Frederick Askew Skuse

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Frederick A. Askew Skuse (* around 1863 ; † June 10, 1896 in Sydney ) was a British-Australian entomologist .

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Skuse's first description of the Asian tiger mosquito under the name Culex albopictus .

Frederick Arthur Askew Skuse studied at the Natural History Museum in London before going to Australia in 1886 to work on the Australian two-winged birds. In 1890 he was promoted to research assistant in the entomological department of the Australian Museum . He held this position until his early death. Among other things, he is the first to describe the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus .

source

  • Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney): viii + 380.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ FAA Skuse (1894) [1895] The banded mosquito of Bengal. Indian Museum Notes. 3: 20

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personal data
SURNAME Skuse, Frederick Askew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skuse, Frederick A. Askew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Australian entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1863
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1896
Place of death Sydney