Gilbert John Arrow

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Gilbert John Arrow (born December 20, 1873 in London , † October 5, 1948 ) was an English entomologist . He published more than 100 papers on the Scarabaeoidea . His most important works are the four volumes Lamellicorns in the Fauna of British India in The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma and its synopsis of the hornbill beetles, published by the Government of British India .

Life

After five years as an architect , Gilbert John Arrow took a position in the zoology department of the Natural History Museum in London in 1896 . From then on he devoted himself to studying the beetles , especially the scarab beetles .

After his retirement in 1938, Gilbert John Arrow continued to volunteer at the Natural History Museum until a few weeks before his death, suffering injuries during the war .

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His work on the Scarabaeoidea still influences scientific work today.

He contributed four volumes to The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma :

  • Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae (1910)
  • Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae (1917)
  • Clavicornia: Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae (1925)
  • Lamellicornia 3rd Coprinae (1931)
Other writings (excerpt)
  • Sound production in the lamellicorn beetles. In: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . 1904 (English).
  • On the characters and relationships of the less-known groups of Lamellicorn Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species of Hybosorinae, etc.. In: Transactions of the Entomological Society of London . tape 57 , 1909, pp. 479-507 (English).
  • Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae, Aclopinae, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae . In: W. Junk (Ed.): Coleopterorum Catalogus . tape XX / 43 . Berlin 1912, p. 66 .
  • Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (Ed.): A nomenclatural note (Coleopt.) . tape 9 (1) , 1940, pp. 16 . (English).
Posthumous editions
  • WD Hincks (Ed.): Horned beetles, a study of the fantastic in nature . W. Junk, The Hague 1951.
Reprints and electronic books

literature

  • BR Subba: History of entomology in India . Ed .: Dr. M. Puttarudriah Memorial Endowment Institution of Agricultural Technologists. Bangalore, India 1998.

See also

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ probably also died in London, since he worked there until a few weeks before his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gilbert John Arrow. University of Nebraska-Lincoln State Museum, accessed October 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Bacchus, ME: A catalog of the type-specimens of the Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) described by GJ Arrow with a complete bibliography of his entomological works . In: Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) . tape 31 , 1974, p. 25-44 (English).
  3. ^ K. G Blair: Obituary: Gilbert John Arrow . In: Entomologists Monthly Magazine . tape 84 , 1948, pp. 264 (English).
  4. ↑ Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae, xiv + 322 p - 76 figs - 2 col. pl. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae, xiii + 387 p - 77 figs - 5 pl (1 col.). Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae xv + 416 p - 76 figs - 1 col. pl. - 1 map. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Lamellicornia 4. Lucanidae & Passalidae vii + 274 pp., 23 pl. Retrieved October 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Arrow, Gilbert John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1948