ridge of Virginia – G. Richard Whittecar and James R. Lawrence (Full Article)
Quaternary erosional history of the St. Marys River, western Virginia – Gregory Bank, David Harbor, and D. Whit Morriss (Full Article)
The acid-base status of the St. Marys River: the Virginia trout stream sensitivity study results – R. Webb and Frank A. Deviney, Jr. (Full Article)
Effects of acidification on benthic fauna in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia – John W. Kauffman, Larry O. Mohn, and Paul E. Bugas, Jr. (Full Article)
Impacts of acid deposition on fish populations in St. Marys River, Augusta County, Virginia – Paul E. Bugas, Jr., Larry O. Mohn, and John W. Kauffman (Full Article)
Streamside salamanders in an acidic Blue Ridge Mountain stream: historical comparisons and relative abundance – Dawn M. Kirk and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Long term vegetation and fire histories at Spring Pond, Virginia – Jason A. Lynch and James S. Clark (View Abstract)
Prehistory of Big Levels: 12,500 years of cultural evolution – George A. Tolley and Michael B. Barber (View Abstract)
Late Cenozoic history of alluvial fans near Stuarts Draft, Virginia – G. Richard Whittecar, Debra F. Duffy, and Ali A. Nowroozi (View Abstract)
Number 12, 1998
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Records of Odonata, Fish, and Birds from the Grafton Ponds Sinkhole Complex, York County, Virginia – Steven M. Roble and Dirk J. Stevenson (Full Article)
Bat Records from Southeastern Virginia, Including a New Resident Species, Myotis austroriparius (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) – Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Distribution and Abundance of Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis, the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle, Along the Western Shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia – C.Barry Knisley, James M. Hill and Cindy A. Schulz (Full Article)
New Locality Records for the Dismal Swamp Green Stink Bug (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) – Richard L. Hoffman, Steven M. Roble and Eric L. Quinter (Full Article)
A New Technique to Monitor Larval and Juvenile Salamanders in Stream Habitats – Thomas K. Pauley and Michael Little (Full Article)
On the Occurrence of Several Species of Pterostichine Ground Beetles in Virginia (Carabidae: Pterostichini) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
First Record of a Shrew of the Genus Sorex on the Eastern Shore of Virginia – Nancy D. Moncrief and Raymond D. Dueser (Full Article)
New Milliped Records for Virginia and Georgia: Ameractis satis (Zosteractinidae, Julida, Diplopoda) – William A. Shear and David A. Hubbard, Jr. (Full Article)
New Distributional Record for Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 in the New River, Virginia – Michael J. Pinder and C. Shay Garriock (Full Article)
Natural History Biographies
The Two John Claytons of Virginia – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Number 11, 1998
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The Vascular Flora of Five Newly Discovered Granite Flatrocks in Virginia’s Southern Piedmont – Allen Belden, Jr. (Full Article)
Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia and Vicinity – Joseph C. Mitchell and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Distribution of the Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in the Chesapeake Bay Drainage in Virginia – Thomas F. Wilcox, Susan G. Barco and Mark Swingle (Full Article)
The Virginia Piedmont Water-boatman Sigara depressa (Heteroptera: Corixidae) Rediscovered in Virginia – Christopher S. Hobson, Anne C. Chazal and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Notes on the Distribution and Ecology of Some Amphibians and Reptiles in Southeastern Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, Sandra Y. Erdle and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
Observations on Nesting by a Fence Lizard, Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus, in Virginia – Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
An Inland Record for the Tiger Beetle Cicindela trifasciata ascendens in Virginia – Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Recent Noteworthy Records of the Swampfish (Chologaster cornuta) in the Nottoway River System, Virginia – Steven M. Roble, Dirk J. Stevenson and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Natural History Biographies
Ellison A. Smyth, Jr. (1863-1941), Founder of the Department of Biology at Virginia Tech – Joseph C. Mitchell and Michael Kosztarab (Full Article)
Obituary
Number 10, 1997
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Survey of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of Unsurveyed Streams of the Tennessee River Drainage, Virginia – Matthew R. Winston and Richard J. Neves (Full Article)
Some Important Virginia Specimens in the National Institution for the Promotion of Science – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Dendroecological Potential of Juniperus virginiana L. Growing on Cliffs in Western Virginia – Douglas W. Larson (Full Article)
Two Orthopteroid Insects New to the Virginia Fauna (Saltatoria: Conocephalidae; Blattaria: Blattidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
First Records of Freshwater Mussels on the Eastern Shore of Virginia – Steven M. Roble and Phillip H. Stevenson (Full Article)
Limnephilus moestus Banks, a Northern Caddisfly in the Atlantic Coastal Plain (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) – Richard L. Hoffman and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
New Field Records for Longevity in Allegheny Woodrats (Neotoma magister) – Michael T. Mengak (Full Article)
On the Type Locality of Orconectes virginiensis Hobbs (Decapoda: Cambaridae) – C. Michael Stinson (Full Article)
First Records of a Holarctic Orb-Weaving Spider (Araneus saevus [L. Koch]) in Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Phloeoxena signata (Dejean), Another Southern Ground Beetle Discovered in Virginia (Coleoptera: Carabidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 9, 1997
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A Distributional Analysis and Identification Key for Crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of the Clinch and Powell River Systems, Virginia – M. R. Winston, R. J. Neves, P. L. Angermeier and P. S. Lookabaugh (Full Article)
Caddisflies from Greensville County, Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman and Charles R. Parker (Full Article)
New Distributional Records for Rare and Uncommon Odonata in Virginia – Steven M. Roble, Christopher S. Hobson and Dirk J. Stevenson (Full Article)
An Abnormal Variant of Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) from Caroline County, Virginia – Bruce L. King (Full Article)
Ecological Notes on the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, King George County, Virginia – Kurt A. Buhlmann and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Scotch Broom, A New Host of Two Native Bugs in Virginia (Heteroptera: Alydidae) – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
New Distributional Records for the Water Scorpion Nepa apiculata in the Coastal Plain of Georgia and Virginia – Dirk J. Stevenson and Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Freshwater Fishes of an Isolated, Interdunal Freshwater Ecosystem in Northern Virginia Beach, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell, Kurt A. Buhlmann and Mitchell D. Norman (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Juvenile Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) Stranded by Cold in the Chesapeake Bay – Joseph C. Mitchell, Donald J. Schwab and Gary M. Williamson (Full Article)
The Leaf Beetle Pseudolampsis guttata (LeConte) in Virginia (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Obituary
Number 8, 1996
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Liverworts and Hornworts of the Virginia Piedmont – David A. Breil (Full Article)
Records of Anurans from Greensville County, Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Odonata Taken in Malaise Traps, with Special Reference to Virginia – Oliver S. Flint, Jr. (Full Article)
Shoreline Flora of the Blackwater River in Southampton and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia – J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Type locality and Distribution of the Crab Spider Xysticus emertoni Keyserling (Araneida: Thomisidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Columbia Union College Biological Station in Highland County, Virginia – Lester H. Harris, Jr. (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Plagiognathus repetitus Knight, a Pine Barrens Plant Bug New to Virginia (Heteroptera: Miridae) – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
Deletion of the Spider Theridion montanum from the Virginia Fauna (Araneida: Theridiidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Winter Records for the Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina in Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Katie Barrish (Full Article)
Predation of Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum [Gravenhorst]) Eggs by the Milliped (Uroblaniulus jerseyi) – Joseph C. Mitchell, Kurt A. Buhlmann and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
The Water Strider Limnoporus dissortis (Drake & Harris) (Gerridae) Added to the Heteropteron Fauna of Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 7, 1996
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Recently Discovered Populations of Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides) in Virginia – Nancy E. Van Alstine, William H. Moorhead III, Allen Belden, Jr., Thomas J. Rawinski, and J. Christopher Ludwig (Full Article)
Historical Records of the Trumpeter Swan in Virginia – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
The Odonata of Fort A. P. Hill and Vicinity, Caroline County, Virginia – Steven M. Roble and Christopher S. Hobson
Natural History Notes on the Amphibians of a Recently Extirpated Suburban Wetland in Central Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Occurrence of the Costate Riversnail, Oxytrema catenaria (Say), in Virginia (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Injury of a Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) in a Mountain Stream During Severe Flooding – Joseph C. Mitchell and Christopher Todd W. Georgel (Full Article)
Hydrobiomorpha casta (Say) in Virginia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) – Warren F. Steiner, Jr. (Full Article)
Shorter Contributions
Leaf-carrying with the Tail in the Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana – John F. Pagels (Full Article)
Another Case of Albinism in a Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell and Gary M. Williamson (Full Article)
Number 6, 1995
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Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia – John M. Anderson, Joseph C. Mitchell, Adrienne A. Hall, and Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Observations on Sorex longirostris (Mammalia: Soricidae) and Associates in Eastern Portions of Historical Great Dismal Swamp – Sandra Y. Erdle and John F. Pagels (Full Article)
A New Station for Smooth Cliffbrake, Pellaea glabella (Pteridaceae) on Masonry Walls – Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
First Record of Tamiophila grandis (Insecta: Siphonaptera) from Virginia – Ralph P. Eckerlin and Harry F. Painter (Full Article)
New Records of the Damselfly Ischnura prognata in Virginia – Dirk J. Stevenson, Steven M. Roble, and Christopher S. Hobson (Full Article)
Deraeocoris manitou and Plagiognathus albellus (Heteroptera: Miridae): First Eastern U. S. Records – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
The Type Locality of Lithobius latzelii Meinert (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Abnormal Coloration in a Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina) from Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Number 5, 1995
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Birds and Natural History Observations in the Life of William Byrd II of Westover – David W. Johnston (Full Article)
Apanteles congregatus (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Newly Recorded Parasite of Tolype sp. (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) – Scott W. Ludwig (Full Article)
Holcocranum saturejae, a Palearctic Cattail Bug Established in Eastern United States and Tropical Africa (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Artheneinae) – Richard L. Hoffman and James A. Slater (Full Article)
First Virginia Records for Ten Species of Carabidae (Coleoptera) – Robert L. Davidson (Full Article)
The Centipeds (Chilopoda) of Virginia: A First List – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
A Pleasing Lacewing, Nallachius americanus (McLachan), from Southwestern Virginia (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) – Thomas P. Kuhar (Full Article)
First Virginia Record for an Adventive Spittlebug, Neophilaenus lineatus (Homoptera: Cercopidae) – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
The Fairfax Stone – Keith Frye (Full Article)
The Elm Leafminer, Kaliofenusa ulmi (Sundevall) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Virginia, and Summary of Host Records – David R. Smith (Full Article)
Number 4, 1994
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A Preliminary Checklist of the Damselflies of Virginia, with Notes on Distribution and Seasonality (Odonata: Zygoptera) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Phenological, Behavioral, and Biological Observations on a Giant Scale, Neosteingelia texana Morrison, in Blacksburg, Virginia (Homoptera: Coccinea: Margarodidae) – Michael Kosztarab and Elizabeth Watson (Full Article)
An Experimental Investigation of Azalea Host Choice by the Leaf Beetle Pyrrhalta rufosanguinea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) – Bruce L. King (Full Article)
Diabrotica cristata, a Seldom-Collected Leaf Beetle, Found on Buffalo Mountain, Floyd County, Virginia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
Eastern Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum) Rediscovered in York County, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
An Unusually Colored Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) from Giles County, Virginia – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Obituary
Number 3, 1994
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Survey of the Freshwater Mussel Fauna of the Powell River, Virginia – Lisa T. Wolcott and Richard J. Neves (Full Article)
Additions and Emendations to the Virginia Fauna of “True Bugs” (Heteroptera: Cydnidae, Scutelleridae, Pentatomidae, Alydidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Gasteracantha cancriformis (L.), a Spectacular Spider New to the Fauna of Virginia (Araneae: Araneidae) – Steven M. Roble (Full Article)
Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) in Prince William Forest Park: Released Captives or Native Population? – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
A Novel Habitat for Larvae of the Fishfly Chauliodes pectinicornis (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) – Norman J. Fashing (Full Article)
Rediscovery of the Dragonfly Nannothemis bella Uhler in Virginia (Odonata: Libellulidae) – Steven M. Roble and Philip H. Stevenson (Full Article)
Male Combat in Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) from Northern Virginia – Stephen H. Shively and Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Sampling Soil Arthropods at Mountain Lake Biological Station, Virginia, Over a 32-Year Period – George W. Byers (Full Article)
The Occurrence of Hemiscolopendra punctiventris (Newport), an Ecophilous Centiped, in Virginia (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 2, 1993
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Classification and Ecological Interpretation of Mafic Glade Vegetation on Buffalo Mountain, Floyd County, Virginia – Thomas J. Rawinski and Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
The Mammalian Fauna and Ectoparasites of George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Westmoreland County, Virginia – Harry F. Painter and Ralph P. Eckerlin (Full Article)
Moth Records from Burkes Garden, Virginia – Kenneth J. Stein (Full Article)
Serrobius pulchellus Causey, a Poorly Known Centiped, Rediscovered in Virginia (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Pyrrhalta rufosanguinea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): A Monophagous Leaf Beetle of Rhododendron periclymenoides (Ericaceae)? – Bruce L. King (Full Article)
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (L.), First Virginia Record and New North American Host of an Adventive Lady Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) – A. G. Wheeler, Jr. (Full Article)
Virginia Record for an Introduced Palearctic Stilt Bug, Berytinus minor (Heteroptera: Berytidae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Number 1, 1992
Table Of Contents
John Banister, Virginia’s First Naturalist – Joseph and Nesta Ewan (Full Article)
Purse-web Spiders (Atypidae) in Virginia (Araneida: Mygalomorphae) – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Movement of the Dogbane Beetle, Chrysochus auratus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in a Patchy Environment – Charles E. Williams (Full Article)
Observations on the Mammals of Mackey Island National Wildlife Refuge, Virginia and North Carolina – Roger de Rageot (Full Article)
Invertebrate Prey of Bufo woodhousii fowleri (Anura: Bufonidae) from a Virginia Barrier Island – Joseph C. Mitchell (Full Article)
Cardamine micranthera Rollins, Small-anthered Bittercress in Patrick County: New to the Virginia Flora – Thomas F. Wieboldt (Full Article)
Notes on the Swampfish (Chologaster cornuta) in the Dismal Swamp of Virginia – Roger de Rageot (Full Article)
Bothynotus johnstoni Knight (Heteroptera: Miridae) in Virginia – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Acanthocephala declivis (Say), a Coreid Bug New to the Virginia Fauna – Richard L. Hoffman (Full Article)
Virginia’s Largest Insect Collection – A Rich Resource for Biodiversity Information – Michael Kosztarab (Full Article)