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Levi is an editorial board member for the ''[[American Arachnological Society|Journal of Arachnology]]''.<ref>[http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_editors.html Editors and Editorial Board], Journal of Arachnology, [[American Arachnological Society]]. Accessed June 29, 2011 </ref> |
Levi is an editorial board member for the ''[[American Arachnological Society|Journal of Arachnology]]''.<ref>[http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_editors.html Editors and Editorial Board], Journal of Arachnology, [[American Arachnological Society]]. Accessed June 29, 2011 </ref> |
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The spider species ''anisaedus levii''<ref>Arthur M. Chickering, [http://psyche.entclub.org/73/73-208.html New Species of Palpimanidae (Araneae) from the West Indies], ''Psyche'', vol. 73 (1966), pp. 208-216</ref> and ''phrynus levii''<ref>D. Quintero, [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v9_n2/JoA_v9_p117.pdf The amblypygid genus Phrynus in the Americas (Amblypygi, Phrynidae)], Journal of Arachnology, vol. 9 (1981), no. 2, pp. 117-166; p. 143</ref> are named in his honor. |
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==Selected publications== |
==Selected publications== |
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Herbert Walter Levi, (January 2, 1921 - ) Ph.D., is Alexander Agassiz professor emeritus of zoology and curator of arachnology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. He was born in Germany and received higher education at the University of Connecticut and the University of Wisconsin. Levi has authored about 150 scientific papers on spiders and on biological conservation. He is the author of the popular Golden Guide Spiders and their Kin, with Lorna Rose Levi (his wife), Herbert Spencer Zim, and Lorna R. Levi.
Herbert Levi received the 2007 Eugene Simon award from the International Society of Arachnology "for his immense influence on US spider research".[1] He is an elected honorary member of the American Arachnological Society.[2]
Levi is an editorial board member for the Journal of Arachnology.[3]
The spider species anisaedus levii[4] and phrynus levii[5] are named in his honor.
Selected publications
- Levi, Herbert W.; et al. (1981). A Guide to Spiders and Their Kin. New York: Golden Press. ISBN 0307240215.
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References
- ^ ISA awards, International Society of Arachnology. Accessed June 29, 2011
- ^ Honorary Members of the American Arachnological Society, American Arachnological Society. Accessed June 29, 2011
- ^ Editors and Editorial Board, Journal of Arachnology, American Arachnological Society. Accessed June 29, 2011
- ^ Arthur M. Chickering, New Species of Palpimanidae (Araneae) from the West Indies, Psyche, vol. 73 (1966), pp. 208-216
- ^ D. Quintero, The amblypygid genus Phrynus in the Americas (Amblypygi, Phrynidae), Journal of Arachnology, vol. 9 (1981), no. 2, pp. 117-166; p. 143