Philip D. Perkins* person

Collector (in 2 collections)

• Ent (5957 records) in years 1969-2005
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Collector (in 9 families)

• Insecta: Buprestidae (1 record) in year 2005
• Insecta: Elmidae (2 records) in year 1974
• Insecta: Epimetopidae (16 records) in year 1974
• Insecta: Formicidae (26 records) in years 1995-2000
• Insecta: Hydraenidae (5855 records) in years 1970-2005
• Insecta: Hydrochidae (49 records) in year 1974
• Insecta: Megachilidae (4 records) in year 1969
• Insecta: Papilionidae (4 records) in year 1982
• : [no family] (9 records) none known to year

Preparator (of material in 1 collection)

• Ent (1 record) none known to year

Determiner (in 1 collection)

• 30916 identifications for 30909 Entomology cataloged items

Attribute Determiner (1 categories)

• sex for 1 Entomology specimens

Publications (43) [Those Citing MCZ material (7)]

• Perkins, P. D. 2005. A revision of the African hygropetric genus Coelometopon Janssens, and description of Oomtelecopon new genus (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 949:1–103.
• Perkins, P. D.. 2009. Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins, Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa (2038):1-119 1 citation
• Perkins, P. D. 2022. Thirty-three new species of water beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from Cameroon (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 5203:1–66. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5203.1.1. 342 citations
• Bilton, D. T. and P. D. Perkins. 2012. Two new species of Parhydraenini from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 342:51–59.
• Perkins, P. D. 2005. A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1024:1–161.
• Perkins, P. D. 2011. New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3093:1–34.
• Perkins, P. D. 2012. A revision of Epimetopus Lacordaire, the New World hooded shore beetles (Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Zootaxa 3531:1–95.
• Perkins, P. D. 1979. New names for two species of aquatic beetles from Australia and China (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 33: 336.
• Perkins, P. D. 1980. Three new Middle American species of aquatic beetles in the genus Notionotus Spangler (Hydrophilidae: Hydrobiinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97:304–311.
• Perkins, P. D. 2015. Taxonomy of the water beetle genus Limnebius Leach in southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3948(1):41–59.
• Perkins, P. D. 1976. Psammophilous aquatic beetles in southern California: a study of microhabitat preferences with notes on responses to stream alteration (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae and Hydrophilidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 30:309–324.
• Spangler, P. J. and P. D. Perkins. 1989. A revision of the neotropical aquatic beetle genus Stenhelmoides (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Vol. 479. p. 1–63.
• Perkins, P. D. 1989. Adelphydraena, new genus, and two new species from Venezuela, and remarks on phylogenetic relationships within the subtribe Hydraenina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102:447–457.
• Perkins, P. D. 2007. A revision of the Australian intertidal water beetle genus Hughleechia Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1527:17–29.
• Perkins, P. D.. 1979. Six new Neotropical species of aquatic beetles in the Epimetopus costatus complex (Hydrophilidae: Epimetopinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 33 (3):319-325 3 citations
• Perkins, P. D. 2004. A revision of the South African endemic water beetle genus Pneuminion Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 538:1–38. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.538.1.1.
• Wood, F. E. and P. D. Perkins. 1978. Two new species of Nearctic Ochthebius (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 32(1):53–58.
• Spangler, P. J. and P. D. Perkins. 1986. A new species of aquatic beetle, Elmoparnus jordanorum, from Guyana (Coleoptera: Dryopidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 40:359-365
• Perkins, P. D. 1980. Preventing distortion in preserved beetle pupae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 34: 284.
• Perkins, P. D. 1997. Life on the effective bubble: exocrine secretion delivery systems (ESDS) and the evolution and classification of beetles in the family Hydraenidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Annals of Carnegie Museum 66(2):89–207. 16 citations
• Perkins, P. D. 2004. A revision of the Western Australian endemic humicolous beetle genus Tympallopatrum Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 672:1–16. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.158231.
• Perkins, P. D. 2006. A revision of the Australian humicolous and hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1346:1–396.
• Perkins, P. D. 1981. Hughleechia giulianii, a new genus and new species of intertidal beetle from Australia (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(1):295–302.
• Perkins, P. D.. 2011. New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa (2944):1-417 40 citations
• Perkins, P. D.. 2012. A revision of Epimetopus Lacordaire, the New World hooded shore beetles (Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Zootaxa (3531):1-95 8 citations
• Perkins, P. D. and J. Balfour-Browne. 1994. Contribution to the taxonomy of aquatic and humicolous beetles of the family Hydraenidae in southern Africa. Fieldiana Zoology 77:1–159.
• Perkins, P. D. 2004. A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 585:1–39. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.585.1.1.
• Perkins, P. D. 2011. New species (130) of the hyperdiverse aquatic beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann from Papua New Guinea, and a preliminary analysis of areas of endemism (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 2944:1–417.
• Perkins, P. D.. 2011. New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa (3074):1-198
• Spangler, P. J. and P. D. Perkins. 1986. A new species of aquatic beetle, Elmoparnus jordanorum, from Guyana (Coleoptera: Dryopidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 40:359–365.
• Perkins, P. D. 1997. Momentum and Ghiselinius, new neotropical genera of humicolous beetles with remarkable and divergent mouthparts (Coleoptera: Dryopidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 32:100–117.
• Perkins, P. D. 2004. A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 559:1–12. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.559.1.1.
• Perkins, P. D. 2005. A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Discozantaena Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 915:1–48.
• Perkins, P. D. 2008. New species and new collection records of Prosthetopine water beetles from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1864:1–124.
• Perkins, P. D. 2009. Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins, Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 2038:1–119.
• Perkins, P. D. 2011. New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3074:1–198.
• Perkins, P. D. 2014. A revision of the water beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann for southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 3758:1–92.
• Perkins, P. D. 1979. Six new neotropical species of aquatic beetles in the Epimetopus costatus complex (Hydrophilidae: Epimetopinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 33:319–325.
• Perkins, P. D. and P. J. Spangler. 1985. Quadryops, new genus, and three new species of arboreal Dryopidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Panama and Ecuador. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98:494–510.
• Perkins, P. D. 2004. Limnebius acupunctus, a new species of water beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 749:1–12.
• Perkins, P. D. 1980. Aquatic beetles of the family Hydraenidae in the Western Hemisphere: classification, biogeography and inferred phylogeny (Insecta: Coleoptera). Quaestiones entomologicae 16:3–554. 22 citations
• Perkins, P. D. 1998. New Nepalese Protochthebius, and comparative notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Oriental Insects 32:279–285.
• Wood, F. E. and P. D. Perkins. 1978. Two new species of Nearctic Ochthebius (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 32(1):53–58.