Publications

A complete list of my publications can be found below – click on the links to access a PDF of the article (hold cursor over link to see excerpt of paper). These files require Adobe^© Reader, which can be freely downloaded from Adobe – click on the image below. I can also send hard copies or reprints of any publication – please CONTACT me directly if you want any.

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JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Quisenberry, S. S., T. C. MacRae, and T. R. Yonke. 1983. Preference of Forcipita loca (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) adults to forage plants. Environmental Entomology 12(4):1149–1153.
2. MacRae, T. C., and T. R. Yonke. 1984. Life history of Forcipita loca (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) on three graminaceous hosts. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51(1):69–78.
3. Nelson, G. H., and T. C. MacRae. 1990. Additional notes on the biology and distribution of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in North America, III. The Coleopterists Bulletin 44(3):349–354.
4. MacRae, T. C. 1991. The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Missouri. Insecta Mundi 5(2):101–126.
5. MacRae, T. C. 1994. Annotated checklist of the longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae) known to occur in Missouri. Insecta Mundi 7(4) (1993):223–252.
6. Nelson, G. H., and T. C. MacRae. 1994. Oaxacanthaxia nigroaenea Nelson and MacRae, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(2):149–152.
7. Nelson, G. H., R. L. Westcott and T. C. MacRae. 1996. Miscellaneous notes on Buprestidae and Schizopodidae occurring in the United States and Canada, including descriptions of previously unknown sexes of six Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 50(2):183–191.
8. MacRae, T. C. 2000. Review of the genus Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in North America. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 76(3):137–169.
9. MacRae, T. C., and S. R. Penn. 2001. Additional records of adventive Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in North America. The Coleopterists Bulletin 55(1):59–60.
10. MacRae, T. C. 2001. Correction to holotype deposition of Purpuricenus linsleyi Chemsak (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 77(4):281.
11. MacRae, T. C., and G. H. Nelson. 2003. Distributional and biological notes on Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in North and Central America and the West Indies, with validation of one species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(1):57–70.
12. MacRae, T. C. 2003. Mastogenius guayllabambensis MacRae, a new species from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Haplostethini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(2):149–153.
13. Sakalian, V., T. C. MacRae, S. Bílý, and A. Sundholm. 2003. Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829 and Acmaeoderella Cobos, 1955 (Insecta, Coleoptera) by designation of Buprestis cylindrica Fabricius, 1775 as the type species of Acmaeodera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 60(3):218.
14. MacRae, T. C. 2003. Agrilus (s. str.) betulanigrae MacRae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini), a new species from North America, with comments on subgeneric placement and a key to the otiosus species-group in North America. Zootaxa 380:1–9.
15. MacRae, T. C. 2004. Notes on host associations of Taphrocerus gracilis (Say) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and its life history in Missouri. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(3):388–390.
16. MacRae, T. C., M. E. Baur, B. J. Fitzpatrick, A.-G. Gao, J. C. Gamundi, L. A. Harrison, V. T. Kabuye, R. M. McPherson, J. A. Miklos, M. S. Paradise, A. S. Toedebusch, and A. Viegas. 2005. Laboratory and field evaluations of transgenic soybean exhibiting high-dose expression of a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A gene for control of Lepidoptera. Journal of Economic Entomology 98(2):577–587.
17. Brown, C. R. and T. C. MacRae. 2005. Occurrence of Cicindela (Cicindelidia) trifasciata ascendens (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in Missouri. Cicindela 37(1–2):17–19.
18. MacRae, T. C. 2006. Case 3302. Buprestis sexsignata Say, 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence of the specific name over those of Chrysobothris ignipes Gory & Laporte, 1838 and Chrysobothris germari Gory & Laporte, 1838. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 63(1):36–38 (ICZN Ruling here).
19. Walters, G. C., Jr., R. L. Westcott, S. G. Wellso, J. M. Cicero, T. C. MacRae, and C. L. Bellamy. 2006. Gayle H. Nelson (1926-2005): biography and memories, taxa and publications. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):116–135.
20. MacRae, T. C. 2006. Distributional and biological notes on North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera), with comments on variation in Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) viridicornis (Say) and A. (H.) viridfrons Gory. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(2):166–199.
21. Miklos, J. A., M. F. Alibhai, S. A. Bledig, D. C. Connor-Ward, A. Gao, B. A. Holmes, K. H. Kolacz, V. T. Kabuye, T. C. MacRae, M. S. Paradise, A. S. Toedebusch, and L. A. Harrison. 2007. Characterization of soybean exhibiting high expression of a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A transgene that confers a high degree of resistance to lepidopteran pests. Crop Science 47(1):148–157.
22. MacRae, T. C., J. Rifkind, R. L. Westcott, and P. Zabransky. 2007. Case 3335. Comments on the proposed fixation of the feminine gender of the genus Trachys Fabricius, 1801 (Insecta, Coleoptera) and the form of derivation of family-group names based on Trachys. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(1):65–67.
23. MacRae, T. C. and M. E. Rice. 2007. Distributional and biological observations on North American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). The Coleopterists Bulletin 61(2):227–263.
24. MacRae, T. C. 2007. Comment on the proposed precedence of Buprestis angustula Illiger, 1803 (Insecta, Coleoptera) over Buprestis pavida Fabricius, 1793. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(4):261.
25. McDowell, W. T. and T. C. MacRae. 2009. First record of Typocerus deceptus Knull, 1929 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Missouri, with notes on additional species from the state. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(4) (2008):341-343.
26. McPherson, R. M. and T. C. MacRae. 2009. Assessing lepidopteran abundance and crop injury in soybean lines exhibiting a sythetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A gene.  Journal of Entomological Science 44(2):120–131.
27. McPherson, R. M. and T. C. MacRae. 2009. Evaluation of transgenic soybean exhibiting high expression of a synthetic Bacillus thuringiensis cry1A transgene for suppressing lepidopteran population densities and crop injury.  Journal of Economic Entomology 102(4):1640–1648.
28. MacRae, T. C.  2009. The species of Purpuricenus Dejean (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) occurring in Maryland.  The Maryland Entomologist 5(1):5–10.

BOOK REVIEWS

1. MacRae, T. C. 2004. Review of: An Illustrated Summary of the Higher Classification of the Superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera) by C. L. Bellamy, Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp. (2003). The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(1):47–48.
2. MacRae, T. C. 2004. Review of: Coleotteri Bupresidi ‘dItalia, by G. Curletti, M. Rastelli, S. Rastelli, and F. Tassi, Piccole Fauna, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Carmagnola (Torino), Progetto Biodiversità (Roma), CD-ROM (2003). The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(3):391-392.
3. MacRae, T. C. 2009. Book review: Review of the genera Calodema and Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), by U. Nylander, Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 13, 84 pp., 44 color plates (2008). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 85(1):26-28.
4. MacRae, T. C. In press. Book review: A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera). Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume II (Carabidae-Nebriiformes 2-Cicindelitae), by T. L. Erwin and D. L. Pearson, Pensoft Series Faunistica 84, 365 pp, 33 color plate (2008). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist.

MAGAZINE/NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

1. MacRae, T. C., and C. R. Brown. 2001. Missouri Tigers. Missouri Conservationist 62(6):14–19.
2. MacRae, T. C. 2004. A new beetle for Missouri—with a twist! Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 76(4):1, 12–13.
3. MacRae, T. C. 2004. Beetle bits: Hunting the elusive “hibiscus jewel beetle”. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 76(5):4–5.
4. MacRae, T. C. 2004. Beetle bits: A day with tomorrow’s entomologists. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 76(6):4–5.
5. MacRae, T. C., and C. R. Brown. 2004. Bugs and birds: A nexus in Texas. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 76(10):2–6.
6. MacRae, T. C., and C. R. Brown. 2005. Bugs and birds: A nexus in Texas (part 2). Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 77(10):4–10, 14.
7. MacRae, T. C., and C. R. Brown. 2006. Bugs and birds: A nexus in Texas (part 3). Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 78(1):13–15.
8. MacRae, T. C. 2006. Beetle bits: The “beautiful tiger beetle”. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 78(4):9–12.
9. Thoma, R. S., and T. C. MacRae. 2008. Tiger beetle hunting in Nebraska. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 80(1):4–6.
10. MacRae, T. C. 2008. Dungers and chafers: A trip to South Africa. SCARABS 34:1-9.
11. MacRae, T. C. 2008. Bugged on the Ozark Trail. The Trail Builder, Newsletter of the Ozark Trail Association Late Fall 2008:1-4.
12. MacRae, T. C. 2009. Cicindela cursitans in Missouri. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 81(4):7–9.
13. MacRae, T. C.  2009. A unique population of festive tiger beetle in southeastern Missouri.  Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 81(5):10–12.
14. MacRae, T. C. 2009. Typocerus deceptus in Missouri.  Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 81 (6/7):3–5.
15. MacRae, T. C. 2009. Revisiting the Swift Tiger Beetle. Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 81 (8):13–16.
16. MacRae, T. C.  2009. North America’s most beautiful longhorned beetle.  Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 81(9):8–12.
17. MacRae, T. C.  2010. Sanctuary for the Betulaceae.  Nature Notes, Journal of the Webster Groves Nature Study Society 82(1):7–12.

POSTERS

1. Gamundi, J. C., A. M. Molinari, E. J. Pochettino, S. Riart, S. M. Zampierin, and T. C. MacRae. 2001. Geographic variation in susceptibility of Rachiplusia nu (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ac in Argentina. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California, December 10, 2001.
2. MacRae, T. C., and C. R. Brown. 2001. A survey of Missouri tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, California, December 12, 2001.

ABSTRACTS

1. Gamundi, J. C., S. M. Riart, T. C. MacRae, and S. Zampierin. 2004. Geographic variation in susceptibility of Epinotia aporema (Lepidoptera: Olethreutidae) and Rachiplusia nu (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cry1Ac in Argentina. In Proceedings of the VII World Soybean Research Congress, March 1–6, 2004, Iguassu Falls, Brazil.