Selected publications

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241. Stonis J. R., Diškus A., Remeikis A., Cumbicus Torres N. 2016. First description of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) feeding on the Chilean endemic plant genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae). Zootaxa, 4061 (2): 119–130. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online). http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.2

240. Stonis J. R., Sruoga V., Diškus A., Remeikis A., Auksoriūtė A., Žvironienė J. 2015. A review of insect groups with proposals on Lithuanian terminology. Part 1: Archaeognatha – Hemiptera, Heteroptera [in Lithuanian].Publishing House of Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Vilnius, 320 pp. ISBN 978-609-471-041-4

239. Stonis J. R., Remeikis A., Gerulaitis V., Forero D. 2015. An embarrassing situation requiring urgent action: Colombia, a country of extraordinary biodiversity, still counts only few species of Nepticuloidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Biologija, 61 (3–4): 123–129.ISSN 1392-0146 (print), ISSN 2029-0578 (online) (Thomson ISI)

238. Stonis J. R., Navickaitė A., Diškus A. 2015. A puzzle regarding the Siberian Ectoedemia jacutica (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): re-examination and the first photographic documentation of the type series. Biologija, 61 (3–4): 116–122.ISSN 1392-0146 (print), ISSN 2029-0578 (online) (Thomson ISI)

237. Remeikis A., Stonis J. R. 2015. First discovery of Quercus-feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America, with description of new species and designation of the S. nigriverticella complex in the S. saginella group. Zootaxa, 4057 (3): 409–429. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online). http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4057.3.7

236. Stonis J. R., Remeikis A. 2015. The first records on the genus Acalyptris from the Caribbean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa, 4057 (1): 79–90. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

235. Stonis J. R., Diškus A., Remeikis A. 2015. The first description of the leaf-mining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) feeding on the South American plant genus Liabum, Asteraceae. Zootaxa, 4040 (5): 576–582. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

234. Diškus A., Stonis J. R. 2015. Astrotischeria neotropicana sp. nov. – a leaf-miner on Sida, Malvaceae, currently with the broadest distribution range in the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae). Zootaxa, 4039 (3): 456–466.ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

233. Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A. & Davis, D. R. 2014. Ten new species from the Patagonian Andes (Argentina and Chile), mostly belonging to a newly designated Stigmella purpurimaculae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa (Canada), 3887 (3): 321–353. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online). (PDF)

232. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Rocienė, A., Sruoga, V. &Davis, D. R. 2014. New and little known Coptotriche and Tischeria species (Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) from Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East. Zootaxa (Canada), 3884 (2): 141–155. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

231. Remeikis, A., Stonis, J. R., Diškus &A.Davis, D. R. 2014. The first photographic documentation and new data on Enteucha guajavae (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), a pest of guava from equatorial America. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 65–74 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

230. Navickaitė, A., Diškus, A. & Stonis, J. R. 2014. What is new and most interesting about the Nepticulidae of the Crimea and Lithuania. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 96–117 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

229. Saparmamedova, N., Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Noreika, R. & Sruoga, V.2014. The leaf-mining Lepidoptera of Central Asia: 18-year anniversary of the first revised checklist. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 78–81 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

228. Stonis, J. R. & Rocienė, A. 2014. Revised fauna of the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of continental East Asia: lots of effort to elucidate the little-known diversity of pygmy moths. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 51–62 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

227. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A. & Navickaitė, A. 2014. Study methods of Nepticulidae: micro-mounts of genitalia structures. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 32–35 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

226. Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R. & Cumbicus Torres, N. 2014. First discovery of leaf-mining Nepticulidae and Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) associated with the Chilean endemic genus Podanthus Lag. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant. In: Stonis, J. R., Hill, S. R., Diškus, A. & Auškalnis, T. (eds). Selected abstracts and papers of the First Baltic International Conference on Field Entomology and Faunistics. Edukologija Publishers, Vilnius. 30–31 p. ISBN 978-9955-20-953-9. (PDF)

225. Navickaitė, A., Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R. 2014. An updated checklist of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of the Crimea, Sub-Mediterranean SE Europe.Zootaxa(Canada), 3847 (2): 151–202.ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

 224. Stonis, J. R., Rocienė, A. 2014. Additions to the Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia, with descriptions of three new species from Primorskiy Kray. Zootaxa (Canada), 3846 (2): 204–220. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

223. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Schuster, J. 2013. First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America. Zootaxa,3737 (1): 1–23. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online). (PDF)

 222. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Noreika, R., Schuster, J. 2013. Four new leaf-mining Acalyptris species from Guatemala and Belize, with new data on bionomics of Stigmella pruinosa (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa,3737 (2): 101–117. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

221. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Navickaitė, A., Rocienė, A. 2013. Description of new species of oak leaf-miners (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), with notes on the species groups of Stigmella Schrank associated with Quercus as a host-plant. Zootaxa, 3737 (3): 201–222.ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online). (PDF)

220. Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A., Baužys, D. 2013. Pažinkime pasaulio vabzdžius. Blakės. Įvairovė ir pavadinimai [True Bugs: a review, in Lithuanian]. Edukologija, Vilnius. 126 pp. ISBN 978-9955-20-880-8. (PDF a) (JPG b) (JPG c)

217. Rocienė, A., Stonis, J. R. 2013. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist. Zootaxa, 3652 (1): 75–116. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), 1175-5334 (online) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.1.

216. Stonis, J. R., Rocienė, A. 2013. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (1). Re-examination of the male genitalia of types deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences. Zootaxa, 3652 (1): 1–59. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), 1175-5334 (online) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3652.1.1

215. Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A., Noreika, R. 2013. New Nepticulidae species (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula (SE Mexico). Zootaxa, 3609(2): 223–230. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online)

214. Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A., Sruoga, V. 2013. An annotated list of the Opostegidae of the Himalaya, with a description of Pseudopostega brevicaudata sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 182–194. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online).

213. Stonis, J. R., Navickaitė, A., Rocienė, A., Remeikis, A., Diškus, A. 2013. A provisional checklist of the Nepticulidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of the Crimea. Zoology and Ecology, 23 (1): 20–28.ISSN 2165-8005 (print) ISSN 2165-8013 online).

211. Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R. 2012. Pažinkime egzotinę pasaulio fauną. Gyvalazdės. [Learn more about exotic fauna. Stick Insects] (in Lithuanian). Lututė, Kaunas. 112 pp. ISBN 978-9955-37-140-3 (PDF a) (PDF b)

210. Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R. 2012. Leaf-mining insects of Lithuania. The Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera): taxonomy, chorological composition and trophic relationships. Monograph, in Lithuanian]. Lututė, Kaunas. 220 pp. ISBN 978-9955-37-148-9 (PDF a) (PDF b) (PDF c) (PDF d)

189. Navickaitė, A., Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R. 2011. Review of Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) occurring in the Curonian Spit (Baltic Coast of Lithuania). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 21 (3): 221–231. ISSN 1648-6919. (PDF) http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10043-011-0023-1

188. Navickaitė, A., Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R., Dobrynina, V. 2011. Taxonomic catalogue of the world Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) described by members of the Biosystematics Research Group (Lithuania) up to 2009. Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 21 (2): 113–132. ISSN 1648-6919

181. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A. 2011. Pažinkime egzotinę pasaulio fauną. Maldininkai, tarakonai, termitai, akmenropos, gladiatoriai, tinkluočiai ir trūnėsinukai [Learn more about exotic fauna. Praying Insects, Cockroaches, Termites, Rock Crawlers, Heelwalkers, Webspinners and Angel Insects] (in Lithuanian). Lututė, Kaunas. 120 pp.ISBN 978-9955-37-139-7 (PDF)

177. Stonis, J. R., Remeikis, A. 2011. Acalyptris platani (Müller-Rutz) in the Crimea, Ukraine – The Easternmost record of the Sub-mediterranean species in Europe (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 21 (2): 89–95. ISSN 1648-6919 (PDF)

155. Remeikis, A., Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Davis, D. R. 2009. Contribution to the Opostegidae fauna of Central America, with an updated checklist and description of new species from Costa Rica and Mexico (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 19 (4): 278–286. ISSN 1392-1657 (PDF)

139. Stonis, J. R., Dapkus, D., Auksoriūtė, A., Vilkas, A. 2009. Žirgelių (Insecta, Odonata) taksonominis lietuviškų vardų sąrašas. New and rare for Lithuania insect species. Records and descriptions, 21: 155–165. ISSN 1648-8555 (PDF)

138. Šimkevičiūtė, A., Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A. 2009. Taxonomic checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the description of three new species the from Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 19 (4): 268–277. ISSN 1392-1657 (PDF)

122. Stonis, J. R., Davis, D. R., Diškus, A. 2008. Kosta Rikos (Centrinė Amerika) biologinė įvairovė: mokslo faktai ar artefaktai? [High biodiversity in Costa Rica (Central America): facts or artifacts?] Lietuvos biologinė įvairovė (būklė, struktūra, apsauga), 3: 99–106. ISSN 1822-2781 (PDF)

121. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A. 2008. Checklist of American Coptotriche (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae) with descriptions of two new species from the tropical forest of Belize (Central America). Zoological Science, 25(1): 99–106.ISSN 0289-0003

120. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Sruoga, V. 2008. Redescription of Coptotriche pulverea (Walsingham) – an unusual species of the American Tischeriidae fauna (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 18 (3): 169–173. ISSN 1392-1657 (PDF)

119. Davis, D. R., Stonis, J. R.2007. A revision of the New World plant-mining moths of the family Opostegidae (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Smithsonian contribution to Zoology, 625. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C. 212 pp. ISSN 0081-0282 (PDF)

118. Lees, D. C., Stonis, J. R.2007. The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae. Zootaxa, 1645: 35–45. ISSN 1175-5326 (print), ISSN 1175-5334 (online)

103. Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A. 2007. Description of Tischeria gouaniae sp. n. from the tropical forest of Belize – an exotic new addition to the American fauna of Tischeria (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae). Zoological Science, 24 (12): 1286–1291. ISSN 0289-0003

102. Anisimovas, E., Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R.2006. First survey of Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in Čepkeliai State Nature Reserve, Lithuania. Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 16 (3): 221–228. ISSN 1392-1657

101. Diškus, A., Stonis, J. R.2006. Tischeriaspecies (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) in Lithuania. Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 16 (3): 215–220. ISSN 1392-1657

80. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A.2005. Checklist of African Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) with a Redescription of the Formerly Neglected Tischeria urticicolella from Equatorial Africa.Zoological Science, 22 (9): 1051–1055. ISSN 0289-0003

71. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Mey, W. 2004. Tischeriidae. In: Mey, W. (ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Esperiana Memoir, 1: 39–51. Berlin. ISBN 3-938249-00-5

69. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. 2003. Nepticuloidea ir Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) pasaulio ir Lietuvos faunoje [The Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) – a global review, with strategic regional revisions] (in Lithuanian). Lututė, Kaunas, 512 pp., figs 612. ISBN 9955-575-09-3 (JPG a) (PDF b) (PDF c) (PDF d) (PDF e) (PDF f) (PDF g)

67. Puplesis, R.2002. Pasaulio biologinė įvairovė. Įvadas į gyvūnų ir augalų įvairovės vertinimą [Biodiversity an introduction to global animal and plant diversity] (in Lithuanian). Lututė, Kaunas, 154 pp. ISBN 9955-452-73-0

66. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Robinson, G. S. 2002. New Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from the western Amazonian rainforest and the Andes of Ecuador. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology), 71 (1): 19–58. ISSN 0968-0454 (PDF)

65. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Robinson, G. S., Onore, G. 2002. A review and checklist of the Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology), 71 (1): 59–76. ISSN 0968-0454. (PDF) http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0968045402000032

62. Puplesis, R.,Robinson, G. S. 2000. A review of the Central and South American Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) with special reference to Belize. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology), 69 (1): 1–114. ISSN 0968-0454 (PDF)

61. Puplesis, R., Robinson, G. S., 1999. Revision of the Oriental Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) with general comments on phylogeny within the family. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Entomology), 68 (1): 1–92. ISSN 0968-0454 (PDF)

56. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. 1997. Sem. Nepticulidae – neptikulidy (in Russian). In: Ler, P. A. (ed.) Opredelitel’ nasekomykh Dal’nego Vostoka Rossii. Rucheiniki i cheshuekrylye [Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Trichoptera and Lepidoptera], 5 (1): 302–319. Dal’nauka Publishers, Vladivostok. ISBN 5-7442-0986-7

55. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Nieukerken, E. J. van. 1997. Stigmella divina sp. n., a remarkable species from Turkmenistan and Turkey (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 140 (1): 55–58. ISSN 0040-7496

53. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. 1996. First record of the genus Etainia Beirne from Central Asia with descriptions of two new species and some provisional notes on the world fauna (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Phegea, 24 (1): 41–48. ISSN 0771-5277

52. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. 1996. A review of the Stigmella sorbi species-group with descriptions of two new species from Turkmenistan and Tadzhikistan (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Phegea, 24 (4): 171–182. ISSN 0771-5277

51. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A. 1996. Five new mining Lepidoptera (Nepticulidae, Bucculatricidae) from Central Asia. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 139 (2): 181–190. ISSN 0040-7496 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28194865/#page/203/mode/1up

50. Puplesis, R., Diškus, A., Noreika, R., Saparmamedova, N. 1996. Revised check-list of mining Lepidoptera (Nepticuloidea, Tischerioidea and Gracillarioidea) from Central Asia. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 139 (2): 191–200. ISSN 0040-7496 (PDF) http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28194865/#page/203/mode/1up

43. Kuznetzov, V. I., Puplesis, R. 1994. Sem. Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae) – moli-malyutki (in Russian). In: Kuznetzov, V. I. (ed.) Nasekomye i kleshchi –vrediteli sel’skokhozyaistvennykh kul’tur. Cheshuekrylye [Insects and mites –pests of agricultural plants. Lepidoptera], 3 (1): 12–23. Nauka Publishers, St. Petersburg. ISBN 5-02-025959-4

42. Puplesis, R. 1994. The Nepticulidae of Eastern Europe and Asia: western, central and eastern parts. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 552 pp., figs 840. ISBN 90-73348-29-3

38. Noreika, R., Puplesis, R. 1992. Salicaceae feeding Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of Central Asia. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 135: 27–41. ISSN 0040-7496

37. Noreika, R. V., Puplesis, R. 1992. Description of new species of moths of the family Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from Azerbaijan and Middle Asia and synonymization of Gracillaria impictipennella Grsm. (in Russian). Entomologicheskoe obozrenie, 71 (2): 414–421. ISSN 0367-1445

36. Noreika, R., Puplesis, R. 1992. Review of the Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) of the Gissarskiy Ridge (Central Asia, Tajikistan) with the descriptions of two new species of Phyllonorycter. Nota lepidopterologica, 15 (2): 123–147. ISSN 0342-7536

29. Nieukerken, E. J. van, Puplesis, R. 1991. Taxonomy and distribution of the Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) raikhonae group (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 134: 201–210. ISSN 0040-7496 http://biostor.org/reference/49992