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Publications (71)      

1. Dávid Murányi, Peter Manko, Tibor Kovács, Gilles Vinçon, Matej Žiak, Ilhama G. Kerimova, Nataly Y. Snegovaya & William A. Shear & Jozef Oboňa. 2021 Review and contribution to the stonefly (Insecta: Plecoptera) fauna of Azerbaijan Zootaxa 4975(1): 58–80.
2. Giribet, Gonzalo & William A. Shear. 2010 The genus Siro Latreille, 1796 (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Sironidae) in North America with a phylogenetic analysis based on molecular data and the description of four new species Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 160(1): 1-33; Appendix 1; Table 1.
3. Humphreys, William F. & William A. Shear. 1993 Troglobitic millipedes (Diplopoda: Paradoxosomatidae) from semi-arid Cape Range, Western Australia: systematics and biology Invertebrate taxonomy 7: 173–195.
4. Jäger, Peter, Peter J. Schwendinger & William A. Shear. 2021 Preface Zootaxa 4984(1): 6–6.
5. Jiang, Xuankong, William A. Shear, Derek A. Hennen, Huiming Chen & Zhicai Xie. 2019 One hundred million years of stasis: Siphonophora hui sp. nov., the first Mesozoic sucking millipede (Diplopoda: Siphonophorida) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber Cretaceous Research 97: 34-39.
6. Marek, Paul E., Bruno A. Buzatto, William A. Shear, Jackson C. Means, Dennis G. Black, Mark S. Harvey & Juanita Rodriguez. 2021 The first true millipede—1306 legs long Scientific Reports 11(23126): 1–8.
7. Marek, Paul E., Jean K. Krejca & William A. Shear. 2016 A new species of Illacme Cook & Loomis, 1928 from Sequoia National Park, California, with a world catalog of the Siphonorhinidae (Diplopoda, Siphonophorida) ZooKeys 626: 1-43.
8. McALPINE, Donald F. & William A. Shear. 2018 The millipede Craspedosoma raulinsii Leach, 1814 (Chordeumatida: Craspedosomatidae) in North America with comments on the derivation of its binomial name Zootaxa 4455(2): 389–394.
9. Schawaller, Wolfgang, William A. Shear & P. M. Bonamo. 1991 The first Paleozoic pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida) American Museum Novitates 3009: 1-24.
10. Shear, William A. 1977 The opilionid genus Neogovea Hinton, with a description of the first troglobitic cyphophthalmid from the western hemisphere (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) Journal of Arachnology 3: 165–175.
11. Shear, William A. 1979 Stylocellus sedgwicki n.sp., from Penang Island, Malaysia (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmida, Stylocellidae) Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4(8): 356–360.
12. Shear, William A. 1979 Huitaca ventralis, n. gen., n. sp., with a description of a gland complex new to cyphophthalmids (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). Journal of Arachnology 7: 237–243.
13. Shear, William A. 1980 A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones) American Museum Novitates(2705): 1–34.
14. Shear, William A. 1985 Marwe coarctata, a remarkable new cyphophthalmid from a limestone cave in Kenya (Arachnida, Opiliones) American Museum Novitates 2830: 1–6.
15. Shear, William A. 1992 A new genus and two new species of millipedes from the Cape Range, Western Australia (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidae) Rec West Aust Mus 15: 777-784.
16. Shear, William A. 1993 New species in the opilionid genus Stylocellus from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae) Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9(6): 174–188.
17. Shear, William A. 1993 The genus Chileogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Petallidae) Journal of Arachnology 21: 73–78.
18. Shear, William A. 1993 The genus Troglosiro and the new family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) Journal of Arachnology 21: 81–90.
19. Shear, William A. 2003 Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea). Zootaxa 233: 1-7.
20. Shear, William A. 2003 The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 1: Introduction and Genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa 321: 1-36.
21. Shear, William A. 2006 Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae). Ornithology, Arachnology and Asian Mountain Ranges—A Tribute to the Work of Prof. Dr Jochen Martens.(1325): 191-198.
22. Shear, William A. 2007 Cave millipeds of the United States. V. The genus Idagona Buckett & Gardner (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae, Idagoninae). Zootaxa 1463: 1-12.
23. Shear, William A. 2010 New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from Mexico, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae) ZooKeys 52: 9-46.
24. Shear, William A. 2011 Class Diplopoda de Blainville in Gervais, 1844. Zootaxa 3148: 159-164.
25. Shear, William A. 2012 Pyrgeuma pyrgodesmoides, n. gen., n. sp., a new millipede from Malaysia with unusual surface structures (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidae) Zootaxa 3560: 79–86.
Shear, William A. 2013 A new miniature species of the milliped genus Cleidogona from Costa Rica (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae), with a review of Central American Cleidogonidae Zootaxa 3635(1): 87-93.
Shear, William A. 2016 New Canadian records of Nemastoma bimaculatum (Fabricius), and a brief summary of introduced Eurasian harvestmen in North America (Arachnida, Opiliones) Zootaxa 4088(1): 139–140.
Shear, William A. 2016 Redescription of the South African millipede Cylichnogaster lawrencei Verhoeff, 1937 and notes on the family Siphonotidae (Diplopoda, Polyzoniida) Zootaxa 4079(1): 119–128.
Shear, William A. 2018 Taracus aspenae, n. sp. (Opiliones: Taracidae) a new long-jawed harvestman from a cave in northeastern Oregon, U.S.A. Zootaxa 4413(3): 524–530.
Shear, William A. 2018 The centipede family Anopsobiidae new to North America, with the description of a new genus and species and notes on the Henicopidae of North America and the Anopsobiidae of the Northern Hemisphere (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha) Zootaxa 4422(2): 259–283.
Shear, William A. 2020 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: I. Introduction to the family, synonymy of Vaferaria Causey with Amplaria Chamberlin, the new subfamily Trisariinae, the new genus Trisaria, and three new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 4758(2): 275–295.
Shear, William A. 2021 Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae. II. Martenseya, a new genus of miniature, blind millipedes from California (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea, Caseyidae) Zootaxa 4984(1): 108–113.
Shear, William A. 2021 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. II. New records and species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 4908(2): 205–224.
Shear, William A. 2021 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893: III. Four new species of Striaria Bollman, 1888 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) from Idaho, USA Zootaxa 4920(3): 395–406.
Shear, William A. 2024 Lineagona, a new millipede genus (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Cleidogonidae) from Texas, USA, and Nuevo León, México Zootaxa 5397(2): 283-290.
Shear, William A. & David B. Steinmann. 2013 Cave millipedes of the United States. XIII. A new, troglobiotic species of Austrotyla from Colorado (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae) Zootaxa 3745(4): 486–490.
Shear, William A. & David B. Steinmann. 2019 Cave millipedes of the United States. XV. Coloradesmus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), and four new species from caves in Colorado, USA Subterranean Biology 32: 15-32.
Shear, William A. & James R. Reddell. 2017 Cave millipedes of the United States. XIV. Revalidation of the genus Speorthus Chamberlin, 1952 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae), with a description of a new species from Texas and remarks on the families Polydesmidae and Macrosternodesmidae in North America Insecta mundi(0529): 1-13.
Shear, William A. & Jean K. Krejca. 2007 Revalidation of the milliped genus Amplaria Chamberlin 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae), and description of two new species from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. Zootaxa 1532: 23-39.
Shear, William A. & Joseph G. Warfel. 2016 The harvestman genus Taracus Simon 1879, and the new genus Oskoron (Opiliones: Ischyropsalidoidea: Taracidae) Zootaxa 4180(1): 1–71.
Shear, William A. & Jürgen Gruber. 1996 Cyphophthalmid opilionids new to Madagascar: two new genera (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, ?Pettalidae) Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(5): 181–186.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2019 Urochordeumatidae Silvestri, 1909, a millipede family endemic to Washington State, USA (Chordeumatida, Striariidea, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 4657(2): 352–360.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2021 Three new genera and eighteen new species of miniature polydesmid millipedes from the northwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae) Zootaxa 4975(1): 81-126.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2022 The milliped family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. V. Stegostriaria dulcidormus, n. gen., n. sp., Kentrostriaria ohara, n. gen., n. sp., and the convergent evolution of exaggerated metazonital crests (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 5094(3): 461-472.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2022 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VI. Six new genera and thirteen new species from western North America (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 5205(6): 501-531.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2023 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VIII. Three new genera and four new species of minute millipedes from Oregon and Washington, USA(Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 5264(3): 323-340.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2024 Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. III. Proposal of the new subfamily Ochrogrammatinae, new records of Vasingtona irritans (Chamberlin, 1910), established species of Ochrogramma Gardener and Shelley, 1989, a new species of Ochrogramma from Washington state, USA (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striariidea), and observations on spermatozoa and spermatophores Insecta Mundi(1090).
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2024 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IX. The identity of Striaria californica Cook, 1899, and the new genus Bayaria for Striaria nana Loomis, 1936, with a key to genera and an annotated checklist of the Striariidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 5463(4): 524-544.
Shear, William A. & Paul E. Marek. 2025 Additions to the millipede family Caseyidae Verhoeff, 1909. IV. Two new genera and three new species (Chordeumatida, Striarioidea, Caseyidae) Zootaxa 5631(3): 533-547.
Shear, William A. & Rodney L. Crawford. 2019 Cave millipedes of the United States. XVI. Two new species from Oregon Caves National Monument, Oregon (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae and Caseyidae) Zootaxa 4674(5): 571–580.
Shear, William A. & Roland M. Shelley. 2019 Solved after 140 years: the identity of the millipede Polydesmus cavicola Packard, 1877, and proposal of Packardesmus n. gen. (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae) Zootaxa 4559(2): 384–390.
Shear, William A. & Rowland M. Shelley. 2007 Tingupa tlingitorum, n. sp., a new milliped from Haines, Alaska, USA, with notes on the generic distribution and a revised key to species (Chordeumatida: Tingupidae). Zootaxa 1393: 53-59.
Shear, William A. & Rowland M. Shelley. 2007 The milliped genus Tidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 (Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa 1656: 51-68.
Shear, William A. & Stewart B. Peck. 2018 Cyrtodesmus baerti, n. sp., a cryptic millipede from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Cyrtodesmidae) Zootaxa 4388(3): 417–424.
Shear, William A. & William P. Leonard. 2003 Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea). Zootaxa 243: 1-11.
Shear, William A. & William P. Leonard. 2004 The milliped family Anthroleucosomatidae new to North America: Leschius mcallisteri, n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Anthroleucosomatoidea). Zootaxa 609: 1-7.
Shear, William A. & William P. Leonard. 2007 Additions to the milliped family Caseyidae. I. Caseya richarti, n. sp ., and new records of previously described species in the genus Caseya Cook and Collins 1895 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Caseyidae). Zootaxa 1524: 23-34.
Shear, William A., Casey H. Richart & Victoria L. Wong. 2020 The millipede family Conotylidae in northwestern North America, with a complete bibliography of the family (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Heterochordeumatidea, Conotyloidea) Zootaxa 4753(1): 1–78.
Shear, William A., Paul A. Selden, W. D. I. Rolfe, P. M. Bonamo & James D. Grierson. 1987 New terrestrial arachnids from the Devonian of Gilboa, New York (Arachnida, Trigonotarbida). American Museum Novitates 2901: 1–74.
Shear, William A., Paul E. Marek, Jason E. Bond & Thomas Wesener. 2022 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. VII. Petra sierwaldae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute millipede from Idaho, USA (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) Zootaxa 5213(3): 287-293.
Shear, William A., Philip Nosler & Paul E. Marek. 2017 The identity of Amplaria nazinta (Chamberlin, 1910): a century-old millipede mystery resolved (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striariidae) Zootaxa 4311(2): 233–240.
Shear, William A., Philip Nosler & Paul E. Marek. 2022 The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. IV. Amplaria oedipus, n. sp., with a secondary sexual modification of males unique among millipedes (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea) Zootaxa 5099(1): 137-145.
Shear, William A., Rodrigo L. Ferreira, Luiz F. M. Iniesta & Paul E. Marek. 2016 A millipede missing link: Dobrodesmidae, a remarkable new polydesmidan millipede family from Brazil with supernumerary rings (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), and the establishment of a new suborder Dobrodesmidea Zootaxa 4178(3): 371–390.
Shear, William A., Rowland M. Shelley & Harold Heatwole. 2003 Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae). Zootaxa 365: 1-20.
Shear, William A., Steven J. Taylor, J. J. Wynne & Jean K. Krejca. 2009 Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae) Zootaxa 2151: 47–65.
Shear, William A., Tsutomu Tanabe & Nobuo Tsurusaki. 1997 Japanese chordeumatid millipeds. IV. The new genus Japanoparvus (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Hoffmaneumatidae) Myriapodologica 4(11): 89–99.
Shelley, Rowland M. & William A. Shear. 2005 A new milliped of the genus Stenozonium Shelley 1998 from Washington State, U. S. A.: first record of the genus and family from North of the Columbia River (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae). Zootaxa 1017: 25-32.
Shelley, Rowland M. & William A. Shear. 2006 Leonardesmus injucundus, n. gen., n. sp., an aromatic, small-bodied milliped from Washington State, U. S. A., and a revised account of the family Nearctodesmidae (Polydesmida). Zootaxa 1176: 1-16.
Wynne, J. J. & William A. Shear. 2016 A new millipede, Austrotyla awishoshola n. sp., (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Conotylidae) from New Mexico, USA, and the importance of cave moss gardens as refugial habitats Zootaxa 4084(2): 285–292.
Zhang, Zhi-Qiang & William A. Shear. 2007 Linnaeus tercentenary & invertebrate taxonomy: an introduction. Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy.(1668): 7-10.
Zhang, Zhi-Qiang & William A. Shear. 2007 Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy. [Unspecified Publisher] Vol. 1668: 1-766.
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