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List of Publications

(in chronological order)

1.   Borkent, A. 1978. Upper Oligocene fossil pupae and larvae of Chaoborus tertiarius (Von Heyden) (Chaoboridae, Diptera) from West Germany. Quaestiones Entomologicae 14:491‑496.

2.   Borkent, A. 1979. Systematics and bionomics of the species of the subgenus Schadonophasma Dyar and Shannon (Chaoborus, Chaoboridae), Diptera). Quaestiones Entomologicae 15:122‑255.

3.   Borkent, A. 1980. The potential use of larvae of Chaoborus cooki Saether (Diptera: Chaoboridae) as a biological control of mosquito larvae. Mosquito News 40:634‑635.

4.   Craig, D.A. and A. Borkent. 1980. Intra‑ and inter‑familial homologies of maxillary palpal sensilla of larval Simuliidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha). Canadian Journal of Zoology 58:2264‑2279.

5.   Borkent, A. 1981. The distribution and habitat preferences of the Chaoboridae (Culicomorpha: Diptera) of the Holarctic Region. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59:122‑133.

6.   Wood, D.M. and A. Borkent. 1982. Description of the female of Parasimulium crosskeyi Peterson (Diptera: Simuliidae) and a discussion of the phylogenetic position of the genus. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 10:193‑210.

7.   Borkent, A. 1984. The systematics and phylogeny of the Stenochironomus complex (Xestochironomus, Harrisius, and Stenochironomus) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 128, 269 pp.

8.   Borkent, A. and J. Bissett. 1985. Gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are vectors for their fungal symbionts. Symbiosis 1:185‑194.

9.   Borkent, A. and D.M. Wood. 1986. The first and second larval instars and the egg of Parasimulium stonei Peterson (Diptera: Simuliidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:287‑296.

10. Borkent, A. and L. Forster. 1986. Review of the Dasyhelea fasciigera species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with a revision of the Nearctic species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64:1280‑1287.

11. Wood, D.M. and A. Borkent. 1986. The phylogenetic relationships among families of Nematocera. p. 262. In Abstracts of the First International Congress of Dipterology, Budapest, Aug. 17-24, 1986.

12. Borkent, A., W.W. Wirth and A.L. Dyce. 1987. The newly discovered male of Austroconops (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) with a discussion of the phylogeny of the basal lineages of the Ceratopogonidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89:587‑606.

13. Borkent, A. 1987. Family Chaoboridae (pg. 139), Family Ceratopogonidae (pp. 148‑149), In The insects, spiders and mites of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Agriculture Canada Research Branch BRC report, ed. J.D. Lafontaine et al., 302 pp.

14. Bissett, J. and A. Borkent. 1988. Chapter 9. Ambrosia Galls: the significance of fungal nutrition in the evolution of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera). pp. 203‑225 In “Coevolution of fungi with plants and animals” ed. K.A. Pirozynski and D.L. Hawksworth. Academic Press, Toronto, xii + 285 pp.

15. Stoffolano, J.G., N.E. Woodley, A. Borkent and L.R.S. Yin. 1988. Ultrastructural studies of the abdominal plaques of some Diptera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81:503‑510.

16. Borkent, A. 1989. 20. Family Corethrellidae. pp. 189 In Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Ed. N.L. Evenhuis, Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill., 1155 pp.

17. Borkent, A. 1989. 21. Family Chaoboridae. pp. 190 In Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Ed. N.L. Evenhuis, Bishop Museum Press and E.J. Brill. 1155 pp.

18. Borkent, A. 1989. A review of the Wheat Blossom Midge, Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Canada. Agriculture Canada Research Branch Technical Bulletin 1989‑5E, 18 pp., 6 pls.

19. Wood, D.M. and A. Borkent. 1989. Phylogeny and classification of the Nematocera. Ch. 114, pp. 1333‑1370 In Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 3. Agriculture Canada Mongraph 32. vi + pp. 1333‑1581.

20. Borkent, A. and B. Bissett. 1990. A revision of the Holarctic species of Serromyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Systematic Entomology 15:153‑217.

21. Borkent, A. 1990. A revision of the Nearctic species of Dicerura Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 92:571‑583.

22. Borkent, A. and S. McKeever. 1990. First instar larvae of Corethrella appendiculata Grabham have a prothoracic proleg (Diptera: Corethrellidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 21:219‑223.

23. Borkent, A. 1991. The Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador with a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographic origins. Entomologica Scandinavica 22:97-122.

24. Borkent, A. 1992. A new key to some genera of Ceratopogonini in the Holarctic (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 22:433-436.

25. Borkent, A. and R. Szadziewski. 1992. The first records of fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera). Entomologica Scandinavica 22:457-463.

26. Grogan, W.L. and A. Borkent. 1992. Sinhalohelea, a new genus of predaceous midge from Sri Lanka (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94:314-319.

27. Borkent, A. 1992. Parasimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae), a black fly genus new to the extant fauna of Canada. Canadian Entomologist 124:743-744.

28. Borkent, A. 1992. Book Review. Proceedings of the National Conference on Biting Midges. R. Smith and K. Bell [eds.]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85:107-108.

29. Borkent, A. 1993. A world catalogue of fossil and extant Corethrellidae and Chaoboridae (Diptera), with a listing of references to keys, bionomic information and descriptions of each known life stage. Entomologica Scandinavica 24:1-24.

30. Borkent, A. and D.A. Craig. 1994. The structure and function of the abdominal eversible sacs of female Bezzia varicolor (Coquillett) (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera). Canadian Entomologist 126:533-541.

31. Borkent, A. 1994. Book Review. The gall midges of the Neotropical Region by R.J. Gagné. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 26:123-127.

32. Borkent, A. and W.L. Grogan. 1995. A revision of the genus Ceratopogon Meigen with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships, zoogeography, and bionomic divergence (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 15:1-198 pp. (Received from publisher Sept. 20).

33. Borkent, A. 1995. Biting Midges in the Cretaceous Amber of North America (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 237 pp. Errata published for Table 15 (also correctly published in Borkent 1996:9).

34. Borkent, A. 1996. Biting midges from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey Amber (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3159:1-29.

35. Borkent, A. 1996. Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) feeding on a leatherback turtle in Costa Rica. Brenesia 43-44:25-30. (1995)

36. Borkent, A. 1997. New species of biting midges from Hawaii (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 18:84-94 [1996].

37. Borkent, A. 1997. The Ceratopogonidae (Diptera) described by Santos Abreu from the Canary Islands. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 44:3-18.

38. Borkent, A. and W.W. Wirth. 1997. World Species of Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 233, 257 pp.

39. Borkent, A. 1997. Upper and Lower Cretaceous Biting Midges Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) from Hungarian and Austrian Amber and the Koonwarra Fossil Bed of Australia. Stuttgarter Beiträge Naturkunde, Series B. 249:1-10.

40. Mullens, B.A., C. Barrows and A. Borkent. 1997. Lizard feeding by Leptoconops (Brachyconops) californiensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) on desert sand dunes. Journal of Medical Entomology 34:735-737.

41. Johnston, J.E. and A. Borkent. 1998. Chaoborus Lichtenstein (Diptera: Chaoboridae) pupae from the Middle Eocene of Mississippi. Journal of Paleontology 72:491-493.

42. Borkent, A. 1998. A revision of Neurobezzia Wirth & Ratanaworabhan and Neurohelea Kieffer, with a description of a new genus and discussion of their phylogenetic relationships (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 29:137-160.

43. Sinclair, B.J., A. Borkent and D.M. Wood. 1998. The male reproductive tract and terminalia of Thaumaleidae and Dixidae, and their significance within the Culicomorpha. pp. 206-207. In Abstract Volume. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology. J.W. Ismay, ed., 275 pp., Oxford, United Kingdom.

44. Borkent, A. 1998. Corethrellidae. pg. 64 In The families of Diptera of the Malaya Archipelago by P. Oosterbroek. Fauna Malesiana Handbook 1, xii + 227 pp., Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln.

45. Borkent, A. 1998. Chaoboridae. pg. 65 In The families of Diptera of the Malaya Archipelago by P. Oosterbroek. Fauna Malesiana Handbook 1, xii + 227 pp., Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln.

46. Borkent, A. 1998. Ceratopogonidae. pp. 69-70 In The families of Diptera of the Malaya Archipelago by P. Oosterbroek. Fauna Malesiana Handbook 1, xii + 227 pp., Brill, Leiden, Boston, Köln.

47. Borkent, A. and D.A. Craig. 1999. A revision of the Neotropical genus Baeodasymyia Clastrier and Raccurt (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with a discussion of their phylogenetic relationships. American Museum Novitates 3274:1-26.

48. Borkent, A. and G.R. Spinelli. 2000. Catalog of New World Biting Midges South of the United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Contributions on Entomology, International 4:1-107.

49. Borkent A. 2000. The Larva and Pupa of Schizonyxhelea forattinii Wirth and Grogan (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with a Discussion of the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Genus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102:862-868.

50. Borkent, A. 2000. Biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber with a discussion of the diversity and patterns found in other ambers. pp. 355-451, in: D. Grimaldi (ed.), Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands, viii + 498 pp. (Oct. 5)

51. Borkent, A. 2000. Further Biting Midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Upper Cretaceous New Jersey amber. pp. 453-472, in: D. Grimaldi (ed.), Studies on Fossils in Amber, with Particular Reference to the Cretaceous of New Jersey. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands, viii + 498 pp. (Oct. 5)

52. Borkent, A. 2001. Leptoconops (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): the earliest extant lineage of biting midge, discovered in 120-122 million-year-old Lebanese amber. American Museum Novitates 3328:1-11.

53. Borkent, A. and D.C. Currie. 2001. Discovery of the female of Parasimulium (Astoneomyia) melanderi Stone (Diptera: Simuliidae) in a cave in British Columbia, with a discussion of its phylogenetic position. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103:546-553.

54. Borkent, A. and D.A. Craig. 2001. Submerged Stilobezzia rabelloi Lane (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Pupae Obtain Oxygen from the Aquatic Fern Salvinia minima Baker. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103:655-665.

55. Belton, P., A. Borkent and B. Costello. 2001. Arthropods that attack man and domestic animals in British Columbia (1951 – 2001). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 98:119-125.

56. Beckenbach, A. and A. Borkent. 2003. Molecular analysis of the biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 2. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27:21-35.

57. Szadziewski, R. and A. Borkent. 2003. New synonyms, combinations and records of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 72:249-260.

58. Spinelli, G.R. and A. Borkent. 2004. New Species of Central American Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with a Synopsis of Species from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106:361-395.

59. Spinelli, G.R. and A. Borkent. 2004. A new species and first record of Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) Chan and LeRoux from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 572:1-8.

60. Borkent, A. and D.A. Craig. 2004. Austroconops Wirth and Lee, a Lower Cretaceous genus of biting midges yet living in Western Australia: a new species, first description of the immatures and discussion of their biology and phylogeny (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3449: 1-67.

61. Borkent, A. and A. Picado. 2004. Distinctive new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Costa Rica. Zootaxa 637:1-68.

62. Borkent, A. and D.A. Grimaldi. 2004. The earliest fossil mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae), in mid-Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97:882-888.

63. Borkent, A. 2004. Insecta: Diptera, Corethrellidae. pp. 638-641. In Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region. C.M. Yule, H.S. Yong (eds.). vii + 861 pp., Academy of Sciences Malaysia.

64. Borkent, A. 2004. Insecta: Diptera, Chaoboridae. pp. 642-645. In Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region. C.M. Yule, H.S. Yong (eds.). vii + 861 pp., Academy of Sciences Malaysia.

65. Borkent, A. 2004. Insecta: Diptera, Ceratopogonidae. pp. 683-710. In Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region. C.M. Yule, H.S. Yong (eds.). vii + 861 pp., Academy of Sciences Malaysia.

66. Borkent, A. 2004. 10. The Biting Midges, the Ceratopogonidae (Diptera). pp.113-126. In Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd edition. William C. Marquardt (ed.). xxiii + 785 pp., Elsevier Academic Press. (published Dec. 4, 2004)

67. Huerta, H. and A. Borkent. 2005. A new species and first record of Ceratoculicoides Wirth and Ratanaworabhan from the Neotropical Region and new species and records of Brachypogon Kieffer from Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 44 (Supplement 1):111-119.

68. Borkent, A. and P. Belton. 2006. Attraction of female Uranotaenia lowii (Culicidae: Diptera) to frog calls in Costa Rica. Canadian Entomologist 138:91-94.

69. Borkent, A. and L.C. Rocha Filho. 2006. First record of female adult Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) biting in the Neotropical Region. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:998-1001.

70. Borkent, A. and G.R. Spinelli. 2007. Neotropical Ceratopogonidae (Diptera: Insecta). In: Adis, J., J.R. Arias, G. Rueda-Delgado, and K.M. Wnatzen (Eds.): Aquatic Biodiversity in Latin America (ABLA). Vol. 4. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, 198 pp.

71. Sinclair, B.J., A. Borkent and D.M. Wood. 2007. The male genital tract and aedeagal components of the Diptera with a discussion of their phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150:711-742.

72. Chaverri, L.G. and A. Borkent. 2007. The Meniscus Midges of Costa Rica (Diptera: Dixidae). Zootaxa 1575: 1‑34.

73. Wagner, R., M. Barták, A. Borkent, G. Courtney, B. Goddeeris, J.‑P. Haenni, L. Knutson, A. Pont, G.E. Rotheray, R. Rozkošný, B. Sinclair, N. Woodley, T. Zatwarnicki, and P. Zwick. 2008. Global diversity of dipteran families (Insecta Diptera) in freshwater (excluding Simulidae, Culicidae, Chironomidae, Tipulidae and Tabanidae). Hydrobiologia 595:489‑519.

74. Borkent, A. 2008. The Frog‑Biting Midges of the World (Corethrellidae: Diptera). Zootaxa 1804:1-456.

75. Borkent, A., W.L. Grogan and A. Picado. 2008. A new genus of predaceous midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110:622-634.

76. Borkent, A. and A. Picado. 2008. A revision of the Neotropical genus Cacaohelea Wirth and Grogan (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). Russian Entomological Journal 17:25-36.

77. Ronderos, M.M., G.R. Spinelli, and A. Borkent. 2008. A description of the larva and pupa of Culicoides charruus Spinelli & Martínez (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from leaf axils of Eryngium pandanifolium (Apiaceae) in Argentina. Russian Entomological Journal 17:115-122.

78. Borkent, A. 2008. Review of “What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous” by G. Poinar and R. Poinar. Quarterly Review of Biology 83:297.

79. Borkent, A., C.J. Borkent and B.J. Sinclair. 2008. The male genital tract of Chaoboridae (Diptera: Culicomorpha). The Canadian Entomologist 140:621-629.

80. Borkent, C.J. and A. Borkent. 2008. Description and phylogenetic interpretation of larval air sac chromatophore migration to adult structures in some Chaoboridae (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 140:630-640.

81. Woodley, N.E., A. Borkent, and T.A. Wheeler. 2009. 5. Phylogeny. pp. 79-94. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

82. Buck, M., N.E. Woodley, A. Borkent, D.M. Wood, T. Pape, J.R. Vockeroth, V. Michelsen, and S.A. Marshall. 2009. 6. Key to the Diptera families – adults. pp. 95-156. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

83. Borkent, A. and G. Rotheray. 2009. 7. Key to Diptera families – larvae. pp. 157-191. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

84. Borkent, A. 2009. 24. Dixidae. pp. 359-360. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

85. Borkent, A. 2009. 25. Corethrellidae. pp. 361-363. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

86. Borkent, A. 2009. 26. Chaoboridae. pp. 365-367. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

87. Borkent, A., G.R. Spinelli and W.L. Grogan. 2009. Ceratopogonidae. pp. 407-435. In Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, J.M. Cumming, D.M. Wood, N.E. Woodley, and M.A. Zumbado (editors). Manual of Central American Diptera: Volume 1. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. xi + 714 pp.

88. Borkent, A. and W.L. Grogan. 2009. Catalog of the New World biting midges north of Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2273:1-48.

89. Spinelli, G.R., P.I. Marino, and A. Borkent. 2009. First description of the male of the predaceous midge genus Notiohelea Grogan and Wirth (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Entomological News 120:305‑311.

90. Borkent, A. 2010. Book Review of “Aquatic Insects in Baltic Amber – Wasserinsekten im Baltischen Bernstein by W. Wichard, C. Gröhn, and F. Seredszus. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:1529-1531.

91. Felippe-Bauer, M.L., T.D. Da Silva, E.S. Ribeiro, and A. Borkent. 2011. A new species of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan and a redescription of the male of Downeshelea cebacoi (Lane & Wirth) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 2780:20-28.

92. Gil-Santana, H.R., A. Borkent, J.C. Jauffret and P. Jauffret. 2011. Forcipomyia (Trichohelea) aeronautica Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): further records from Brazil and new lepidopterous hosts. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 49:349-350.

93. Ronderos, M.M., A. Borkent, P.I. Marino, G.R. Spinelli, and R.L. Ferreira-Keppler. 2011. The previously unknown pupa and adult male of Neobezzia fittkaui Wirth & Ratanaworabhan (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55:467-474.

94. Borkent, A. and B.J. Sinclair. 2012. The male genital tract of Axymyiidae and Tanyderidae (Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 144:266-272.

95. Borkent, A. and T.U. Grafe. 2012. The Frog-Biting Midges of Borneo – from two to eleven species (Corethrellidae: Diptera). Zootaxa 3279:1-45.

96. Borkent, A. 2012. The pupae of Culicomorpha—morphology and a new phylogenetic tree. Zootaxa 3396:1–98.

97. Spinelli, G.R., P. Marino, and A. Borkent. 2012. A revision of Biting Midges of the subgenera Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) and F. (Saliohelea) from Costa Rica (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3419:1–52.

98. Ronderos, M.M., G.R. Spinelli, and A. Borkent. 2012. A peculiar new species of Stilobezzia Kieffer breeding in bamboo internodes in northeastern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Aquatic Insects: International Journal of Freshwater Entomology 34:1-17.

99. Borkent, A. 2012. Further biting midges (Ceratopogonidae: Diptera) in Canadian Cretaceous Amber. The Canadian Entomologist 144:758-766.

100. Urbanek, A., R. Szadziewski, W. Gilka, and A. Borkent. 2013. First description of polytene chromosomes in biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 50:458-461.

101. Spinelli, G.R., A. Borkent and M.M. Ronderos. 2013. Two new peculiar species of Neotropical Brachypogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 3702:90-96.

102. Borkent, A., R. Coram and E. Jarzembowski. 2013. The oldest fossil biting midge (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Purbeck Limestone Group (Lower Cretaceous) of southern Great Britain. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 82:273-279.

103. Borkent, A. 2014. World catalog of extant and fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera). Zootaxa 3796:453-468.

104. Borkent, A. 2014. World catalog of extant and fossil Chaoboridae (Diptera). Zootaxa 3796:469-493.

105. Robert, V. and A. Borkent. 2014. First record of Corethrellidae (Diptera), the frog-biting midges, in Madagascar. Malagasy Nature 8:49-53.

106. Borkent, A. 2014. The pupae of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), with a generic key and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships between genera. Zootaxa 3879:1–327.

107. Stur, E. and A. Borkent. 2014. When DNA barcoding and morphology mesh: Ceratopogonidae diversity in Finnmark, Norway. Zookeys 463:95–131.

108. Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, R. Wetzer and D. Pentcheff. 2014. New types of inventories at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.  American Entomologist 60:231-234.

109. Borkent, A. and B.V. Brown. 2015. How to inventory tropical flies (Diptera)—one of the megadiverse orders of insects. Zootaxa 3949:301–322.

110. Borkent, A. 2015. New combinations and changes in the classification of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, biting midges). Zootaxa 3972:599–600.

111. Marshall, S. A., A. Borkent, I. Agnarsson, G W. Otis, L Fraser and D. d’Etremont. 2015. New observations on a Neotropical termite-hunting theridiid spider: opportunistic nest raiding, prey storage, and ceratopogonid kleptoparasites. Journal of Arachnology 43:419-421.

112. Borkent, A. and D.A. Grimaldi. 2016. The Cretaceous fossil Burmaculex antiquus confirmed as the earliest known lineage of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 4079:457–466.

113. Shults, P., A. Borkent and R. Gold. 2016. The pupa of Culicoides sonorensis Wirth and Jones (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) – first detailed description of this stage of the Bluetongue virus vector. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 109:280-318.

114. Gil-Azevedo, L.H., C.C.D. Corrêa and A. Borkent. 2016. Family Corethrellidae. Zootaxa 4122:178-181.

115. Adler, P.H., A. Borkent, N. Hamada, J.W. McCreadie. 2017. Biodiversity of Simulium metallicum sensu lato (Diptera: Simuliidae), a complex of Neotropical vectors associated with human onchocerciasis. Acta Tropica 173: 171–179.

116. Borkent, A. and B.J Sinclair. 2017. 13. Key to the Diptera families – Larvae. pp. 357-411, In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. and Sinclair, B.J. (eds). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. Suricata 4. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

117. Borkent, A. 2017. 29. Corethrellidae (Frog-biting Midges). pp. 665-670, In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. and Sinclair, B.J. (eds). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

118. Borkent, A. 2017. 30. Chaoboridae (Phantom Midges). pp. 671-675, In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. and Sinclair, B.J. (eds). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

119. Borkent, A. 2017. 34. Ceratopogonidae (Biting Midges). pp. 733-812, In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. and Sinclair, B.J. (eds). Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 2. Nematocerous Diptera and lower Brachycera. Suricata 5. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.

120. Borkent, A. 2018. The State of Phylogenetic Analysis: Narrow Visions and Simple Answers – Examples from the Diptera (flies). Zootaxa 4374: 107–143.

121. Schmidt, A.R., U. Kaulfuss, J.M. Bannister, V. Baranov, C. Beimforde, N. Bleile, A.Borkent, A. Busch, J.G. Conran, M.S. Harvey, E.M. Kennedy, P.H. Kerr, E. Kettunen, A.P. Kiecksee, F. Lengeling, J.K. Lindqvist, M. Maraun, D. Mildenhall, V. Perrichot, J. Rikkinen, E.-M. Sadowski, L.J. Seyfullah, F. Stebner, J. Szwedo, P. Ulbrich and D.E. Lee. 2018. Amber inclusions from New Zealand. Gondwana Research 56:135–146.

122. Santarém, M.C.A., A. Borkent, G. Spinelli and M.L. Felippe-Bauer. 2018. New Neotropical species of Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan and redescription of D. multilineata (Lutz) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Natural History 52:509-540.

123. Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D.S. de, Barber, K., Bickel, D., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A., Kung, G.A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshall, S.A., Mathis, W., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J.B., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Thompson, F.C., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T., Whitworth, T., Wong, M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N., Yau, T., Zavortink, T.J., Zumbado, M.A., 2018. Comprehensive inventory of true flies (Diptera) at a tropical site. Communications Biology, 1 (21): 1-8.

124. Borkent, A., Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D.S. de, Barber, K., Bickel, D., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A., Kung, G.A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshall, S.A., Mathis, W., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J.B., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T., Whitworth, T., Wong, M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N., Yau, T., Zavortink, T.J., Zumbado, M.A., 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402: 53–90.

125. Bogarín, D., M. Fernández, A. Borkent, A. Heemskerk, F. Pupulin, S. Ramírez, E. Smets and B. Gravendeel. 2018. Pollination of Trichosalpinx (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) by biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 186: 510-543.

126. Shults, P. and A. Borkent. 2018. Pupae of the Nearctic species of Culicoides Latreille subgenus Monoculicoides Khalaf (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4504: 451–472.

127. Grafe, T.U., H.H. Ahmad Sah, N. Ahmad, A. Borkent, I. Meuche and O. Konopik. 2019. Studying the sensory ecology of frog-biting midges (Corethrellidae: Diptera) and their frog hosts using ecological interaction networks. Journal of Zoology 307:17-27.

128. Savage, J., A. Borkent, F. Brodo, J.M. Cumming, G. Curler, D.C. Currie, J. de Waard, J.F. Gibson, M. Hauser, L. Laplante, O. Lonsdale, S.A. Marshall, J.E. O’Hara, B.J. Sinclair and J.H. Skevington. 2019. Diptera of Canada. Zookeys 819: 397-450.

129. Borkent, A. 2019. The phylogenetic relationships of Cretaceous biting midges, with a key to all known genera (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3921: 1-48.

130. Borkent, A. 2019. The Lower Cretaceous male of Lebanoculicoides daheri – belonging to the earliest lineage of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). The Canadian Entomologist 151: 278–290.

131. Santarém, M.C.A., A. Borkent and M.L. Felippe-Bauer. 2020. Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Downeshelea Wirth and Grogan predaceous midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Insects 11, 9; doi:10.3390/insects11010009. 94 pp. [Jan. 23, 2020]

132. Borkent, A. 2020. Shrinking biodiversity, dwindling taxonomy and building a broader science. Megataxa 1: 53-58.

133. Chua, K.S., A. Borkent and S.Y. Wong. 2020. Floral biology and pollination strategy of seven Tacca species (Taccaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 2020: e02594

134. Borkent, A. and P. Dominiak 2020. Catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 4787: 1-377.

135. O’Hara, J.E., J.M. Cumming and A. Borkent. 2020. In memory. Donald Montgomery (Monty) Wood (22 December 1933 – 24 August 2020). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 52:206-210.

136. Engel, M.S. et al., 2021. The taxonomic impediment: a shortage of taxonomists, not the lack of technical approaches. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193:381–387.

137. Borkent, A. 2021. Diagnosing diagnoses – can we improve our taxonomy? Zookeys 1071: 43-48.

138. Spies, M., A. Borkent, P.S. Cranston, X.-L. Lin and H.-Q. Tang. 2022. A home at last! Changania choui Tseng, 1965 belongs to Thienemanniella Kieffer, 1911 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae). Chironomus Journal of Chironomidae Research 35: 4-11.

139. Borkent, A., P. Dominiak and F. Díaz. 2022. An update and errata for the catalog of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa 5120: 53–64.

140. Dorff, N., A. Borkent, G. Curler and R. I. Madriz. 2022. A new species of hyporheic Corethrella Coquillett from North America (Diptera: Corethrellidae). Journal of Natural History, 56: 1007-1028. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2090868

141. Borkent, A. & V. Robert. 2022. Diptera: Corethrellidae, Frog-Biting Midges. pp. 1132-1134, In The New Natural History of Madagascar, ed. S.M. Goodman, (Princeton: Princeton University Press), xxviii + 2246 pp.

142. Dominiak, P. and A. Borkent. A new species of Dasyhelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), mining the leaves of the floating fern Salvinia minima Baker. Journal of Natural History 57:665-684.

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Szadziewski, R., A. Borkent, and P. Dominiak. Ceratopogonidae. Fauna Europaea. www.faunaeur.org  (country by country distributions of all species of European Ceratopogonidae).