Mr Max Barclay

Senior Curator in Charge, Coleoptera

Department: Life Sciences

Division: LS Insects Division

Specialisms: Coleoptera, Taxonomy, Zoological Nomenclature, Neotropical Coleoptera, Collections Management, History of Collecting, History of Museums, Ripiphoridae, Tenebrionoidea, Curculionoidea, British Coleoptera, Historic Type material

Email: m.barclay@nhm.ac.uk

Phone: 2079425911

Highlighted publications

Ferreira VS, Barclay MVL, Ivie MA (2018) Redescription of Aporrhipis Pascoe, 1887 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), with a Discussion of its Tribal Placement. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72, 371 - 371. doi: 10.1649/0010-065x-72.2.371
Prathapan KD, Pethiyagoda R, Bawa KS, Raven PH, Rajan PD (2018) When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research. Science 360, 1405 - 1406. doi: 10.1126/science.aat9844
Barclay MVL, Notton DG (2015) A new record of Oxythyrea funesta (Poda) (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from the London area, with a summary of recent and historical British records of this species. The Coleopterist 24, 113 - 116.
Barclay MVL (2015) Ivierhipidius, an enigmatic new Neotropical genus of Ripiphoridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with four new species. ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE 55, 691 - 701.
Barclay MVL, Garner BH, Booth RG, Geiser MF, Taylor CE (2015) The Coleoptera Collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Morris MG, Barclay MVL (2015) On the nomenclature of Microplontus melanostigma (Marsham, 1802), the weevil formerly referred to as Microplontus rugulosus (Herbst, 1795) (Curculionidae) and its synonyms, with lectotype and neotype designations. The Coleopterist 24, 133 - 140.
Ramsey A, Houston TF, Ball AD, Goral T, Barclay MVL, Cox JPL (2015) Towards an Understanding of Molecule Capture by the Antennae of Male Beetles Belonging to the Genus Rhipicera (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae). The Anatomical Record 298, 1519 - 1534. doi: 10.1002/ar.23188
YUN HSIAO, DARREN A. POLLOCK , Barclay MVL (2015) Two new species of Cyanopenthe Nikitsky from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae, Penthinae).. Zootaxa 4058, 578 - 588.
BARCLAY MVL (2014) Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007 (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) new to Britain. The Coleopterist 23, 41 - 44.
BARCLAY MVL (2014) Rhyzobius forestieri (Mulsant, 1853) (Coccinellidae), a Australian ladybird new to Britain, from the Wildlife Garden of the Natural History Museum, London. The Coleopterist 23, 81 - 83.
Murray D, Murray C, BARCLAY MVL, THOMSON RT, MORRIS MG (2014) Achopera alternata Lea, 1910 (Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae), an Australian weevil new to the Northern Hemisphere, breeding out of doors in Britain. The Coleopterist 23, 45 - 48.
Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MVL, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RCK, Britz R, Brown RM, Cadena CD, Carpenter K, Ceríaco LM, Chakrabarty P, Chaves G, Choat JH, Clements KD, Collette BB, Collins A, Coyne J, Cracraft J, Daniel T, De Carvalho MR, De Queiroz K, Di Dario F, Drewes R, Dumbacher JP, Engilis A, Erdmann MV, Eschmeyer W, Feldman CR, Fisher BL, Fjeldså J, Fritsch PW, Fuchs J, Getahun A, Gill A, Gomon M, Gosliner T, Graves GR, Griswold CE, Guralnick R, Hartel K, Helgen KM, Ho H, Iskandar DT, Iwamoto T, Jaafar Z, James HF, Johnson D, Kavanaugh D, Knowlton N, Lacey E, Larson HK, Last P, Leis JM, Lessios H, Liebherr J, Lowman M, Mahler DL, Mamonekene V, Matsuura K, Mayer GC, Mays H, McCosker J, McDiarmid RW, McGuire J, Miller MJ, Mooi R, Mooi RD, Moritz C, Myers P, Nachman MW, Nussbaum RA, Foighil DÓ, Parenti LR, Parham JF, Paul E, Paulay G, Pérez-Emán J, Pérez-Matus A, Poe S, Pogonoski J, Rabosky DL, Randall JE, Reimer JD, Robertson DR, Rödel M-O, Rodrigues MT, Roopnarine P, Rüber L, Ryan MJ, Sheldon F, Shinohara G, Short A, Simison WB, Smith-Vaniz WF, Springer VG, Stiassny M, Tello JG, Thompson CW, Trnski T, Tucker P, Valqui T, Vecchione M, Verheyen E, Wainwright PC, Wheeler TA, White WT, Will K, Williams JT, Williams G, Wilson EO, Winker K, Winterbottom R, Witt CC (2014) Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science 344, 814 - 815. doi: 10.1126/science.344.6186.814
Fikacek M, Barclay MVL, Perkins PD (2011) Two new species of the Epimetopus mendeli species group and notes on its adult and larval morphology (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Epimetopidae). ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE 51, 477 - 504.
Ivie MA, Barclay MVL (2011) The Familial Placement and Specific Membership ofEscalerinaBolívar Y Pieltain andPaulusiellaLöbl (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Drilidae), with New Synonymies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 65, 167 - 172. doi: 10.1649/072.065.0216
NEARNS EH, BARCLAY MVL, TAVAKILIAN GL Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) types of The Natural History Museum (BMNH). Zootaxa 3857, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.6

Highlighted publications

Ferreira VS, Barclay MVL, Ivie MA (2018) Redescription of Aporrhipis Pascoe, 1887 (Coleoptera: Lycidae), with a Discussion of its Tribal Placement. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72, 371 - 371. doi: 10.1649/0010-065x-72.2.371
Prathapan KD, Pethiyagoda R, Bawa KS, Raven PH, Rajan PD (2018) When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research. Science 360, 1405 - 1406. doi: 10.1126/science.aat9844
Barclay MVL, Notton DG (2015) A new record of Oxythyrea funesta (Poda) (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from the London area, with a summary of recent and historical British records of this species. The Coleopterist 24, 113 - 116.
Barclay MVL (2015) Ivierhipidius, an enigmatic new Neotropical genus of Ripiphoridae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with four new species. ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE 55, 691 - 701.
Barclay MVL, Garner BH, Booth RG, Geiser MF, Taylor CE (2015) The Coleoptera Collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Morris MG, Barclay MVL (2015) On the nomenclature of Microplontus melanostigma (Marsham, 1802), the weevil formerly referred to as Microplontus rugulosus (Herbst, 1795) (Curculionidae) and its synonyms, with lectotype and neotype designations. The Coleopterist 24, 133 - 140.
Ramsey A, Houston TF, Ball AD, Goral T, Barclay MVL, Cox JPL (2015) Towards an Understanding of Molecule Capture by the Antennae of Male Beetles Belonging to the Genus Rhipicera (Coleoptera, Rhipiceridae). The Anatomical Record 298, 1519 - 1534. doi: 10.1002/ar.23188
YUN HSIAO, DARREN A. POLLOCK , Barclay MVL (2015) Two new species of Cyanopenthe Nikitsky from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae, Penthinae).. Zootaxa 4058, 578 - 588.
BARCLAY MVL (2014) Bruchidius siliquastri Delobel, 2007 (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) new to Britain. The Coleopterist 23, 41 - 44.
BARCLAY MVL (2014) Rhyzobius forestieri (Mulsant, 1853) (Coccinellidae), a Australian ladybird new to Britain, from the Wildlife Garden of the Natural History Museum, London. The Coleopterist 23, 81 - 83.
Murray D, Murray C, BARCLAY MVL, THOMSON RT, MORRIS MG (2014) Achopera alternata Lea, 1910 (Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae), an Australian weevil new to the Northern Hemisphere, breeding out of doors in Britain. The Coleopterist 23, 45 - 48.
Rocha LA, Aleixo A, Allen G, Almeda F, Baldwin CC, Barclay MVL, Bates JM, Bauer AM, Benzoni F, Berns CM, Berumen ML, Blackburn DC, Blum S, Bolaños F, Bowie RCK, Britz R, Brown RM, Cadena CD, Carpenter K, Ceríaco LM, Chakrabarty P, Chaves G, Choat JH, Clements KD, Collette BB, Collins A, Coyne J, Cracraft J, Daniel T, De Carvalho MR, De Queiroz K, Di Dario F, Drewes R, Dumbacher JP, Engilis A, Erdmann MV, Eschmeyer W, Feldman CR, Fisher BL, Fjeldså J, Fritsch PW, Fuchs J, Getahun A, Gill A, Gomon M, Gosliner T, Graves GR, Griswold CE, Guralnick R, Hartel K, Helgen KM, Ho H, Iskandar DT, Iwamoto T, Jaafar Z, James HF, Johnson D, Kavanaugh D, Knowlton N, Lacey E, Larson HK, Last P, Leis JM, Lessios H, Liebherr J, Lowman M, Mahler DL, Mamonekene V, Matsuura K, Mayer GC, Mays H, McCosker J, McDiarmid RW, McGuire J, Miller MJ, Mooi R, Mooi RD, Moritz C, Myers P, Nachman MW, Nussbaum RA, Foighil DÓ, Parenti LR, Parham JF, Paul E, Paulay G, Pérez-Emán J, Pérez-Matus A, Poe S, Pogonoski J, Rabosky DL, Randall JE, Reimer JD, Robertson DR, Rödel M-O, Rodrigues MT, Roopnarine P, Rüber L, Ryan MJ, Sheldon F, Shinohara G, Short A, Simison WB, Smith-Vaniz WF, Springer VG, Stiassny M, Tello JG, Thompson CW, Trnski T, Tucker P, Valqui T, Vecchione M, Verheyen E, Wainwright PC, Wheeler TA, White WT, Will K, Williams JT, Williams G, Wilson EO, Winker K, Winterbottom R, Witt CC (2014) Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science 344, 814 - 815. doi: 10.1126/science.344.6186.814
Fikacek M, Barclay MVL, Perkins PD (2011) Two new species of the Epimetopus mendeli species group and notes on its adult and larval morphology (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Epimetopidae). ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE 51, 477 - 504.
Ivie MA, Barclay MVL (2011) The Familial Placement and Specific Membership ofEscalerinaBolívar Y Pieltain andPaulusiellaLöbl (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Dascillidae, Drilidae), with New Synonymies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 65, 167 - 172. doi: 10.1649/072.065.0216
NEARNS EH, BARCLAY MVL, TAVAKILIAN GL Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) types of The Natural History Museum (BMNH). Zootaxa 3857, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.6

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