John T. Polhemus

John T. Polhemus (1929–2013), U.S. entomologist, father of entomologist and heteropterist Dan A. Polhemus.

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(List may be incomplete)

Polhemus, J.T. 1976. Notes on North American Nepidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 52(3): 204–208. BHL Reference page.

Andersen, N.M. & Polhemus, J.T. 1980. Four new genera of Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) and the phylogeny and classification of the family. Entomologica scandinavica 11(4): 369–392. DOI: 10.1163/187631280794710060 Reference page.

Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1993: Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101(3): 391–398. JSTOR Reference page.

Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2008. A new Indian Ocean species of Ochterus from the island of Mauritius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 281–288. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 2008. Intraspecific morphological polymorphism in Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with notes on nomenclature and synonymy. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 289–298. PDF Reference page.

Tran, A.D. & Polhemus, J.T. 2012. The water skater genus Gerris Fabricius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) in Vietnam, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3382: 20–28. Preview Reference page.

Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2013: Notes on Ranatra (Heteroptera: Nepidae) from Burma and the Andaman Islands, with description of a new species. Entomologica Americana 118(1): 242–251. DOI: 10.1664/12-RA-028.1 Reference page.

Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 2016. Revision of the genus Ochterus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae) in Mesoamerica and the United States. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 159(1): 9–75. Reference page.