Abstract
Dr Robert Campbell Dalgleish—Zootaxa’s editor for Phthiraptera and Siphonaptera—died suddenly of a heart attack on December 7th at his home in San Diego, California, USA. He was in contact with the editorial office when he accepted two manuscripts for Zootaxa in Nov. 2009 (Lareschi & Linardi 2009; Mound 2009). I was shocked and deeply saddened when I heard the news of his passing in December 2009.
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Dalgleish, R.C. & Price, R.D. (2005) Two new species of the genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from cotingas (Passeriformes: Cotingidae). Zootaxa, 983, 1–6.
Lareschi, M. & Linardi, P.M. (2009) Morphological variability in Polygenis (Polygenis) platensis (Jordan & Rothschild) (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae: Rhopalopsyllinae) and taxonomic consequences. Zootaxa, 2310, 35–42.
Mound, L.A. (2009) New taxa and new records of Australian Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae). Zootaxa, 2292, 25–33.
Palma, R.L., Dalgleish, R.C. & Price, R.D. (2007) Niethammerella Eichler, a senior synonym of Kaysius Price & Clayton (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Menoponidae). Zootaxa, 1521, 67–68.
Price, R.D. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2006) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. Zootaxa, 1174, 1–25.
Price, R.D. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2007) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Emberizidae (Passeriformes), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 1467, 1–18.
Price, R.D., Hellenthal, R.A. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2005) The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tyrant-flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), with descriptions of 13 new species. Zootaxa, 1048, 1–20.
Price, R.D., Johnson, K.P. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2008a) Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from wrens (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 1740, 59–65.
Price, R.D., Johnson, K.P. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2008b) Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from antshrikes and antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Zootaxa, 1819, 55–62.
Price, R.D., Johnson, K.P. & Dalgleish, R.C. (2008c) Five new species of Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from saltators and grosbeaks (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae). Zootaxa, 1873, 1–10.