Eugene G. Munroe
Eugene G. Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division, Ottawa, Canada.[1]
Munroe was "the acknowledged authority on the Pyraloidea worldwide for many years"[1] From 1976 to 1982, he also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Moths of America North of Mexico.[1]
Authored taxa
Works include
- Munroe, E.G. 1959: New Pyralidae from the Papuan Region (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 91(2): 102-112.
- Munroe, E.G. 1960: New Tropical Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 164-173.
- Munroe, E.G. 1960a:A New Genus of Pyralidae and its Species (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 188-192.
- Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia II. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 861-868.
- Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968a: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia I. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 847-861. doi: 10.4039/Ent100847-8.
- Mutuura, A., Munroe, E.G. 1970: Taxonomy and distribution of the European corn borer and allied species: Genus Ostrinia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 112 (supplement 71): 1-112.
- Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type Material Of 4 African Species Of Notarcha Meyrick, With Designations Of Lectotypes And Changes In Synonymy (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 91: 248-256
- Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type material of two African species of Herpetogramma and one of Pleuroptya (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 414-420
References
- 1 2 3 Solis, M. Alma 2008. "Eugene Munroe: The Lepidopterist, 1919-2008", The Canadian Entomologist 40(3):139-143. (abstract).
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