Ernest Edward Austen
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Ernest Edward Austen was an English
entomologist specialising in Diptera
and Hymenoptera
.
His collection of Amazon
and Sierra Leone
insects is in the Natural History Museum
, London.
He wrote Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies (1906) illustrated by Amedeo John Engel Terzi
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
entomologist specialising in Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
and Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
.
His collection of Amazon
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
and Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
insects is in 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...
, London.
He wrote Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies (1906) illustrated by Amedeo John Engel Terzi
Amedeo John Engel Terzi
Amedeo John Engel Terzi was an Italian illustrator and entomologist specialising in Diptera.He was the son of Andrea Terzi , a lithographer and illustrator...
External links
- Internet Archive Report of the Malaria Expedition of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1902)
- Internet Archive Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies (1906)
- Internet Archive Illustrations of African blood-sucking flies other than mosquitoes and tsetse-flies (1909)