Gilbert John Arrow
Encyclopedia
Gilbert John Arrow was an English
entomologist.
Gilbert was the son of John Garner Arrow of Streatham, London. He initially trained as an architect but took an interest in insects from 1896 during which time he was a Deputy Keeper on the staff of the Natural History Museum
in London
from 1896 until 1938. He worked mainly on the Coleoptera and noted stridulation
in the larvae and adults of Lamellicorn beetles.
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England
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entomologist.
Gilbert was the son of John Garner Arrow of Streatham, London. He initially trained as an architect but took an interest in insects from 1896 during which time he was a Deputy Keeper on the staff of the Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
in London
London
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from 1896 until 1938. He worked mainly on the Coleoptera and noted stridulation
Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fishes, snakes and spiders...
in the larvae and adults of Lamellicorn beetles.
Works
The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma series- Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae (1910)
- Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae (1917)
- Clavicornia : Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae (1925)
- Lamellicornia 3. Coprinae (1931)
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- Sound-production in the lamellicorn beetles. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1904)
- On the characters and relationships of the less-known groups of Lamellicorn Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species of Hybosorinae, etc. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 57: 479-507.(1909)
- Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae, Aclopinae, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae. Coleopterorum Catalogus pars 43, W. Junk, Berlin. 66 pp.(1912)
- A nomenclatural note (Coleopt.) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (B) 9(1): 16. (1940).