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Bishop Museum houses the world’s largest collection of Hawaiian and Pacific cultural artifacts and natural history specimens. This collection continues to be used as a first class scientific collection contributing to ongoing global research.
Borkent, A., N.L. Evenhuis, and P. Dominiak. 2025. The world catalog of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): Additional updates and errata. [2 May 2025]. Zootaxa 5631(2):245–268.
Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.). 2024 Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2024. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 156:1-206 [11 December 2024].
Evenhuis, N.L. 2024. A new genus and species from Fiji masquerading as Setostylus Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Keroplatinae). In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Bickel, D.J. (eds.), Fiji Arthropods. New Series. II. [5 December 2024]. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 158:7–11.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2024. An assessment of the Diptera species-group names made available in the two 1829 works of James Francis Stephens. In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. (eds.), Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes IV. [11 December 2024]. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157:41–61.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2024. The genus Tylparua Edwards in Hawai‘i (Diptera: Keroplatidae). Part II: Review of the subgenus Hardyplatyura Evenhuis. [9 July 2024]. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 161:1–53.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2024. World catalog of Mythicomyiidae (Insecta: Diptera). Revised edition. [6 December 2024]. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 17:1–95.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2025. A remarkable new species of the Poecilognathus punctipennis group (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Arizona. [20 April 2025]. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 164:1–9.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2025. Authors of fly names. Fourth edition. [1 January 2025]. Bishop Museum Technical Report 74:1–166.
Evenhuis, N.L. 2025. Resolving the genera of Psiloderoidinae in Australia (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae): lost types found, misidentifications rectified, and new genera described. [3 January 2025]. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 162:1–44.
2016
Mulrooney, M., R. Torrence, & A. McAlister. The Demise of a Monopoly: Implications of Geochemical Characterisation of a Stemmed Obsidian Tool from the Bishop Museum Collections. Archaeology in Oceania 51:62-69. [pdf]
Pyle RL, Kosaki RK Prognathodes basabei, a new species of butterflyfish (Perciformes, Chaetodontidae) from the Hawaiian Archipelago. ZooKeys 614: 137-152. [pdf]
A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago. PeerJ 4:e2475 [pdf]
2015
Allison, A., Pratt, L., Pratt, T. & Imada, C. Exotic plant survey of the Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea. Report prepared for PNG Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Bishop Museum Technical Report 67, 73 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2015-004]
Allison, A. & Tallowin, O. Distribution, diversity, and conservation status of the biota along the Kokoda Track with recommendations for its protection. Report prepared for PNG Conservation and Environmental Protection Authority (CEPA), Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 282 pp. [pdf]
Longenecker, K., Langston, R., Bolick. H. Preliminary evaluation of a recently enacted reef-fish management plan at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. 37 pp. [pdf]
Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of dating sources for zoological works. Third edition. 234 pp. [pdf]
2014
Longenecker, K., Langston, R., Bolick, H., Kondio, U. & Mulrooney, M. Six-year baseline information: size structure and reproduction of exploited fishes before establishing a management plan at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. 89 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2014-005]
Mulrooney, M.A., K.S. Esh, M.D. McCoy, S.H. Bickler, & Y.H. Sinoto. New Dates from Old Samples: A Revised Chronology for the Wai‘ahukini Rockshelter Site (H8). Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Special Publication 4: Papers in Honor of Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto. 17-26. [pdf]
Wong, C., M. Mulrooney, & S. Moore. Commentary: Recent Approaches to Digitizing Hawaiian Archaeological Collections at Bishop Museum. Society for Hawaiian Archaeology Special Publication 4: Papers in Honor of Dr. Yosihiko Sinoto. 85-91. [pdf]
2013
Mulrooney, M.A. An island-wide assessment of the chronology of settlement and land use on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) based on radiocarbon data. Journal of Archaeological Science 40:4377-4399. [pdf]
Longenecker, K., Langston, R., Bolick, H. & Kondio, U. Size and reproduction of exploited reef fishes at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. 95 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2013-008]
Evenhuis, N.L. Authors of fly names. A list of all authors who have proposed Diptera names at the family-level or lower. Second edition. 271 pp. [pdf]
2012
Imada, C.T. (editor). Hawaiian native and naturalized vascular plant checklist (December 2012 update). 29 pp. + 7 appendices. [pdf] [HBS 2012-021]
Longenecker, K., Langston, R., Bolick, H. & Kondio, U. Size structure and reproductive status of exploited reef-fish populations at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. 95 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2012-016]
Howarth, F.G., Preston, D.J. & Pyle, R. Surveying for terrestrial arthropods (insects and relatives) occurring within the Kahului Airport environs, Maui, Hawai`i: synthesis report. Prepared for EKNA Services, Inc. and Hawaii State Department of Transportation, Airports Division, Honolulu. 215 pp. [pdf] [HBS 2012-001]
2011
Longenecker, K., Langston, R., Bolick, H. & Kondio, U. Reproduction, catch, and size structure of exploited reef-fishes at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua New Guinea. 169 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2011-022]
Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of dating sources for zoological works. Second edition. 234 pp. [pdf]
Imada, C., Lau, J.Q.C. & Clifford, P. 2010. Rare plant survey, O`ahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Waipi`o, O`ahu. Report prepared for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, O`ahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Honolulu. 52 pp. + appendices. [pdf] [HBS 2011-022]
Longenecker, K, Bolick, H. & Kawamoto, R. Macrofaunal invertebrate communities on Hawaii’s shallow coral-reef flats: Changes associated with the removal of an invasive alien alga. 49 pp. [pdf] [HBS 2011-021]
Longenecker, K. Development and delivery of a school-based fishery-monitoring program for a remote village in Papua New Guinea. 42 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2011-016]
2010
Longenecker, K. Langston, R., Bolick, H. & Allison, A. Population size structure and rapid reproductive analysis of exploited reef-fish populations at Kamiali Wildlife Management Area, Papua, New Guinea. 101 pp. [pdf] [PBS 2010-016]
Evenhuis, N.L. Authors of fly names. A preliminary list of all authors who have proposed Diptera names at the family-level or lower. 181 pp. [pdf]
Coles, S.L. & Swenson, C. 2010. Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian Islands. 136 pp. [pdf] [HBS 2010-001]
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