John Alan Murphy

John Alan Murphy (1922-2021), British arachnologist.

• Associate, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History; 323 Hanworth Road, Hampton, Middlesex,TW12 3EJ England.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 9 taxon names authored by John Alan Murphy

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1984

• Platnick, N.I. & Murphy, J.A., 1984. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2792: 1-30 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1987

• Baert & Murphy 1987. Kilifia inquilina, a new mysmenid spider from Kenya (Araneae, Mysmenidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 194-196. Reference page. 
• Platnick, N.I. & Murphy, J.A., 1987. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum novitates 2874: 1-33 full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1997

• Snazell, R.G. & Murphy, J.A. 1997. Zelominor (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a new genus of zelotine spider from the western Mediterranean region. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10(7): 260-264. Reference page. 

2007

• Murphy, J.A. 2007. Gnaphosid genera of the world. British Arachnological Society, St Neots, Cambs. 2 volumes. Volume 1 (text): i-xii + 1-92; Volume 2 (plates): i-ii + 93-605. Reference page.