- Roy Crowson
Roy Albert Crowson (
22 November 1914 –13 May 1999 ) was a British biologist who specialized in thetaxonomy ofbeetle s.He lectured at the Zoology Department of the
University of Glasgow from 1949. He collected beetles and theirlarva e from around the world and studied the relationships between them. His 1955 monograph, "The natural classification of the families of Coleoptera", established a system for the classification of beetles that remains in use.His collections are in the Hunterian Museum,
Glasgow , and in theNatural History Museum ,London .The beetle family
Crowsonellidae is named in his honour.Works
* "The natural classification of the families of Coleoptera", Nathaniel Lloyd & Co., Ltd., London, 1955.
* "Coleoptera: introduction and key to families", Handbooks for the identification of British insects, Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 1957.
* "Classification and biology", Heinemann Educational Books Ltd, London, 1970.
* "Biology of the Coleptera", Academic Press, 1981.External links
* [http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/eng/crowsref.htm R. A. Crowson: complete list of publications]
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