Ian W.B. Thornton

Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton (1926–2002), entomologist

Taxon names authored

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• 7 taxon names authored by Ian W.B. Thornton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1950s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1959: New species of Peripsocus Hagen, 1866 (Corrodentia: Peripsocidae) from Hong Kong Island, with further descriptions of Peripsocus similis Enderlein, 1903 and Peripsocus quercicola Enderlein, 1906. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 28(3-4): 37-48. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1959.tb00127.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1959: A new genus of Philotarsidae (Corrodentia) and new species of this and related families from Hong Kong. Transactions of the Royal entomological Society of London 111(11): 331-349. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1959.tb02273.x Reference page. 

1960s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1962: Note on the genitalia of two New Zealand philotarsids (Insecta: Psocoptera). New Zealand journal of science 5: 241-245. BUGZ Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1962: The Peripsocidae (Psocoptera) of Hong Kong. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 114(9): 285-315. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1962.tb01081.x Reference page. 
• Lee, S.S. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1967: The family Pseudocaeciliidae (Psocoptera) - a reappraisal based on the discovery of new Oriental and Pacific species. Pacific insects monograph, (16) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; Wong, S.-K. 1968: The peripsocid fauna (Psocoptera) of the Oriental Region and the Pacific. Pacific insects monograph, (19) PDF Reference page. 

1970s

• Thornton, I.W.B., Lee, S.S. & Chui, W.D. 1972. Insects of Micronesia: Psocoptera. Insects of Micronesia 8(4): 45–144. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; Woo, A.K.T. 1973: Psocoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Pacific insects 15(1): 1-58. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Smithers, C.N.; Thornton, I.W.B. 1974: The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Norfolk Island. Records of the Australian Museum 29(8): 209-234. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1974.351 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; Smithers, C.N. 1974: The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Caledonia. Pacific insects, 16(2): 177-243. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Smithers, C.N.; Thornton, I.W.B. 1975: The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 29(16): 453-472. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1975.386 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; Wong, S.K.; Smithers, C.N. 1977: The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Zealand and islands of the New Zealand Plateau. Pacific insects 17(2-3): 197-228. PDF. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; New, T.R. 1977: The Philotarsidae (Insecta: Psocoptera) of Australia. Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (54) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS054 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C.N. 1977: Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Guinea. Pacific insects, 17(4): 419-450. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1980s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1981: Psocoptera of the Tongan Archipelago. Pacific insects monograph, (37): 106-135. PDF Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1981: The systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the psocopteran family Philotarsidae. Systematic entomology 6(4): 413-452. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00050.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1984. Psocoptera and Wallace's line: collections from the islands of Bali and Lombok. Treubia 29(2): 83–177. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1984: An unusual psocopteran from New Guinea and its relationships within the Philotarsidae. International journal of entomology 26(4): 378-385. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B.; Smithers, C.N. 1984: Systematics of the Calopsocidae, an oriental and melanesian family of Psocoptera. Systematic entomology 9(2): 183-244. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00513.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1989. Psocoptera (Insecta) of the Island of Moorea, French Polynesia, and comparisons with other Pacific island faunas. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série - Section A - Zoologie 11(4): 783–828. Reference page. 
• Vaughan, P.J.; Thornton, I.W.B.; New, T.R. 1989: The Psocoptera of the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia. Treubia 30: 1-93. [Not seen] Reference page. 

1990s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1991: Replacement name for Aaroniella badonelli Thornton (Psocoptera, Philotarsidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A) 13(3-4): 483. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Vaughan, P.J.; Thornton, I.W.B.; New, T.R. 1991: Psocoptera from southern Sumatra and West Java, Indonesia: source faunas for colonisation of the Krakatau Islands. Treubia 30(2): 103-164. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Schmidt, E.R. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1992. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 137–220. BHL Reference page. 

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