Dave's Cave Research - Discovering New Species

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David Steinmann is a Research Associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, he has discovered over 100 new species in the caves of Colorado.   Several new species are named after him and his family.  He continues to find unusual new species in caves as he explores underground.

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Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Zoology Department:

http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/frank-krell/krell-lab-entomology-program

 

 

Dave Steinmann in the Media:

 

National Geographic story about Dave's Discovery of a New Pseudoscorpion Species

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/02/110204-new-species-pseudoscorpion-caves-animals-science/

 

Two 9News stories about Dave's Discoveries:

http://www.9news.com/rss/story.aspx?storyid=181210
http://www.9news.com/news/sidetracks/315767/337/Man-discovers-new-species-deep-in-Colorado-caves-Colorado-caves-

 

Steamboat Magazine story about Sulphur Cave in Steamboat Springs:

http://www.steamboatmagazine.com/articles/257.php

 

Denver Post article about the New Pseudoscorpion Species:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17199241

 

Daily Camera article about a New Springtail Species Named After Dave:

http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_13067889

 

Colorado Public Radio interview with Dave, who is a volunteer firefighter, about the Fourmile Canyon Fire:

http://www.cpr.org/article/Saving_a_Neighborhood

 

 

Scientific Articles and New Species Descriptions: 

 

Five New Species of Springtail, one named after David Steinmann

 

Two New Pseudoscorpion Species, one from Glenwood Caverns and named after David Steinmann

 

Four New Genera of Onychiurus

 

Four New Species of Onychiurus with one named after David Steinmann and another after his son Nathan.

 

Most Colorado Caves Have Fleas, from Rocky Mountain Caving

 

Boulder Creek Electro-fishing Survey Results Listing Fish Species

 

Evolution of a New Species of Cave Harvestmen that diverged from it's surface ancestors 10 million years ago:

 

 

Photos:

  

 Cryptocreagris steinmanni  from Glenwood Caverns.

 

 

 

 Onychiurus steinmanni  from Hubbards Cave. 

 

 

Onychiurus nathanieli  from No Way Cave.

 

 

 

 Harvestmen, immature, from Glenwood Caverns.

 

 

 Albino Milliped, a new species from The Cave of the Winds.

 

 

 

 Dipluran, a new species from LaSunder Cave.

 

 

Arrhopalites hubbardi, a new species from Glenwood Caverns

 

 

 

Reducturus christianseni, a new genus of springtail from Bair Cave.