Harley Brown
Harley Proctor Brown (January 13, 1921 – June 6, 2008) was an American biologist and an expert in certain types of aquatic beetles. He described over forty new species in his career.
Background and education[]
He was born in Uniontown, Alabama and showed an early interest in insects. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees (1942) from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His thesis involved the lifecycle of the species Climacia areolaris of the family Sisyridae. He received a PhD from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1945. His dissertation studied the flagellum of the protozoan with the electron microscope.[1]
Academic career[]
Brown taught at the following institutions:[1]
- University of Idaho (Moscow), 1945-1947
- Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (Charleston), 1946
- Queens College (Flushing, New York), 1947–1948
- University of Oklahoma (Norman), 1948–1984
Taxa described by Brown[]
Taxa described by Brown include:[1]
- Dryopidae
- (1970)
- Elmidae
- (1984)
- (1971); synonym of Macrelmis by Motschulsky (1860)
- Heterelmis comalensis (1988); with Bosse & Tuff
- Heterelmis stephani (1972)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- Huleechius (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981); with Spangle
- (1981); with Spangle
- (1984); with Thobias
- (1970)
- (1970)
- Neocylloepus (1970)
- Neocylloepus hintoni]] (1970)
- (1970)
- (1970)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981)
- (1981); synonym of by Guérin-Méneville (1843)
- Stenelmis cheryl (1987)
- Stenelmis gammoni (1976); with White
- Stenelmis lignicola (1992); with Schmude
- Stenelmis occidentalis (1991); with Schmude
- (1992); subgenus of Zaitzevia by Champion (1923)
- (1985)
- (1985)
- Lutrochidae
- Lutrochus arizonicus (1970); with Murvosh
- Psephenidae
- (1980); synonym of Dicranopselaphus by Guérin-Méneville (1861)
- (1980); synonym of Dicranopselaphus variegatus by Horn (1880)
- (1990); with Lee & Yang
- (1974); with Murvosh
- (1974); with Murvosh
- (1970)
- Psephenus texanus (1967); with Arrington
- (1993) with Lee & Yang
- (1993) with Lee & Yang; synonym of by Lee, Yang & Brown (1993)
- (1993); with Lee & Yang
- (1993); with Lee & Yang
- (1993); with Lee & Yang
Taxa named in honor of Brown (Patronyms)[]
Taxa named in honor of Brown include:[1]
Publications[]
Papers[]
Brown authored and co-authored dozens of scientific papers from 1941 to 2001.[1]
Books[]
- Aquatic Dryopoid Beetles (Coleoptera) Of The United States [Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual No. 6] (1972)[2]
- A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico: Family : Dryopidae (Agriculture handbook) (1983)[3]
External links[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Harley P. Brown". researchgate.net. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Harley P. (1972). Aquatic Dryopoid Beetles (Coleoptera) Of The United States [Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual No. 6]. Environmental Protection Agency.
- ^ Brown, Harley P. (1983). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico: Family : Dryopidae (Agriculture handbook). US Department of Agriculture.
- 1921 births
- 2008 deaths
- American entomologists
- University of Oklahoma faculty
- 20th-century American zoologists
- Miami University alumni
- Ohio State University alumni