Allan Frost Archer

Allan Frost Archer (January 22, 1908 – 1994, fl. 1940–1971), U.S. arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 21 taxon names authored by Allan Frost Archer

Eponyms

• Helicostyla subcarinata archeri Clench, 1936 (Holotype: Mus. Comp Zool. no. 96474, Tres Reyes Islands, S. W. coast of Marinduque, Philippine Islands. P. de Mesa collector, 1934. Wm. J. Clench.)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1930

• Archer, Allan F. & Clench, W.J. 1930. New Land Snails from Tanganyika Territory. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History vol. 5, pp 295–300, 1 plate

1936

• Clench, W.J. 1936. Helicostyla subcarinata archeri, new subspecies. Nautilus 49(4): 140–141, pl. 8, fig. 5.

1940

• Archer, Allan F. 1940. The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama, Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History

1946

• Archer, A.F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1-67. Reference page. 

1950

• Archer, A.F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. Reference page. 

1951

• Archer, A.F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52. Reference page. .

1958

• Archer, A.F. 1958. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4. American Museum Novitates 1922: 1-21. Reference page. 

1971

• Archer, A.F. 1971. Especies nuevas de argiopidos peruanos. Revista Peruana de Entomología Agricola 14: 157-159. Reference page.