Dan A. Polhemus

collected 1983–2022

416 specimens, collected between 1983 and 2022 on 137 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 581 specimens for others.

On the labels as Polhemus, D.A., Dan A. Polhemus, D. A. Polhemus, Dan Polhemus, D.A. Polhemus, D Polhemus, Polhemus, D., D A Polhemus.

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Specimens: 416
Type specimens: 71
Years in the field: 40
Islands: 5
Species: 69
Identifications: 581
In the Library: 72
Named after: 1

Where Polhemus collected

Specimens by decade

1980s2020s

Earliest: Rhagovelia, 1983 (Western Prov.). Latest: Euglandina rosea, 2022.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2025
A revised checklist of Gyrinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) on New Guinea and proximal islands, with nomenclatural notes and addenda.
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers
Museum research publication
DOI
2025
First record of the introduced thrush cowrie, Naria turdus (Cypraeidae) in the U. S. Virgin Islands.
Polhemus, D.A. · Gloria Maris
Museum research publication
2025
Rediscovery of Melanesobasis Donnelly, 1984 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) in Vanuatu reveals a pattern of vicariance in insular damselflies
Saxton, N.A., G.S. Powell, B. Rashni, C.R. Jensen, C.D. Beatty, D.A. Polhemus, M. Marinov, and S. Bybee · *Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society*
Museum research publication
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2024
A natural history survey of North Halawa Valley, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.. Bishop Museum Bulletins in Cultural and Environmental Sciences 5, 84 pp
Polhemus, D.A., Howarth, F.G.& Miller, S.E. (editors)
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2024
Phylogenetic reconstruction illuminates the evolutionary history of freshwater to marine transition in the subfamily Haloveliinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)
Ye, Z., Z.Z. Jin, D.A. Polhemus, S.Q. Wang, S.Y. Fu, H.H. Yang, M. Qiao, and W.J. Bu · Systematic Entomology
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Family Veliidae Brullé, 1836
Ghahari, H., D.A. Polhemus, J. Damgaard, P. Moulet, and J.E. McPherson · True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Middle-East
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Family Leptopodidae Brullé, 1836
Ghahari, H., D.A. Polhemus, J. Damgaard, and P. Moulet · True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Middle-East
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Family Ochteridae Kirkaldy 1906
Ghahari, H., D.A. Polhemus, J. Damgaard, and P. Moulet · True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Middle-East
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Two anomalous new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from southern New Guinea
Polhemus, D.A. · Zootaxa
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Family Gerridae Leach, 1815
Ghahari, H., D.A. Polhemus, J. Damgaard, P. Moulet, and F.F.F. Moreira · True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Middle-East
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
Family Hebridae Amyot and Serville, 1843
Ghahari, H., D.A. Polhemus, J. Damgaard, and P. Moulet · Springer, New York
Museum research publication
2024
Thirty-four new species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the East Papua Composite Terrane, far eastern New Guinea
Polhemus, D.A. · Zootaxa
Museum research publication
DOI
2024
The insect and related arthropod fauna of North Halawa Valley. Part 1: overall faunal profile
Preston, D.J., F.G. Howarth, G.M. Nishida, D.A. Polhemus · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
The limnology and aquatic insect fauna of North Halawa Valley
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
A natural history of North Halawa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth, S.E. Miller · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
Geography and climate
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2024
Introduction
Polhemus, D.A., F.G. Howarth · Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies
Museum research publication
2023
Two new species of Valleriola (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodidae) and taxonomic notes on the tribe Leptopodini Brullé, 1836 from East and Southeast Asia
Li, Z., Z. Jin, D.A. Polhemus, and Z. Ye · Zootaxa
Museum research publication
DOI
2023
The leg sensilla of insects from different habitats. Comparison of strictly aquatic and riparian bugs (Corixidae, Ochteridae, Gelastocoridae: Nepomorpha: Insecta: Heteroptera)
Nowińska, A., B. Franielczyk-Pietyra, and D.A. Polhemus · Insects
Museum research publication
DOI
2023
Testing geology with biology: Plate tectonics and the diversification of microhylid frogs in the Papuan region
Hill, E.C., D.F. Gao, D.A. Polhemus, C.J. Fraser, B. Iova, A. Allison, and M.A. Butler · Integrative Organismal Biology
Museum research publication
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2023
Systematics of the Nososticta salomonis complex (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae)
Theischinger, G., A. Mitchell, S.J. Richards, and D.A. Polhemus · Zootaxa
Museum research publication
DOI
2022
Iniforis reevei (Mollusca: Triphoridae), a new marine species record for the Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D. & Bakker, P.A.J. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.) Records of the Hawaii biological survey for 2021. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 142: 35-37.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2022
Two new genera and six new species of terrestrial Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from French Polynesia
Polhemus, D.A. · Zootaxa
Museum research publication
DOI
2022
Transcriptome-based Phylogeny of the Semi-aquatic Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) Reveals Patterns of Lineage Expansion in a Series of New Adaptive Zones
Armisén, D., S. Viala, I.d.R.S. Cordeiro, A.J.J. Crumière, E. Hendaoui, A. Le Bouquin, W. Duchemin, E. Santos, W. Toubiana, A. Vargas-Lowman, C.F. Burguez Floriano, D.A. Polhemus, Y.-h. Wang, L. Rowe, F.F.F. Moreira, and A. Khila · Molecular Biology and Evolution
Museum research publication
DOI
2021
The first record of the family Thaumastocoridae (Heteroptera) from the Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D.A., Magnacca, K.N. & Matsunaga, J.N. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 142: 21-26.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2020
New records and updated distributional data for marine micromollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Mesophotic Depth Zone of the Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 133: 1-29.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2017
A new species and new records of Engytatus from the Hawaiian Islands (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Polhemus, D.A. · ZooKeys: in press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2013
A fourth contribution to the study of Hawaiian Orthotylus (Heteroptera: Miridae): new species, addenda, revised checklist, and key to the Perrottetia -feeding species
Polhemus, D.A. · Entomologica Americana 119(1-2): in press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2011
Continuing studies on the genus Orthotylus in the Hawaiian Islands (Heteroptera: Miridae), with descriptions of thirty-two new species
Polhemus, D. A. · Entomologia Americana, 117 (1/2): 37-109.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2007
Aquatic insect taxa as indicators of aquatic species richness, habitat disturbance, and invasive species impacts in Hawaiian streams
Englund, R., Wright, M.G. & Polhemus, D.A. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Fitzsimons, J.M. (eds.), Biology of Hawaiian streams and estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 205-230.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2007
Biology recapitulates geology: the distribution of Megalagrion damselflies on the Ko`olau Volcano of O`ahu, Hawai`i
Polhemus, D.A. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Fitzsimons, J.M. (eds.), Biology of Hawaiian streams and estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 231-244.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2006
Engytatus pali (Heteroptera, Miridae): a new species collected by drone from vertical cliffs on Kauai, Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D.A. & Nyberg, B. · Zootaxa: in press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2005
Further studies on the gnus Orthotylus (Heteroptera: Miridae) in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of thirty-four new species
Polhemus, D.A. · J. NY Entomol. Soc. 112(4): 227-333.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2004
Arthropod survey of the Waiakea 1942 Lava Flow Natural area Reserve and slected kipuka within the Mauna Loa Kipuka Mosaic, Hawai‘i
Preston, D.J., M.K.K. McShane, N.L. Evenhuis, G.A. Samuelson, K.T. Arakaki & D.A. Polhemus · Report submitted to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of forestry and Wildlife, Natural Area Reserve System, Honolulu. ii + 47 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2004
Arthropod survey of ‘Opae‘ula and adjacent summit areas of the Ko‘olau Mountains, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Preston, D.J., D.A. Polhemus, K. Arakaki & M.K.K. McShane · Report submitted to the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of forestry and Wildlife, Natural Area Reserve System, Honolulu. 16 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2003
An initial review of Orthotylus in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of twenty-one new species (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Polhemus, D.A. · J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 110: 270-340.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2003
Rediscovery of Blackburnia anomala (Coleoptera: Carabidae), in East Maui, Hawai‘i, after a 107-year hiatus
Polhemus, D.A., C.P. Ewing, R. Kahola‘a & J.K. Liebherr · Pac. Sci. 57(2): 161-166.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Two new species of Lygaeidae (Heteroptera) from the Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D.A. · J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. In press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2002
Range, habitat, and ecological notes on the wekiu bug ( Nesius wekiuicola), a rare insect species unique to Mauna kea, Hawai‘i Island
Englund, R.A., D.A. Polhemus, F.G. Howarth & S.L. Montgomery · Final report. Prepared for Office of Mauna Kea Management, University of Hawaii, Hilo.49 p. [ high res pdf -- 1.9 MB ] [ low res pdf -- 568 KB ]
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2001
Evaluating the effects of introduced rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss) on native stream insects on Kauai Island, Hawaii
Englund, R.A. & D.A. Polhemus · J. Insect Conservation: 5: 265-281.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
A revision of the endemic Hawaiian reduviid genus Saicella Usinger, with descripitons of four new species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesiinae)
Polhemus, D.A. · Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 102: 1-20.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
Assessment of the impacts of rainbow trout predation on native aquatic species within Koke‘e State Park, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i
Englund, R.A., D.A. Polhemus & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honoluu, Hawaii. Bishop Museum Technical Report 18: iv + 125 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1999
A new species of riparian Nabidae (Heteroptera) from the Hawaiian Islands
Polhemus, D.A. · Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 868-74.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1999
Asteliamiris, a new genus of Stenodemini from the Hawaiian Islands (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Schwartz, M.D. & D.A. Polhemus · J. N.Y. Entomol. Soc. 107: in press.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1998
Assessment of the suitability of Kokee State Park streams as habitat for year-round catch and release fishing for rainbow trout without annual stocking
Englund, R, D.A. Polhemus & D Preston · Contract C35895. Report prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1997
Comparisons to the century before: the legacy of R.C.L. Perkins and the Fauna Hawaiiensis as the basis for a long-term ecological monitoring program
Liebherr, J.K. & D.A. Polhemus · Pacific Science 51: 490-504.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
R.C.L. Perkins: 100 years of Hawaiian entomology
Liebherr, J.K. and D.A. Polhemus · Pacific Science 51: 343-355.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1997
Phylogenetic analysis of the Hawaiian damselfly genus Megalagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): implications for biogeography, ecology, and conservation biology
Polhemus, D.A. · Pacific Science 51: 395-412.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1996
The orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion xanthomelas (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): clarifying the current range of a threatened species
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 45: 30-53.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1996
Scanning electron microscope images of characters critical to the identification of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies
Polhemus, D.A. & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for National Biological Service.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1996
Hawaiian damselflies: a field identification guide
Polhemus, D.A. & A. Asquith · Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
A survey of the aquatic insect faunas of selected Hawaiian streams
Polhemus, D.A. · Prepared for Commission on Water Resource Management, DLNR. 128 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
A study of the biology of the orangeblack Hawaiian damselfly ( Megalagrion xanthomelas), with special reference to conservation of the population at Tripler Army Medical Center, Oahu
Evenhuis, N.L., D. Polhemus, S. Swift, K. Arakaki & D. Preston · Bishop Museum Technical Report 8, 81 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Survey of the federally listed birds and damselflies in relation to the Waihee wells and transmission system, West Maui, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A. & D.J. Preston · Bishop Museum Technical Report. 9 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Review of the endemic Hawaiian genus Sigmatineurum Parent (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Evenhuis, N.L. & Polhemus, D. · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 37, 19 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Damsels in distress: a review of the conservation status of Hawaiian Megalagrion damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Polhemus, D. · Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 3: 343-49.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
[Aquatic insect assessment]
Polhemus, D.A. · In: Environmental Technologies International, Pohakea Stream biological assessment, West Maui, Hawaii. Prepared for Belt Collins, Ltd. 16 p. + figs. and appendices.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Maakua Stream biological assessment, Oahu, Hawaii
Englund, R. & D.A. Polhemus · Prepared for Ogden Environmental Energy Services. 21 p. + appendix.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Hanamaulu Stream biological survey, Kauai, Hawaii
Englund, R. & D.A. Polhemus · Prepared for AMFAC/JMB Hawaii, Inc. 33 p. + appendix.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Aquatic insect conservation: worldwide crisis or localized threats?
Polhemus, D.A. · American Zoologist 33[1993]: 588-98.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A survey of the fish and aquatic insect fauna of the Hanawi and Makamakaole streams, Maui, Hawaii
Polhemus, D. & Englund, R. · Bishop Museum Report to DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A survey of the fish and aquatic insect fauna of the Waikele/Kipapa streams, Oahu, Hawaii
Polhemus, D. & Englund, R. · Bishop Museum Report to DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A preliminary survey of the aquatic insect fauna of Waiahuakua Stream and nearby drainages, Na Pali coast, Kauai, Hawaii, with notes on the impact of Hurricane Iniki
Polhemus, D. · Bishop Museum Report to Natural Area Reserves System Commission, DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A preliminary survey of the aquatic insect fauna of upper Kaluanui Stream, Oahu, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum report to the Hawaii State DLNR, Division of Aquatic Resources. 5 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A survey of the aquatic insect fauna of lower Hanakapiai Stream, Kauai, Hawaii, thirteen months after Hurricane Iniki
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum to the Hawaii State DLNR, Division of Aquatic Resources. 8 p., 8 pls.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A survey of the aquatic insect fauna of lower Honopue Stream, Hawaii Island, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum to the Hawaii State DLNR, Division of Aquatic Resources. 5 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A survey of the aquatic insect fauna of lower Hakalau Stream, Hawaii Island, Hawaii
Polhemus, D.A. · Bishop Museum to the Hawaii State DLNR, Division of Aquatic Resources. 12 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
A preliminary assessment of the impact of Hurricane Iniki on the aquatic insects faunas of streams on the Na Pali coast, Kauai, Hawaii, p
Polhemus, D.A. · 59-88. In: Devick, W.S., Assessments of the impact of Hurricane Iniki on stream biota and ecosystems on Kauai State of Hawaii, DLNR. Division of Aquatic Resources. 88 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
A preliminary survey of the aquatic insect fauna of Waikolu Stream, Molokai, Hawaii
Polhemus, D. · Bishop Museum Report to Hawaii DLNR.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Baseline survey of aquatic insects in selected units of the Hawaii Natural Area Reserves System (NARS)
Polhemus, D. · Bishop Museum Report.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
A preliminary assessment of the impact of Hurricane Iniki on the aquatic insect faunas of streams in the Na Pali coast, Kauai, Hawaii
Polhemus, D. · Bishop Museum Report.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
A review of the Hawaiian stream insect fauna, p
Howarth, F.G. & Polhemus, D. · 40-50. In: New directions in research, management and conservation of Hawaiian freshwater stream ecosystems. Proceedings of the 1990 Symposium on Freshwater Stream Biology and Fisheries Management. Hawaii DLNR, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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Named for Polhemus

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Polhemus. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

Campsicnemus polhemusi Dolichopodidae1

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581 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: