George Henry Verrall

George Henry Verrall ( 1855- 1911 ) was an English entomologist who worked principally on Diptera.

Verrall was one of the most influential British Dipterists He worked extensively on several families with his nephew James Edward Collin, (1876-1968). Verrall purchased the collections of several European dipterists: Ferdinand Kowarz (1838-1914), which contained many types of Hermann Loew (1807-1878); Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot and Justin Pierre Marie Macquart (1778-1855).These, together with the flies (Between them Verrall and Collin described some 900 species of Diptera) collected by Collin and Verrall himself are in the Hope Entomological Collections at the University of Oxford.

Works

* "Platypezidae, Pipunculidae and Syrphidae of Great Britain". - "British flies" 8 (1901)

* "Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain"- "British flies" (1909).

For a longer list of works see the references in [http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/Diptera/people/FCT_pdf/FGNAMES.pdf#search=%22family%20group%20names%20diptera%20pdf%22 Sabrosky's Family Group Names in Diptera]

Reference and Sources

* Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: "Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930)." Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). - Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871 786-788, Portr. + Schr.verz.
* Pont, A. C."The type-material of Diptera (Insecta) described by G.H. Verrall and J.E. Collin". Oxford University Museum Publication 3: x + 223 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford. (1995).