Listed here are both “real” publications and a few newsletter pieces that need not yet be forgotten.
Biology | History of Science | Ethnobiology, Folklore and Language | Translations
BIOLOGY
1976. Starr, C.K. Nest reutilization by Polistes metricus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) and possible limitation of multiple foundress associations by parasitoids. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 49:142-144. [PDF]
1978. Starr, C.K. Nest reutilization in North American Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): Two possible selective factors. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51:394-397. [PDF]
1979. Starr, C.K. Origin and evolution of insect sociality: A review of modern theory. Pp. 35-79 in: H.R. Hermann (ed.), Social Insects. Vol. 1. New York: Academic Press. [PDF]
1981. Starr, C.K. Trail-sharing by two species of Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Philippine Entomologist 5:5-8. [PDF]
1983. Starr, C.K., E. Schoenig & M.J.P. Cañete. USC-ViSCA biological expedition to Palawan, May-June 1982: Entomological Record. Philippine Scientist 20:129-138. [PDF]
1984. Starr, C.K. Sperm competition, kinship and sociality in the aculeate Hymenoptera. Pp. 427-464 in: R.L. Smith (ed.), Sperm Competition and the Evolution of Animal Mating Systems. New York: Academic Press. [PDF]
1984. Matthews, R.W. & C.K. Starr. Microstigmus comes wasps have a method of nest construction unique among social insects. Biotropica 16:55-58. [PDF]
1985. Starr, C.K. A simple pain scale for field comparison of hymenopteran stings. Journal of Entomological Science 20:225-232. [PDF]
1985. Starr, C.K. Enabling mechanisms in the origin of sociality in the Hymenoptera: The sting’s the thing. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 78:836-840. [PDF]
1985. Starr, C.K. What if workers in social hymenoptera were males? Journal of Theoretical Biology 117:11-18. [PDF]
1986. Schmidt, J.O., Sô. Yamane, M. Matsuura & C.K. Starr. Hornet venoms: Lethal activity and defensive roles. Toxicon 24:950-954. [PDF]
1987. Starr, C.K., P.J. Schmidt & J.O. Schmidt. Nest-site preferences of the giant honey bee, Apis dorsata, in Borneo. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 63:37-42. [PDF]
1987. Starr, C.K. A colony of the hornet Vespa philippinensis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 34:1-9. [PDF]
1987. Starr, C.K. Queen or worker: Which is the original honey bee? (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 13:287-293. [PDF]
1987. Starr, C.K. & S.F. Sakagami. An extraordinary concentration of stingless bee colonies in the Philippines, with notes on nest structure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Trigona spp.). Insectes Sociaux 34:96-107. [PDF]
1988. Starr, C.K. The nesting association of the social wasps Mischocyttarus immarginatus and Polybia spp. in Costa Rica. Biotropica 20:171-173. [PDF]
1988. Starr, C.K. Sexual behavior in Dictyna volucripes (Araneae: Dictynidae). Journal of Arachnology 16:321-330. [PDF]
1989. Starr, C.K. In reply, is the sting the thing? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 82:6-8. [PDF]
1989. Starr, C.K. The ins and outs of a tropical social wasp nest. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91:26-28. [PDF]
1989. Starr, C.K. An illusion of assortative mating in Dysdercus poecilus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Oriental Insects 23:177-181. [PDF]
1989. Mooi, R., P.F. Cannell, V.A. Funk, P.M. Mabee, R.T. O’Grady & C.K. Starr. Historical perspectives, ecology, and tiger beetles: An alternative discussion. Systematic Zoology 38:191-195. [PDF]
1989. Starr, C.K. Bombus folsomi and the origin of Philippine bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Systematic Entomology 14:411-415. [PDF]
1990. Starr, C.K. & R.S. Jacobson. Nest structure in Philippine hornets (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Vespa spp.). Japanese Journal of Entomology 58:125-143. [PDF]
1990. Starr, C.K. & J.G. Geronimo. Habitat and foraging observations on an oriental bumble bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution 2:373-379. [PDF]
1990. Starr, C.K. Holding the fort: Colony defense in some primitively social wasps. Pp. 421-463 in: D.L. Evans & J.O. Schmidt (eds.), Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators. Stony Brook: SUNY Press. [PDF]
1991. Starr, C.K. The nest as the locus of social life. Pp. 520-539 in: In: K.G. Ross & R.W. Matthews (eds.), The Social Biology of Wasps. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. [PDF]
1991. Starr, C.K., R.F. Severson & S.J. Kays. Volatile chemicals from sweet potato and other Ipomoea: Effects on the behavior of Cylas formicarius. Pp. 235-246 in: R.K. Jansson & K.V. Raman (eds.), Sweet Potato Pest Management: A Global Perspective. Boulder: Westview. [PDF]
1991. Starr, C.K. [Social insects in Taiwan.] Taichung: National Museum of Natural Science 92 pp. (Chinese; publisher’s translation of my English text)
1992. Starr, C.K. The social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, (Taichung) (3):93-138. [PDF] [Colour plate]
1992. Starr, C.K. The bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, (Taichung) (3):139-157. [PDF] [Colour plate]
1992. Starr, C.K. & H.Y. Wang. Pachyrhynchine weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) of the Islands fringing Taiwan. Journal of the Taiwan Museum 45(2):5-14. [PDF] [Colour plate]
1994. Starr, C.K. The role of biosystematics in integrated pest management. Pp. 311-316 in: D. Walmsley (ed.), Integrated Pest Management: New Strategies for the Caribbean Farmer. St Augustine, Trinidad: CTA/CARDI.
1994. Starr, C.K. Present status of biosystematics in the wider Caribbean: The basis for CariNET. Pp. 43-49 in: T. Jones & M.A. Cook (eds.), Proceedings of the Caribbean LOOP Planning Meeting, Santo Domingo 26-27 November 1993. London: CAB-International.
1995. Starr, C.K. & L.R. Hernández L. A daytime resting aggregation of male Pepsis sericans (Pompilidae). Sphecos (29):12-13. [PDF]
1996. Macalintal, E.A. & C.K. Starr. Comparative morphology of the stinger in the social wasp genus Ropalidia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington (17):108-115. [PDF]
1997. Starr, C.K., D.D. Wilson, R.F. Severson & S.J. Kays. Sexual dimorphism in the sweet-potato weevil Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea). Canadian Entomologist 129:61-69. [PDF]
1998. C.K. Starr. Field observations of Tropidacris collaris (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Living World (Port of Spain) 1997-1998:46-47. [PDF]
1999. Starr, C.K. Systematics and comparative biology of the honeybees. Proceedings of the First Caribbean Congress of Beekeeping, Tobago 1998 pp.72-92. [PDF]
1999. Mohammed, F. & C.K. Starr. Comparative foraging of the sympatric stingless bees Trigona nigra and Partamona nigrior (Apidae: Meliponini). Proceedings of the Section Experimental and Applied Entomology of the Netherlands Entomological Society 10:195-202. [PDF]
2000. Carpenter, J.M. & C.K. Starr. A new genus of hover wasps from Southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Stenogastrinae). American Museum Novitates (3291): 1-12. [PDF]
2002. Starr, C.K., S. Boodram, D.N. Stephens, K.S. Andrews, S.T. Ballah, M.N. Gowrie, P.M. Jagoo, N.M. St-Aimée & C.A. Western. Does brightness meaning warning colouration in butterfly wings? Living World (Port of Spain) 2002:49-50. [PDF]
2002. Starr, C.K. Observations relating to populations of the giant grasshopper Tropidacris cristata in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2002:57. [PDF]
2003. Starr, C.K. & A.W. Hook. The aculeate Hymenoptera of Trinidad, West Indies. Occasional Papers of the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies (12):1-31. [PDF]
2003. Scheffrahn, R.H., J. Krecek, B. Maharajh, J.A. Chase, J.R. Mangold & C.K. Starr. Termite fauna (Isoptera) of Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. Occasional Papers of the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies (12):33-38. [PDF]
2004. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. An observation of nest relocation in the ant Cephalotes atratus. Living World (Port of Spain) 2004:11. [PDF]
2004. Sewlal, J.N. & C.K. Starr. Observations of nest and colony structure of the neotropical ant Dolichoderus attelaboides (Formicide: Dolichoderinae). Living World (Port of Spain) 2004:20-22. [PDF]
2004. Starr, C.K. Nesting biology of the solitary wasp Pison argentatum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Borneo and the Philippines. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77:565-572. [PDF]
2005. Starr, C.K. Defensive whirling behaviour in an Antillean daddy-longlegs spider (Araneae: Pholcidae). Living World (Port of Spain) 2005:52. [PDF]
2005. Starr, C.K. Observaciones sobre Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae: Araneidae) en Haití. Cocuyo 15, 2005. [PDF]
2006. Starr, C.K. & A.W. Hook. Polistes goeldii (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is a widespread but rare social wasp. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 15:177-180. [PDF]
2006. Starr, C.K. Steps toward a general theory of the colony cycle in social insects. Pp. 1-20 in: V.E. Kipyatkov (ed.), Life Cycles in Social Insects. St Petersburg: St Petersburg Univ. Press. [PDF]
2006. Kadir, J.,R. Lewis & C.K. Starr. Notes on niche separation in the neotropical social wasps Polistes lanio and Polistes versicolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Living World (Port of Spain) 2006:27-29. [PDF]
2006. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. Web height as a niche separator in two Antillean orb-weaving spiders. Living World (Port of Spain) 2006:55-56. [PDF]
2006. Hashim, R. bin, C.K. Starr & S. Turillazzi. Nest and species description of the Southeast-Asian hover wasp Eustenogaster gibbosa n. sp. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Tropical Zoology 19:289-296. [PDF]
2006. Hook, A.W. & C.K. Starr. Trypoxylon (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Tobago, West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 42:258-260. [PDF]
2007. Lee, X.Q. & C.K. Starr. Violent combat among Polistes gigas males (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Sociobiology 50:337-342. [PDF]
2007. Sewlal, J. N. & C.K. Starr. Preliminary survey for spiders on Nevis, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain). 2007:86-87. [PDF]
2007. Rusina, L.Yu., I.Yu. Rusin, C.K. Starr, A.V. Fateryga & L.A. Firman. Modes of colony foundation by females of different morphotypes in paper wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistes Latr.). Entomological Review 87:1155-1173. [Original russian version in Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 86:750-772.] [Russian] [English]
2008. Sewlal, J.N. & C.K. Starr. Observations of the insect Arachnocoris trinitatus (Heteroptera: Nabidae) as an inquiline of the spider Mesabolivar aurantiacus (Araneae: Pholcidae). Caribbean Journal of Science 44:132-135. [PDF]
2008. Sewlal, J.N. & C.K. Starr. New records of daddy-longlegs spiders (Pholcidae) in the Lesser Antilles, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2008:78. [PDF]
2009. Sewlal, J.N. & C.K. Starr. Observations of the insect Arachnocoris trinitatus (Heteroptera: Nabidae) as an inquiline of the spider Coryssocnemis simla (Araneae: Pholcidae) in the West Indies. Zoolsystematica Rossica 18:59-61. [PDF]
2009. Starr, C.K. ¿Cómo viven los insectos sociales? Siete respuestas a Zapata Olivella. Tacayá (Bogotá) (16):4-7. [Spanish] [English]
2009. Starr, C.K. & D. Vélez. A dense daytime aggregation of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini) in the Lesser Antilles. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18:175-77. [PDF]
2009. Starr, C.K. Warum gibt es keine solitären Hummeln? bembiX (29):13-15. [German] [English]
2009. Starr, C.K. Trinidad & Tobago. Pp. 926-929 in: R. Gillespie & D. Clague (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Islands. Berkeley: Univ. California Press. [PDF]
2010. Ballah, S.T. & C.K. Starr. Composition and activity of ant visitors to inflorescences of Heliconia hirsuta (Heliconiaceae). Sociobiology 56:585-99. [PDF]
2010. Merritt, N.R.C. & C.K. Starr. Comparative nesting habits and colony composition of three arboreal termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. Sociobiology 56:611-22. [PDF]
2010. Sewlal, J.N. & Starr, C.K. Preliminary survey for spiders on Anguilla, West Indies with comparative notes on St. Kitts-Nevis. Caribbean Journal of Science 46:116-119. [PDF]
2010. Khan, I., C.K. Starr, H.P. Nelson & A. Lawrence. Spatial and temporal diversity in ground level fruit feeding butterflies. Pp. 30-41 in: A. Lawerence & H.P. Nelson (eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Research Symposium on Biodiversity inTrinidad and Tobago. St. Augustine: Dep’t of Life Sciences, Univ. of the West Indies. [PDF]
2011. O’Connor, T.K., C.K. Starr & S.A. Cameron. The neotropical social wasp Mischochyttarus ”alfkenii” Ducke (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is a pair of ethospecies. Systematic Entomology 36:446-52.
2011. Manickchan, S.A., C.K. Starr, C. Ramjohn, S.V. Mahabir, K. Mahabir & R.S. Mohammed. The distribution of the frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei (Amphibia: Eleutherodactylidae) in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2011:46-49. [PDF]
2011. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. First record of the social spider Cyrtophora citricola (Araneae:Araneidae) in the Bahamas. Living World (Port of Spain) 2011:78-79. [PDF]
2011. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. A range extension of the social wasp Polistes bahamensis (Hymenoptera:Vespidae). International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 17(2):1-2. [PDF]
2011. Sewlal, J.N. & C.K. Starr. Preliminary survey on spider fauna of Great Inagua, Bahamas, West Indies. International Journal of Bahamian Studies. 17(2):3-8. [PDF]
2011. Rusina, L.Yu., L.A., Firman, I.Yu. Rusin & C.K. Starr. Pulp portioning and worker specialization in polistine wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae). Entomological Review. 91(7): 820-827. (Orig. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 90:514-523.) [Russian] [English]
2012. Scobie, A.A. & C.K. Starr. Nest structure of the neotropical social wasp Mischocyttarus baconi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Sociobiology. 59:235-39. [PDF]
2012. Starr, C.K. Swartzia pinnata (Fabaceae) seeds are dispersed by bats. Brenesia. 78: 84-85. [PDF]
2012. Starr, C.K. Nesting biology and sex ratio in a neotropical spider wasp, Priochilus captivum (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Tropical Zoology. 2012, 1-5. [PDF]
2013. White, S. & C.K. Starr. Comings and goings of Agelaia multipicta (Hymenoptera: Polistinae) in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2013:59-60. [PDF]
2014. Starr, C.K. Things we don’t know about West Indian social wasps. Living World (Port of Spain) 2014:74-81. [PDF]
2015. Starr, C.K. The nesting habit of the termite Nasutitermes corniger on a very small oceanic island. Living World (Port of Spain) 2015:62-63. [PDF]
2015. Starr, C.K. & J.M. Nelson. Differential nest parasitism in three sympatric social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes spp.) in the West Indies. Sociobiology 62:604-606. [PDF]
2016. Alexander, D.M. & C.K. Starr. Comparative activity patterns of some neotropical bees in a suburban area in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2016:9-10. [PDF]
2016. Scobie, A.A. & C.K. Starr. Notes on colony composition of a social wasp, Mischocyttarus baconi (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Living World (Port of Spain) 2016:11-12. [PDF]
2016. Morpeth, J., J.N. Sewlal & C.K. Starr. A preliminary survey for spiders on St. Eustatius, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2016:13-18. [PDF]
2016. Pamintuan, P.E. & C.K. Starr. Diet of the giant toad, Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Salientia), in a coastal habitat of the Philippines. Tropical Agriculture 93:323-327. [PDF]
2016. Nelson, D.M. & C.K. Starr. Comparative nesting success of the keyhole mud-dauber (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Trypoxylon nitidum) in different substrates. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 52:163-167. [PDF]
2016. Tudor, A.E., C.K. Starr & K. Mohammed. Trophic ecology of the ant Pachycondyla crassinoda in a lowland neotropical forest. Sociobiology 63:744-747. [PDF]
2016. Starr, C.K., D.D. Wilson & S.J. Kays. Composition of the oviposition plug of Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in host sweetpotatoes. Journal of Entomological Science 51:250-251. [PDF]
2017. Starr, C.K. A nesting aggregation of the solitary bee Megachile atrata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in the Philippines. Journal of Melittology 68:1-5. [PDF]
2017. Starr, C.K. & I. Karsai. The geographic pattern of nest height in a neotropical arboreal termite. Insectes Sociaux 64:263-267. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2017. Geerah, P.A. & C.K. Starr. Diversity of mud-dauber wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Trypoxylon Latreille) in a secondary forest of Trinidad, West Indies. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 52:173-76. 68:1-5. [PDF]
2017. Starr, C.K. How many insect species are in your country? The example of Trinidad & Tobago. Journal of Natural History 51:1589-92. 68:1-5. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2017. Starr, C.K. & S.T. Ballah. Urban ant fauna of Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2017:49-50. [PDF]
2017. Starr, C.K. & R. Bhukal. The solitary wasp Trypoxylon albitarse (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) is now in Tobago, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2017:54-55. [PDF]
2017. Starr, C.K. & K. Heerah. First observations of a social wasp preying on termite workers. Sociobiology 64:225-27. [PDF]
2018. Starr, C.K. The number of insect species on a small oceanic island: two solutions to a Fermi problem. Entomologische Berichten 78:7-9. [PDF]
2018. Starr, C.K., D,D, Wilson & S.J. Kays. Behavioral repertory of adult Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Brentidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 72:85-92. [PDF]
2018. Starr, C.K., A. Falcón-Brindis & M.L. Jiménez J. Brood success of the mud-daubing wasp Sceliphron jamaicense (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in a desert environment. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 89:466-470. [PDF]
2019. Carpenter, J.M., S.R. Andena & C.K. Starr. A new species of the social wasp genus Chartergellus Bequaert from Trinidad (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini). Sociobiology 66:161-65. [PDF]
2019. Western, C.A. & C.K. Starr. Array and sequence of visual threats in three neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistes spp.). Journal of Entomological Science 54:288-292. [PDF]
2020. Vélez, D., D. Marinho & C.K. Starr. Nesting of the leaf-cutter bee Megachile (Ptilosarus) microsoma Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Trinidad, West Indies. Revista Chilena de Entomología 46:129-133. [PDF]
2020. Starr, C.K., R. Bhukal & S.T. Ballah. Observations of neotropical social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) preying on eggs and tadpoles of the frog Engystomops pustulosus (Amphibia, Leptodactylidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 78:91-96. [PDF]
2020. Starr, C.K. Observaciones sobre la avispa Polistes major (Hymenopera: Vespidae) en Baja California Sur, México. Boletín de la Asociación Mexicana para la Sistemática de Artrópodos 4(2):5-6. [Spanish] [English]
2021. Starr, C.K. Colony cycle. Pp. 225-230 in: C.K. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2021. Starr, C.K. Eusociality. Pp. 368-371 in: C.K. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2021. Pyke, G. & Starr, C.K. Optimal foraging. Pp. 677-685 in: C.K. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2021. Starr, C.K. & Carlos E. Sarmiento. Sting autotomy. Pp. 881-883 in: C.K. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2021. Starr, C.K. Superorganism concept. Pp. 913-918 in: C.K. Starr (ed.), Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. To request a copy: ckstarr@gmail.com
2021. Starr, C.K. What is enantiotoky, and why doesn’t it exist? Journal of Genetics 100, 17. [PDF]
2021. Bissessarsingh, M. & Starr, C.K. Comparative morphology of the stinger in social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insects 12, 729. [PDF]
2021. Starr, C.K., R.S. Jacobson, J.W. Krispyn & J.A. Spiers. Caste and wing loading in a social wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae:Dolichovespula maculata). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 84:381-390. [PDF]
2022. Starr, C.K. & J.D. Hardy. Checklist of the known insects of Tobago, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2022:1-11. [PDF]
2022. Sewlal, J.N., R. Bhukal & C.K. Starr. A colony of the social wasp Polybia striata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Trinidad, West Indies. Living World (Port of Spain) 2022:30-31. [PDF]
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
1985. Starr, C.K. Jean-Henri Fabre and biological systematics. DLSU Dialogue (Manila) 20:36-65. [PDF]
1986. Starr, C.K. Jean-Henri Fabre en face de la biosystématique. Pp. 75-113 in: P. Rassat, Y. Delange & O. Collamand (eds.), Actes du Congrès Jean-Henri Fabre, Aniversaire du Jubilé (1910-1985). Paris: Le Léopard d’Or. [PDF]
1988. Starr, C.K. Jean-Henri Fabre and his entomological emotions. Arsenal/Surrealist Subversion (6):118-119. [PDF]
1992. Starr, C.K. & W.B. Peck 1992. Petrusewicz’s escape — the tall and the short of it. American Arachnology (45):11-12. [PDF]
1995. Starr, C.K. & M.L. Jiménez. The spiders of Hernández’s Natural History of New Spain. American Arachnology (51):11-12. [PDF]
2003. Starr, C.K. The origin and early years of the IUSSI. Pp. xi-xvi in: T. Kikuchi, N. Azuma & S. Higashi (eds.), Genes, Behaviors and Evolution of Social Insects. Sapporo: Hokkaido Univ. Press. [PDF]
2004. Starr, C.K. The meaning of natural history in our time. Living World (Port of Spain) 2004 (Supplement):4-8. [PDF]
2008. Starr, C.K. Ein Besuch im “Johannes-Dzierzon-Museum” in Kluczbork (Polen). bembiX (27):32-39. [German] [English]
2009. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. A love affair with a tropical island: Dave Hardy and the struggle to know Tobago’s biota. Living World (Port of Spain) 2009:52-53. [PDF]
2009. Schmidt, J.O. & C.K. Starr. Persona of Roy. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 19:1-3. [PDF]
2011. Starr, C.K. In memoriam: Charles Noirot’s life in entomology (1922 – 2010). Entomologica Americana 117(3):215-217. [PDF]
2013. Starr, C.K. Allan W. Hook (1953-2013). Living World (Port of Spain) 2013:28. [PDF]
2013. Starr, C.K. & J.N. Sewlal. Of snakes and zoos: the life of Hans Boos. Living World (Port of Spain) 2012:83-85. [PDF]
2014. Starr, C.K. Dzierzon scholarship in the coming period. Pszczelarstwo 2014(10):8. [Polish] [English]
2014. Rampersad, N., S.Seunarine, J.N. Sewlal & C.K. Starr. Dr Elisha S. Tikasingh: Life among the parasites. Living World (Port of Spain) 2014:71-73. [PDF]
2017. Archive of the Jan Dzierzon Museum. [Introduction] [Inventory]
2020. Starr, C.K. & B. Cutler. & Jo-Anne N. Sewlal (1979-2020), araneologist and environmentalist. Living World (Port of Spain) 2020:107-108. [PDF]
ETHNOBIOLOGY, FOLKLORE AND LANGUAGE
1990. Starr, C.K. & M.E. Bozzoli de Wille. Social wasps among the Bribri of Costa Rica. Pp. 187-194 in: W.L. Overal (ed.), Ethnobiology: Implications and Applications. Part. B. Ethnozoology. Belém: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. [PDF]
1993. Starr, C.K. Yami ethnoentomology. Field Materials of the Institute of Ethnology. Academia Sinica (Taipei) (8):117-134. [PDF]
1999. Starr, C.K. Anansi the spider-man: A West African trickster in the West Indies. Occasional Papers of the Department of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies (10):36-37. [PDF]
2005. Starr, C.K. & M.A. Thomas. Vocabulary from a West-Indian men’s room. Maledicta 13:109-121. [PDF]
2007. Starr, C.K. Compass points in English surnames. Names 55:343-348. [PDF] [Data-set]
TRANSLATIONS [all into English]
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