David Sharp

David Sharp (1840–1922), English entomologist.

Authored taxa

• 792 taxon names authored by David Sharp

(List may be incomplete)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1869

• Sharp, D. 1869. A revision of the British species of Homalata. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 91–272.

1870

• Sharp, D. 1870. Characters of a new genus and descriptions of new species of Aleocharidae from Britain. Entomologist's monthly magazine 6: 279–282.

1871

• Sharp, D. 1871. Notes on some British species of Oxypoda, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1871: 187–192.
• Sharp, D. 1871. Description of a new genus and species of Staphylinidae (from South Australia). Entomologist's monthly magazine 7: 217–218.

1873

• Sharp, D. 1873. Descriptiones de algunas especies nuevas de coleópteros. Anales de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia naturai 1: 259–271.
• Sharp, D. 1873. Description of a new genus and species of blind Coleoptera from Italy. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 10: 1–2.
• Sharp, D. 1873. The water beetles of Japan. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 45–67.
• Sharp, D. 1873. Description de nouveaux genres et de nouvelle espèces de Coléoptères Lamellicornes. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée 3(1): 262–273.
• Sharp, D. 1873. Et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. In: Deyrolle T.: Enumération des Staphylinides recueillis en Asie Mineure. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (3)1: 410–414.

1874

• Sharp, D. 1874. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [22(1)]: 1–103. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00159.x BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1874. Descriptions of new genera and species of Pselaphidae and Scydmaenidae from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [22(4)]: 483–518. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1874.tb00177.x BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1874. Espèces nouvelles de coléoptères des Alpes Piémontaises. – Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 6: 317–319.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Zoological nomenclature. Entomologist's monthly magazine 10 (1873–1874): 232–233.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Descriptions of some new species of the genus Pachytricha. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 2–6.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Description of a new species of Cetoniadae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 35–36.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Obituary: George Robert Crotch, M.A. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 70–72.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Descriptions of two new genera and some new species of Pselaphidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 79–84.
• Sharp, D. 1874. On a new family of European aquatic Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 101–104.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Description of two new genera of Scarabaeidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 123–126.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Note on the existence of stridulating organs in the genus Lomaptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 136–137.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Note on Aulacothorax exilis, Boheman. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 137.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Nécrologie [Crotch]. – Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 6(104): 415.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Lettre sur la nomenclature entomologique. – Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 6(108): 431.
• Sharp, D. 1874. The Coleoptera of Scotland. – The Scottish Naturalist 2(13): 233–240.
• Sharp, D. 1874. The Coleoptera of Scotland. – The Scottish Naturalist 2(14): 285–288.
• Sharp, D. 1874. The Coleoptera of Scotland. – The Scottish Naturalist 2(15): 329–336.
• Sharp, D. 1874. The Coleoptera of Scotland. – The Scottish Naturalist 2(16): 377–384.
• Sharp, D. 1874. The Pselaphidae and Scydmaenidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 105–130.
• Sharp, D. 1874. Some additions to the coleopterous fauna of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 417–422.

1875

• Sharp, D. 1875. Sur les espèces du genre Synapsis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 18, Comptes Rendus (9 janvier 1875): iv–v.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malaisia. Part I. Coleopterologische 13: 33–54.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malaisia. Part II. Coleopterologische 14: 47–66.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Description of three new species of Trigonurus. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 204–206.
• Sharp, D. 1875. On the synonymy of Pleocoma staff, Schaufuss. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 206–207.
• Sharp, D. 1875. On three new species of Hydrophilidae. Entomologist's monthly magazine 11 (1874–1875): 247–250.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Description of a new species of longicorn Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 12 (1875–1876): 57.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Observations on some species of Bolitochara, with description of a new European species. Entomologist's monthly magazine 12 (1875–1876): 132–134.
• Sharp, D. 1875. Description de coléoptères (lamellicornes) nouveaux de l’Australie. Revue et Magasin De Zoologie (3) 3(38): 37–50. BHL
• Sharp, D. 1875. The Coleoptera of Scotland. The Scottish Naturalist 3(17): 33–40.
• Sharp, D. 1875. The Coleoptera of Scotland. The Scottish Naturalist 3(18): 85–88.
• Sharp, D. 1875. The Coleoptera of Scotland. The Scottish Naturalist 3(19): 133–136.
• Sharp, D. 1875. The Coleoptera of Scotland. The Scottish Naturalist 3(20): 183–184.

1876

• Sharp, D. 1876. On the Anthribidae of New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (4) 17(102): 422–439. doi: 10.1080/00222937608681988 BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1876. Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine 13: 20–28. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1876. On the Colydiidae of New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (4) 18(103): 17–29. doi: 10.1080/00222937608682003 BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1876. Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera (Continued from page 28). Entomologist's monthly magazine 13: 70–77. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1876. Contribution to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley. Coleoptera – Staphylinidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 27–424. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1876. Description of a new genus, and some new species of Staphylinidae from Mexico and Central America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1876: 425–432.

1877

• Sharp, D. 1877: Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine 13: 190-196. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1877: Descriptions of some new species, and indications of new genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 13: 265-272. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1877: Descriptions of some new species, and indications of new genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand (Concluded from vol. xiii, page 272.) Entomologist's monthly magazine 14: 7-10. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1877. On the Elateridae of New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (4) 19(113): 396–413. doi: 10.1080/00222937708682163 BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1877. Description of a new species indicating a new genus of Coleoptera. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 9: 321–323.

1878

• Sharp, D. 1878: New Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 15: 47-52. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D., 1878: III. Descriptions of some new species and a new genus of rhynchophorous Coleoptera, from the Hawaiian Islands. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1878(1): 15-26. BHL
• Sharp, D. 1878: New Coleoptera from New Zealand (Concluded from p. 52). Entomologist's monthly magazine 15: 81-83. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1878. Descriptions of eight new species, and a new genus of Cossonides from New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [26(1)]: 9–14. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1878.tb01939.x BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1878. Preliminary diagnosis of new Coleopterous Insects belonging to the families Dytiscidae, Staphylinidae, and Scarabaeidae obtained by the late Dr. F. Stoliczka during the 2nd mission to Yarkand under Sir Douglas Forsyth. Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal 47: 169–174.

1879

• Sharp, D. 1879. On some Coleoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [27(1)]: 77–105. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1879.tb01979.x Reference page. 

1880

• Sharp, D. 1880. On some Coleoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1880: 37–54.

1881

• Sharp, D. 1881. Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 18: 46–51. BHL Reference page. 

1882

• Sharp, D. 1882. On some New Zealand Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1882 [30(1)]: 73–99. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1882.tb01570.x BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1882–1887. Insecta. Coleoptera. 1(2) In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds.) (1879–1915), Biologia Centrali-Americana: zoology, botany and archaeology. [London: Published for the editors by R.H. Porter] doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.730 Reference page. 

1883

• Sharp, D. 1883: Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand. Entomologist's monthly magazine 20: 23-27. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1883: Some new species and genera of Coleoptera from New Zealand (Concluded from p. 27). Entomologist's monthly magazine 20: 66-68. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1883. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 145–312, pls. 5–7]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. xv + 824 pp., 19 pls. BHL
• Sharp, D. 1883. Mentraphus (nov. gen. Pselaphidarum). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 2: 225–226.
• Sharp, D. 1883. Revision of the Pselaphidae of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1883: 291–331.

1884

• Sharp, D. 1884. Revision of the Hydrophilidae of New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884 [32(4)]: 465–480. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1884.tb01617.x BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1884. Results of an examination of some of White's types of New Zealand Coleoptera contained in the British Museum collection at London. New Zealand journal of science (Dunedin) 2(6): 297–299. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1884. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 313–392, pls. 8–9]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. BHL Reference page. 

1885

• Blackburn, T. & Sharp, D. 1885. Memoirs on the Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 119–300, plates IV–V. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1885. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 393–536, pls. 10–13]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London, xv + 824 pp., 19 pls. BHL Reference page. 

1886

• Sharp, D. 1886. On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 351–454, plates XII–XIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D., 1886: Staphylinidae. pp. 537–672. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. 1(2) (1882–1887). London: Taylor & Francis. BHLReference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1886. On the Bruchidae of Japan. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5)17(97): 34–38.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Description of a new species of the coleopterous genus Macronota (Cetoniades) from Ceylon. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 22 (1885–1886): 197–198.
• Sharp, D. 1886. The Scydmaenidae of Japan. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 23(266–267): 46–51.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Sirex gigas ovipositing. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 23(269): 108.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Paper read: On some proposed transfers of generic names. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xvii–xviii.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Exhibition: Staphylinidae prepared with a view of their permanent preservation. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xxiv.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Exhibition: Cockchafer vivisected by a bird. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xxiv.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Exhibition: Larvae of Meloë. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xxx–xxxi.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Discussion: On Cidaria suffumata. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xxix. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1886. Paper read: Eucnemis capucina (Ahr.) and its larva. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: xxxii.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Exhibition: Drawings of New Zealand Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: lvi.
• Sharp, D. 1886. On some proposed transfers of names of genera. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: 181–188.
• Sharp, D. 1886. On Eucnemis capucina, Ahr., and its larva. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: 297–302.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Insecta. Zoological Record [for the year 1885], 22: 1–264.
• Sharp, D. 1886. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 537–672, pls. 14–17]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. BHL

1887

• Sharp, D. 1887. Fam. Pselaphidae [pp. 1–46], Fam. Scydmaenidae [pp. 46–71] in: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. 2(1). Taylor and Francis, London. xii + 717 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1887. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 673–824, pls. 18–19]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. xvi + 824 pp. + 18 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1887. Introduction, Supplement, Index, pp. v–x, 748–802, 803–824. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2).
• Sharp, D. 1887. Melolonthini, pp. 29–37. – In: Ritsema, C. (ed.): Coleoptera door verschillende specialiteiten bewerkt en tot een geheel bijeengebracht, part 6, 210 + 16 pp. + 3 tables. – In: Veth, P.J. (ed.) 1877–1879: Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-Expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877–1879. Vol. 4. – Leiden: E.J. Brill.
• Sharp, D. 1887. Rutelini, pp. 37–43. – In: Ritsema, C. (ed.): Coleoptera door verschillende specialiteiten bewerkt en tot een geheel bijeengebracht, part 6, 210 + 16 pp. + 3 tables. – In: Veth, P.J. (ed.) 1877–1879: Midden-Sumatra. Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-Expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877–1879. Vol. 4. – Leiden: E.J. Brill.
• Sharp, D. 1887. Exhibition: Large hairy larvae of Bombyx from Celebes. The Entomologist, 20(288): 140–141. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Note on the genus Eudectus. The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 23(273): 209–210.
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Systematic observation of moths. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1887: v–viii. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Difficulty of naming Indian Heterocera etc. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: x–xi. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Remark: On a paper of Lord Walsingham about Acrolophus and Anaphora. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xv. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Extraordinary powers of contraction of the retractor muscle of the flagellum in D. vinula. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xix–xxi. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Exhibition: Anoplodera sexguttata, Grammoptera analis, Colydium elongatum, and Tachinus elongatus from the New Forest. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxxi. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Softening chitin. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxiii. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Power of making a humming noise before flight, possessed by Dytiscus marginalis. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxiii–xxiv. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Exhibition: Specimen of a Brazilian locust. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxviii. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: On Pyralidina and exotic MicroLepidoptera. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxviii. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Announcement by the president: Exhibition of Lord Walsingham’s collection. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxx. [Sharp was president]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Exhibition: Coleoptera taken in the New Forest. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxxi. [Sharp was president]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: Tannin in certain insects. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxxii–xxxiv. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Discussion: On Philampelus satellitia, Linn. – Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1887: xxxv. [with others]
• Sharp, D. 1887. Communications: The sociological value of entomology. – The Transactions and Journal of Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (2) 4: 5.
• Sharp, D. 1887. Three new water-beetles. – Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 6: 170–171.
• Sharp, D. 1887. Insecta. – Zoological Record [for the year 1886] 23: 1–330.

1888

• Sharp, D. 1888. Descriptions of some new Coleoptera from Japan. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)2: 242–245.
• Sharp, D. 1888. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)2: 277–295, 369–387, 451–464. BHL

1889

• Sharp, D. 1889. Two new species of Scymnus. Insect life 1: 364–365. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1889. The Staphylinidae of Japan. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)3: 28–44; 108–121; 249–267; 319–334; 406–419; 463–476. BHL Reference page. 

1892

• Sharp, D. 1892. Descriptions of two new Pselaphidae found by Mr. J.J. Walker in Australia and China. Entomologist's monthly magazine 28: 240–242.

1899

• Sharp, D. 1899. A new genus of termitophilous Staphylinidae from Borneo. Entomological Monthly Magazine, 10(2): 205–206.

1900

• Sharp, D. 1900. Some undescribed species of Trogophloeus, with a new genus. Entomologist's monthly magazine 36: 230–234. BHL Reference page. 
• Sharp, D. 1900. Coleoptera [diverse families], pp. 561–624. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. 2, part 1. (1887–1905). BHL Reference page. 

1903

• Sharp, D. 1903. Lamellicorn Coleoptera from Nilgiri Hills. Annals and magazine of natural history, Series 7, 11: 467–473.
• Sharp, D. 1903. Coleoptera II. Caraboidea. In Sharp D. (ed.) Fauna Hawaiiensis 3. The University Press, Cambridge: pp. 175–292 + pls. VI–VII.

1908

• Sharp, D. 1908. Fam. Staphylinidae, pp. 538-578. In: Sharp, D. & H. Scott. Coleoptera III: Coleoptera (various), pp. 367–579, pls. 13-16. In: Fauna Hawaiiensis or the zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiiian) isles: Vol. 3 (5). University Press, Cambridge. 704 + 46 pp., 19 pls. (1901–1913).

1916

• Sharp, D. 1916. Fire insects in Finland. Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 41.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Studies in Helophorini. 9. Helophorus (continued from Vol. LI, p. 277). Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 83–86.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Studies in Helophorini. 10. Helophorus (continued from p. 86). Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 108–112.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Studies in Helophorini. 10. Helophorus (continued from p. 112). Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 125–130.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Studies in Helophorini. 10. Helophorus (continued from p. 130). Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 164–177.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Diagnosis of a new species of Biblopectus (Coleoptera, Pselaphidae). Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 177.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Additional British species of Ernobius. Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 178–180.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Studies in Helophorini. 11. Atracthelophorus and Cyphelophorus. Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 193–200 + plates III–VI.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Additions and corrections in the genus Ernobius; with notes on the copula. Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 219–224.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Re-arrangement of the Bagoini. Preliminary list of the British members. Entomologist's monthly magazine 52: 275.
• Sharp, D. 1916. Insecta. Zoological Record [for the year 1914] 51: 1–342.

Links

• Fery, H. 2013. David Sharp (1840–1922). A bibliography and a catalogue of his insect names (PDF). Skörvnöpparn – Insekter i Norr supplement 4, 2013: 1–114.