E-mail : Margaret.Hanbury@mhanbury.demon.co.uk
Research Fields
Systematics and taxonomy of Staphylinidae, especially of
the Oriental Region.
Professional: translation of books / papers on biology, entomology, horticulture etc. from
Chinese and French to English; copy editing / re-writing biology articles by non native
English speaking authors; presentation skills training for scientists.
List of publications
1976
- Contributions à la connaissance de la faune de l’Ethiopie I: Les Calosomes
(Coleoptera, Carabidae). Rev. zool. afr. 90, 2: 241-274.
1980
- Stenine beetles from Nepal (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Ent. Basil. 5: 170-186.
1981
- Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna of Ethiopia II: Steninae (Coleoptera,
Staphylinidae). Rev. zool. afr. 95, 1: 69-130.
- New and little known Steninae from Burma (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 83: 325-348.
- The Stenine beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Ann. Mus Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 83: 349-386.
1983
- Contributions à la connaissance de la faune de l’Ethiopie III: Les larves de Calosomes récoltées par Clarke et de Rougemont(Coleoptera, Carabidae). Rev. zool. afr. 97, 3: 641-646.
- Dianous martensi n. sp. from Nepal (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Results of the Himalayan Expeditions of J. Martens no. 99. 5th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Senkenbergiana Biol. 63: 363-366.
- More stenine beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 8th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. Bankok 31, 1: 9-54.
- Records of some West African Stenus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 9th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Ann. Ent. Fenn. 49: 110
- 11th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae: Three new species from Burma (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat Genova 84: 623-630.
1984
- Sur quelques Stenus récoltés en Chine méridionale (Col. Staphylinidae). 6ème contribution à la connaissance des Steninae. Nouv. Rev. Ent. 8, 4: 351-355.
- Steninae collected by the author in Indonesia 1975-1982 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 10th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Reichenbachia, Mus. Tierk. Dresden 22, 32: 227-242.
1985
- In the footsteps of H.G. Champion: New Dianous species from the Himalaya (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 12th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Ent. Basil. 10: 123-144.
- Two new species of Stiliderus from Celebes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 15th contribution to th knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Mon. Mag. 121: 119-122.
- Les Stiliderus de la collection du Musée de Genève (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 16ème contribution à la connaissance des Staphylinides. Rev. Suisse Zool. 92: 217-228.
1986
- Steninae from Borneo, with special reference to Gunong Mulu National Park, Sarawak (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 7th contribution to the knowledge of Steninae. Sarawak Mus. J. 36 (57 N.S.): 279-290.
- Revision of the genus Stiliderus Motschoulsky 1858. Part 1 (=Stilicoderus Sharp) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 14th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 49, 2: 139-187.
- Synonymic notes on Cryptobium (Ophitodum) nobile Bernhauer (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 17th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Mon. Mag. 122: 209-210.
- New data on the genus Stiliderus Mots. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 18th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Reichenbachia, Mus. Tierk Dresden 24, 4: 53-58.
- Nouvelles données sur les Steninae d’Orient (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 19ème contribution à la connaissance des Staphylinides. Nouv. Rev. Ent. 3, 2: 263-269.
- New records of Stiliderus from Nepal (Col. Staphylinidae). 21st contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 93: 233-236.
- New Stiliderus Motschulsky species from the Indo-Australian Region (Col. Staphylinidae). 22nd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ann. Hist. nat. Mus. Nat. Hung. 78: 79-82.
- Revision of the genus Stiliderus Motschulsky 1858 Par II: The species with bi-lobed IVth tarsomeres (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 23rd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 50: 33-58.
1987
- New Dianous species from Khandbari District, Nepal (Col. Staphylinidae). 20th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 94, 1: 49-53.
- The subgenus Tetragnathostilicus Scheerpeltz: Remarks, Synonymy and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 24th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Nouv. Rev. Ent. 4, 2: 211-219.
- The Steninae obtained by the 1985 Geneva Museum Expedition to Thailand (Col. Staphylinidae). 25th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 94, 4: 703-715.
1988
- Notes on some palearctic Stilicus species, with special reference to Turkey (Col. Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 26th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 95, 2: 513-520.
- Un Nazeris nouveau de Thailande (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 28ème contribution à la connaissance des Staphylinides. Rev. Suisse Zool. 95, 3: 773-777.
1989
- A Field Guide to the Crops of Britain and Europe. Hb., Ill., 367 pp., W. Collins, London
1991
- A second species of Paratolmerus Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Quediinae). 32nd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Mon. Mag. 127: 221-224.
1993
- New species of Stilicastenus Coiffait
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 27th contribution to the knowledge of
Staphylinidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 100, 2: 1-11.
1995
- Review of the Australian species of the subtribe Stilicina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 30th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Elytron 9: 87-113.
- A new Domene (Macromene Coiffait) from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 33rd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae). Bull. Nat. Mus. Nat. Science, Taichung, 5: 135-138.
1996
- Stiliderus and Stilicoderus: New data and new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 29th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae). Rev. Suisse. Zool. 103, 3: 713-736.
- A new Stilicastenus species from Sumatra (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 34th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Problems 27, 2: 149-150.
- The river Erme estuary: A remarkable locality for staphylinid beetles. (35th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae). Ent. Mon. Mag. 132: 90.
- Scaphidiids in Hong Kong. Porcupine! Newsletter of the Hong Kong University Ecology Research Group 15: 12.
- A Madman, a Taipan, and Hong Kong’s Staphylinid Beetles. Porcupine! Newsletter of the Hong Kong University Ecology Research Group 15: 44-45.
1997
- Dysanabatium Bernhauer (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) - an uncommon but widespread genus in the Oriental Region. 36th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 99B, 319-331.
1998
- Rugilus Leach, subg. Tetragnathostilicus Scheerpeltz: Addenda (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 31st contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Linzer Biologische Beitraege 30, 2: 579-593.
1999
- Swarming of Choleva (Coleoptera, Catopidae) in Sussex. Ent. Mon. Mag. 00
Papers in press or in preparation
- Description of a new species species of Apteroloma from China. (Coleoptera, Agyrtidae). Rev. Suisse Zool. 000
- Two new species of Dysanabatium Bernhauer (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). (37th conribution to the knowledge of Staphylnidae).
- Studies on Stiliderus and Stilicoderus: biogeographical notes and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). 38th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Stuttgarter Beitraege zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie): 000.
- Twenty new species of Lesteva Latreille from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae). 39th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Kol. Rundsch 000
- Philonthus punctifrons Cameron removed to the genus Belonuchus Nordmann, and description of an allied new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). 40th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae). Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, Bankok 000
- A new species in each of the quediine genera Bolitogyrus and Indoquedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 41st contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Mon. Mag. 000
- A new species of Stenus from northern China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 42nd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Ent. Mon. Mag. 000
- A new Derops from Doi Inthanon (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae). 43rd contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Society, Bankok 000
- The staphylinid beetles of Hong Kong. Annotated check list and descriptions of new species. 44th contribution to the knowledge of Staphylinidae. Mem. Hong Kong Nat. Hist. Soc. 000
- What is a ladybird? Notes on the value of vernacular Englsih names and newly coined English names for the families of Coleoptera.
- Four new species of Domene Fauvel from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
- Two new species of Naddia Fauvel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae).
- Staphylinid beetles of Yemen.
- New Omaliinae from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
- New species of Tachyporinae from China belonging to new, rare or remarkable genera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)