Insecta Britannica Diptera
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Insecta Britannica Diptera is a seminal work of entomology by Francis Walker
. The most important part of the work was written jointly with Alexander Henry Haliday
. It is the synonyma and the synoptic table Talk:Insecta Britannica Diptera.The manuscripts relating to Haliday's contribution are in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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Francis Walker (entomologist)
Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms....
. The most important part of the work was written jointly with Alexander Henry Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
. It is the synonyma and the synoptic table Talk:Insecta Britannica Diptera.The manuscripts relating to Haliday's contribution are in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the...
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The dating of Insecta Britannica Diptera
The precise dates of early entomological publications, which are all important are frequently hard to establish. For this reason we are including these here:- Walker, F. 1851. Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 1. Reeve & Benham, London. vi + 314 p. (31 December). The Preface is dated December 1851. It might have been issued in early 1852 because it was presented to the Entomological Society of London on 2 February. Walker states in the preface that Haliday is responsible for the characters and synoptic tables of the EmpididaeEmpididaeEmpididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide, but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic...
, Syrphidae, and DolichopodidaeDolichopodidaeDolichopodidae, the long-legged flies, make up a large family of true flies with more than 7,000 described species in about 230 genera distributed worldwide. The genus Dolichopus is the most speciose, with some 600 species. They are generally small flies with large, prominent eyes and a metallic...
. - Walker, F. 1853. Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 2. Reeve & Benham, London. vi + 297. Putatively dated 1853.
- Walker, F. 1856 Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 3. Reeve & Benham, London. xxiv + 352 p. (31 March). An advertisement bound at the back of this volume is dated 31 March.
- Walker states in the preface that Haliday is responsible for the Addenda and corrigenda, p. xi-xxv which were intended for Vol. 4. This volume was never published.