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Type:
Mixed archival materials
Date:
1963
1963-
Category:
Agency History
Notes:
This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
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The Department of Entomology was established in 1963 as part of a reorganization in the Museum of Natural History. At that time, the Division of Insects of the Department of Zoology became the new Department of Entomology. Five divisions were created within the new department: Neuropteroids (after 1974, Neuropteroids and Diptera); Lepidoptera (from 1968 to 1974, Lepidoptera and Diptera); Coleoptera; Hemiptera (intermittently from 1968 to 1984, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera); and Myriapoda and Arachnida. In 1984, a separate Division of Hymenoptera was established. Around 1991, divisions ceased to exist as administrative structures within the Department.
Chairs of the Department of Entomology have included J. F. Gates Clarke, 1963-1965; Karl V. Krombein, 1965-1971; Paul David Hurd, 1971-1976; Donald R. Davis, 1976-1981; Richard C. Froeschner, Acting Chair, 1981; Wayne N. Mathis, 1982-1987; Ronald J. McGinley, 1987-1992; Jonathan A. Coddington, 1992-1999; Wayne N. Mathis, 2002; Theodore R. Schultz, 2006-2007; Terry L. Erwin, 2008-2010; Theodore R. Schultz, 2011-2012; Robert K. Robbins, co-chair, and Theodore R. Schultz, co-chair, 2012-2013; Theordore R. Schultz, 2013-2014; and Sean G. Brady, 2014- .
Curators and Research Entomologists of the Department since 1991 have included John McLauren Burns (Lepidoptera), 1991- ; Jonathan A. Coddington (Arachnida), 1991- ; Donald R. Davis (Lepidoptera), 1991- ; Terry L. Erwin (Coleoptera), 1991- ; Oliver S. Flint, (Trichoptera), 1991- ; Richard C. Froeschner (Hemiptera), 1991- ; Karl V. Krombein (Hymenoptera), 1991- ; Wayne N. Mathis (Diptera), 1991- ; Ronald J. McGinley (Hymenoptera), 1991- ; Robert K. Robbins (Lepidoptera), 1991- ; Paul J. Spangler (Coleoptera), 1991- ; Dan A. Polhemus (Hemiptera), 1995- ; and Theodore R. Schultz (Hymenoptera), 1995- .
For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.
Repository Loc.:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
