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William A. SHEAR - papers on Opiliones

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William A. ("Bill") SHEAR

Birthdate: 5 July 1942

Birthplace: Coudersport, Pennsylvania, USA

BIOGRAPHY: See "The Shape of life" at http://www.pbs.org/kcet/shapeoflife/explorations/bio_shear.html

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	Shear, W.A. (1974a) New records of rare Opiliones (Arachnida) from West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science, Morgantown, 44(1), 110-112.
	Shear, W.A. (1974b) The opilionid family Caddidae in North America, with notes on species from other regions (Opiliones, Palpatores, Caddoidea). The Journal of Arachnology, 2(2), 65–88. [Issued May 1974].
	Shear, W.A. (1975) The opilionid genera Sabacon and Tomicomerus in America (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Ischyropsalidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 3(1), 5–29.
	Shear, W.A. (1977a) The opilionid genus Neogovea Hinton, with a description of the first troglobitic cyphophthalmid from the Western Hemisphere (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology, (1975), 3(3), 165–175.
	Shear, W.A. (1977b) Fumontana deprehendor, n. gen., n. sp., the first triaenonychid opilionid from eastern North America (Opiliones: Laniatores: Triaenonychidae). The Journal of Arachnology, (1975), 3(3), 177–183.
	Shear, W.A. (1978a) A new record for the rare opilionid Fumontana deprehendor (Opiliones, Triaenonychidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 6(1), 79.
	Shear, W.A. (1978b) Appendage and body design in some laniatorid opilionids. American Arachnologist, 18, 12.
	Shear, W.A. (1979a) Huitaca ventralis n. gen., n. sp., with a description of a gland complex new to cyphophthalmids (Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology, 7(3), 237–242.
	Shear, W.A. (1979b) Stylocellus sedgwicki n. sp. from Penang Island, Malaysia (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmida, Stylocellidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 4 (8), 356–360.
	Shear, W.A. (1980a) A review of the Cyphophthalmi of the United States and Mexico, with a proposed reclassification of the suborder (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum Novitates, New York City, 2705, 1–34.
	Shear, W.A. (1980b) Leiobunum trimaculatum Goodnight and Goodnight is a synonym of L. bimaculatum Banks (Opiliones, Leiobunidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 8(3), 284–285.
	Shear, W.A. (1982) Opiliones. Pp 104–110. In: Parker, Sybill P. (ed.) Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vol 2. McGraw Hill Book Co, New York, 1232 pp.
	Shear, W.A. (1985) Marwe coarctata, a remarkable new cyphophthalmid from a limestone cave in Kenya (Arachnida, Opiliones). American Museum Novitates, New York City, 2830, 1–6.
	Shear, W.A. (1986) A cladistic analysis of the opilionid superfamily Ischyropsalidoidea, with description of the new family Ceratolasmatidae, the new genus Acuclavella and four new species. American Museum Novitates, New York City, 2844, 1–29.
	Shear, W.A. (1993a) New species in the opilionid genus Stylocellus from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 9, 174–188.
	Shear, W.A. (1993b) The genus Chileogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Petallidae). The Journal of Arachnology, 21(1), 73–78.
	Shear, W.A. (1993c) The genus Troglosiro and the new family Troglosironidae (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi). The Journal of Arachnology, 21(2), 81–90.
	Shear, W.A. (1996) Hesperopilio mainae, new genus and species of harvestman from Western Australia (Opiliones: Caddidae: Acropsopilioninae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Perth, 17, 455–460.
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	Shear, W.A. (2004) Description of the female of Acropsopilio chomulae (Goodnight & Goodnight 1948) from Chiapas, Mexico (Opiliones, Caddidae, Acropsopilioninae). The Journal of Arachnology, 32:432–435.
	Shear, W.A. (2006) Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae). Zootaxa, 1325, 191-198 [28 Sept. 2006].
	Shear, W.A. (2008) Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list: Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on “Crosbycus” goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae). Zootaxa, 1945: 67–68.
	Shear, W.A. (2010a) New species and records of ortholasmatine harvestmen from México, Honduras, and the western United States (Opiliones, Nemastomatidae, Ortholasmatinae). ZooKeys, 52, 9–45.
	Shear, W.A. (2010b) Hesperonemastoma smilax, n. sp., a remarkable new harvestman from a cave in West Virginia, with comments on other reported cave-dwelling Hesperonemastoma species (Opiliones, Ischyropsalidoidea, Sabaconidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies, 72(2), 105-110.
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	Shear, W.A. & Derkarabetian, Shahan. (2008) Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae). Zootaxa, 1809, 67–68.
	Shear, W.A. & Gruber, J. (1983) The opilionid subfamily Ortholasmatinae (Opiliones, Troguloidea, Nemastomatidae). American Museum Novitates, New York City, no. 2757, 65 pages.
	Shear, W.A. & Gruber, J. (1987) Ortholasma setulipes Shear and Gruber is a synonym of Ortholasma coronadense Cockerell. The Journal of Arachnology, 15(1), 134–135.
	Shear, W.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.

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