Ezra Townsend Cresson

Ezra Townsend Cresson (also published as Ezra Townsend senior; 1838–1926), U.S. entomologist (Hymenoptera).

• Father of Ezra Townsend Cresson Jr.

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Ezra Townsend Cresson

Taxon names authored

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• 18 taxon names authored by Ezra Townsend Cresson

Publications

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1862

• Cresson, E.T. 1862–1863. A catalogue of the described species of several families of Hymenoptera inhabiting North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1: 202–211, 227–238, 316–344. BHL

1864

• Cresson, E.T. 1864. Description of two new genera of North American Ichneumonidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 3: 397–402. BHL Reference page. 

1865

• Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4: 1–200. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1865. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4: 242–313, 426–488. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1865. Monograph of the Philanthidae of North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 5: 85–132. BHL Reference page. 

1868

• Cresson, E.T. 1868. Catalogue of a small collection of Hymenoptera made in New Mexico during the summer of 1867. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1: 375–388. BHL

1869

• Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Cuban Hymenoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 293–298. BHL

1873

• * Cresson, E.T. 1873. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 153–292. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1873 [?1874]. Descriptions of Mexican Ichneumonidae Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 25: 104–176. BHL [1874b]

1874

• Cresson, E.T. 1874. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 5: 99–102. BHL
• Cresson, E.T. 1874. Descriptions of Mexican Ichneumonidae Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25: 374–413. BHL [1874b]

1875

• Cresson, E.T. 1875. Chapter VII. Report upon the collections of Hymenoptera made in portions of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the years 1872, 1873, and 1874, with list of Formicidae by Edward Norton, pp. 707–736, pls. XXIII-XXXIV in W. M. Wheeler. Report upon geographical and geological exploration and surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, 5 (Zoology):1–1021, pl. ? Access

1876

• Cresson, E.T. 1876. List of Hymenoptera, collected by J. Duncan Putnam, of Davenport, Iowa, with descriptions of two new species. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 1: 206–211, pl. XXXV. Access

1879

• Cresson, E.T. 1879. Description of Ichneumonidae, chiefly from the Pacific slope of the United States and British North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 30(1878): 348–381. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1879. Descriptions of new North American Hymenoptera in the collection of the American Entomological Society. Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences 7: 61–136, 201–232, 255–256. BHL, BHL, BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1879. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: xxiii-xxiv. BHL

1880

• Cresson, E.T. 1880. pp. 208, 235, 238. In: Comstock, J.H. Report of the Entomologist. Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture 1879: 185–347. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1880. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 7: xxxii-xxxiv. BHL
• Cresson, E.T. 1880. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 8: xvii-xviii. BHL

1881

• Cresson, E.T. 1881. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9: iii-vi. BHL

1882

• Cresson, E.T. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 9: xxxviii-xxxix. BHL
• Cresson, E.T. 1882. Descriptions of species belonging to the genus Nysson inhabiting North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 9: 273–284. BHL Reference page. 
• Cresson, E.T. 1882. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Proceedings of the Monthly Meetings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 10: v-viii. BHL

1887

• Cresson, E.T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 14 (Supplement): 1–350. BHL

1916

• Cresson, E.T. 1916. The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 1: 1–141. Access