Nomina systematica generum Myriapodum, tam viventium quam fossilium : secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntur, anno editionis, etymologia et familiis ad quas pertinent / auctore Guil. F. Erichson
Advances in myriapodology : proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Myriapodology, Innsbruck, 15-20 July 1990 / edited by Erwin Meyher, Konrad Thaler & Wolfgang Schedl
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International Congress of Myriapodology (8th : 1990 : Innsbruck, Austria) Search this
Nomina systematica generum Myriapodum, tam viventium quam fossilium : secundum ordinem alpabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiunter, anno editionis, etymologia et familiis ad quas pertinent / auctore Guil. F. Erichson
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Collection Citation:
New York Airways Collection, Acc. NASM.1992.0052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
National Museum of Natural History. Division of Hemiptera Search this
Extent:
3.5 cu. ft. (3 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1963-1984, with related records from 1949
Descriptive Entry:
These records consist of incoming and outgoing professional correspondence of the Division of Hemiptera concerning the identification, acquisition, distribution, and
loan of specimens from 1963 to 1984. Related correspondence created between 1949 and 1963 by Louise M. Russell, Entomologist at the Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction
Branch, United States Department of Agriculture, is also included. Russell gave her correspondence concerning insects of the order Homoptera to Richard Froeschner when he
became responsible for that order in the United States National Museum (USNM). These records also include annual reports for the Division of Hemiptera written by Froeschner
and administrative memoranda of the Division. A small amount of correspondence created by Froeschner before he came to the USNM is also included.
Historical Note:
The Division of Hemiptera was created when the Department of Entomology was established in July 1963. The Department was organized by discipline into five divisions:
Neuropteroids, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Myriapoda and Arachnida, and Hemiptera.
For administrative purposes, the Division of Hemiptera also processed transactions relating to Hymenoptera, until a separate division could be created. Since Hymenoptera
did not separate from Hemiptera until 1984, the title Division of Hemiptera and Hymenoptera was frequently used during the 1960's and 1970's. Curators represented in these
records include Richard Charles Froeschner, Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., and Gerald I. Stage.
Froeschner was appointed Associate Curator in 1963, a position he still held as of 1993. Krombein was Chairman of the Department from 1966 to 1970, and a Senior Entomologist
from 1971 to 1980, at which time his title was changed to Senior Scientist. Hurd succeeded Krombein as Chairman in 1970, and in 1977 he became a Curator in the Division of
Hemiptera and Hymenoptera. Hurd's title was changed to Senior Scientist in 1980, and he remained with the Division until his death in 1982. Stage was an Assistant Curator
from 1966 to 1970.
This finding aid was digitized with funds generously provided by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee.
Descriptive Entry:
This collection contains notes taken and plates prepared for the following: Diptera, Heteroptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera,
and Lepidoptera, and to a lesser extent, Arachnida, Myriapoda, Crustacea, Annelida, and Entozoa. They include rough notes, prepared notes, and in some cases, lithographed
final copies for Glover's projected publications, many of which were never printed.
Historical Note:
Townend Glover (1813-1883) was the first entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture. In 1854 he was appointed to the Bureau of Agriculture of the Patent
Office to collect statistics and other information on seeds, fruits, and insects. He remained in government service with one brief interruption until 1878.
Glover began publishing his drawings and notes in 1871 and continued through 1878. In 1872 he published an author's edition of the plates of Orthoptera. A publication on
the Diptera followed in 1874, and one on Hemiptera in 1876. In 1878 he issued his last publication, 12 copies of his entire set of 273 plates. He deposited most of his notes
and plates in the National Museum before 1878, and the government purchased the set of his copper plates.
