Reginald Innes Pocock

Reginald Innes Pocock (1863–1947), British zoologist, arachnologist and mammalogist. Fellow of the Linnean Society and Fellow of the Royal Society of London.

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349 taxon names authored by Reginald Innes Pocock

Publications

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1888

Pocock, R.I. 1888. On the African specimens of the genus Scorpio (Linn.) contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)2: 245–255. Reference page.

1889

Pocock, R.I. 1889. Arachnida, Chilopoda and Crustacea. In: Aitchison, J.E.T. (ed.): The zoology of the Afghan Delimitation Commission. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology, 2) 5(3): 110–121. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1889.tb00159.x Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1889. Notes on some Buthidae, new and old. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)3: 334–351. Reference page.

1890

Pocock, R.I. 1890. A revision of the genera of scorpions of the family Buthidae, with descriptions of some South-African species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 114–141. Reference page.

1891

Pocock R.I. 1912. Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae with descriptions of new genera and species of the group. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)7: 51–58; 221–31. Reference page.

1892

Pocock, R.I. 1892. Supplementary notes on the Arachnida and Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago: with descriptions of some new species from Siam and Malaysia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 316-326. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1892. Description of a new trap-door spider from Ceylon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9: 49–51. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1892b. Supplementary notes on the Arachnida and Myriopoda of the Mergui Archipelago: with descriptions of some new species from Siam and Malaysia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24(153): 316-326, pl. 22. {{doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1892.tb02485.x}}. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1892. Descriptions of two new genera of scorpions, with notes on some species of Palamnaeus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9): 38–49. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1892. Arachnida. In Distant, W. L., A naturalist in the Transvaal. London, pp. 179–184.

1893

Pocock, R.I. 1893. Report upon the Myriopoda of the 'Challenger' Expedition, with Remarks upon the Fauna of Bermuda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 11: 121-142, pl. 9. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1893a. Contributions to our knowledge of the arthropod fauna of the West Indies. Part I. Scorpiones and Pedipalpi, with a supplementary note upon the freshwater Decapoda of St. Vincent. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 374-409. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1893c. Contributions to our knowledge of the arthropod fauna of the West Indies. - Part II. Chilopoda. Journal of the Linnean Society 24: 454-544. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1893. Notes on the classification of scorpions, followed by some observations upon synonymy, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 12: 303–330. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1893b. Description of a new species of tree-trap-door spider from Trinidad. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)11: 407–409.

1894

Pocock, R.I. 1894. Contributions to our knowledge of the arthropod fauna of the West Indies 11. Malacopoda or Protracheata. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 473–544. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1894. Notes on the Thelyphonidae contained in the Collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (Ser. 6) 14(80): 120–134. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222939408677779 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1894. Chilopoda, Symphyla and Diplopoda from the Malay Archipelago. pp. 307–404. In: Weber, M.: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien. Band 3. Leiden. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1894. Notes on the Pedipalpi of the family Tarantulidae contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History [Ser. 6] 14(82): 273–298. BHL Reference page.

1895

Pocock, R.I. 1895. On the Arachnida and Myriopoda obtained by Dr. Anderson`s collector during Mr. T. Bent's Expedition to the Hadramaut, South Arabia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 25: 292–299. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895a. On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)15: 165-184. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895. Description of two new spiders obtained by Messrs J. J. Quelch and F. MacConnel on the summit of Mount Roraima, in Demerara; with a note upon the systematic position of the genus Desis. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)16: 139–143. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895c. Descriptions of new genera and species of trap-door spiders belonging to the group Trionychi. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(92): 187–197; BHL. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895d. Notes on the identity of some of the types of Mygalomorphae in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 16: 223-230. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895. LIV.—Descriptions of new genera of Zephroniidae, with brief preliminary diagnoses of some new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16(95): 409–415. DOI: 10.1080/00222939508680293 BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895. On a new sound-producing organ in a spider. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(93): 230–233. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1895. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 1–24. BHL. Reference page.

1896

Pocock, R.I. 1896. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 25–40. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1896a. Descriptions of some new South African spiders of the family Heteropodidae. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)17: 55–64. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1896b. On the presence of Wood Mason's stridulating organ in Trechona zebrata. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)17: 177–179. Reference page. .
Pocock, R.I. 1896c. Notes on some Ethiopian species of lschnurinae contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)17: 312-319. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1896d. Report upon the scorpions, spiders, centipedes and millipedes obtained by Mr and Mrs E. Lort. Phillips in the Goolis Mountains inland of Berbera, N. Somaliland. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)18: 178–189. Reference page.

1897

Pocock, R.I. 1897. On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 65(3): 724-774. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1897a. Spinnen (Araneae). In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.) Ergebnisse einer zoologische Forschungsreise in dem Molukken und Borneo. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 591-629. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1897b. On some trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae from South and West Australia, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)19: 109–116. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1897c. Descriptions of two new species of scorpions from East Africa. Annals and magazine of natural history (6)19: 116–119. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1897. Descriptions of some new species of scorpions from India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 11: 102–117. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1897 On the genera and species of tropical African Arachnida of the order Solifugae, with notes upon the taxonomy and habits of the group. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 20: 249–272. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1893a.Description of some new Oriental Opiliones recently received by the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)19(111): 283–292.

1898

Pocock, R.I. 1898. On the Arachnida taken in the Transvaal and in Nyasaland by Mr W. L. Distant and Dr Percy Rendall. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1: 308–321. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898a. Scorpions, Pedipalpi and spiders from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1: 457–475. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898b. The Arachnida from the province of Natal, South Africa, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2: 197–226. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898c. Descriptions of three new species of spiders of the genus Selenops. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2: 348-351. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898d. The Arachnida from the regions of Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2: 429-448. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898. Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr Willey in the Loyalty Islands, New Britain and elsewhere. In Willey, A. (ed.). Zoological Results Based on Material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Collected During the Years 1895, 1896 and 1897 (Part 1). Cambridge University Press. Pp. 59–74. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898. List of the Arachnida and "Myriopoda" obtained in Funafuti by Prof. W. J. Sollas and Mr. Stanley Gardiner, and in Rotuma by Mr. Stanley Gardiner. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1: 321–329. DOI: 10.1080/00222939808677979 . Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898g. Descriptions of some new scorpions from Central and South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1: 384-394. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1898. Description of a new marine spider from South Africa collected by the Rev. N. Abraham, and presented to the Derby Museum. Bull. Liverpool Mus. 1: 75–78.
Pocock, R.I. 1898. On the scorpions, spiders and solpugas collected by Mr C. Stuart Betton in British East- Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 497–524.
Pocock, R.I. 1898. Spiders and pitcher plants. Nature 58: 274–275.

1899

Pocock, R.I. 1899. The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3: 82-96. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899a. Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12: 744-753. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899b. Scorpions and spiders. In: Fitzgerald, E.A. (ed.) The highest Andes Methuen and Co., London: 356–360. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899c. On the scorpions, pedipalps and spiders from tropical West-Africa, represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899: 833–885. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899d. A new stridulating theraphosid spider from South America. Annals and magazine of natural history (7)3: 347–349. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899e. Descriptions of one new genus and four new species of spiders, collected in the island of Abd-el-Kuri and Sokotra. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2: 7–9, 40-42. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899f. Scorpions, Pedipalpi and spiders collected by Dr Willey in New Britain, the Solomon Islands, Loyalty Islands, etc... In Willey (ed.), Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere. London, 1: 95–120. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1899g. Chilopoda and Arachnida. In Günther, R. T., Contribution to the natural history of Lake Urmi, N. W. Persia, and its neighbourhood. Journal of The Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 399–406. Reference page.

1900

Pocock, R.I. 1900. Some new Arachnida from Cape Colony. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)6: 316-333. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900a. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. 1–279. London, Taylor and Francis. BHL [=Version 1] BHL [=Version 2] Scorpionfiles Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900b. Some new or little-known Thelyphonidae and Solifuga. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(27): 294-306. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900c. On a collection of insects and arachnids made in 1895 and 1897 by Mr. C. A. V. Peel, F. Z. S. in Somaliland, with descriptions of new species. 9. Chilopoda and Arachnida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 48–55. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900d. On a collection of insects and arachnids made in 1895 and 1897 by Mr. C. V. A. Peel, F. Z. S. in Somaliland, with descriptions of new species. 10. General list of the scorpions of Somaliland and the Boran Country. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900: 55–63. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Arachnida. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. London: W. T. Blandford, xii, 279 pp. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Some new or little-known neotropical scorpions in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5: 469–478. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Chilopoda, Diplopoda and Arachnida. In Andrews, C. W. (ed.), A monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). London, pp. 153–162.
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Great Indian spiders. The genus Poecilotheria: its habits, history and species. Jour. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 121–133 (reprint of 1899a).
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Myriopoda and Arachnida. In Report on a collection made by MM. F. V. McConnell and J. J. Quelch at Mount Roraima in British Guiana. Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.) (2) 8: 64–71.
Pocock, R.I. 1900. Some new African theraphosoid spiders in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)6: 489–494.

1901

Pocock, R.I. 1901. Some new and old genera of South American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8: 540-555. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1901a. On some new trap-door spiders from China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 70(2): 207-215, Pl. XXI. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08540.x. . Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1901b. Descriptions of some new African Arachnida. Annals and magazine of natural history (7)7: 284–288. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1901c. Diagnoses of some new species of spiders from Mashonaland. Annals and magazine of natural history (7)7: 337–340. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1901d. Descriptions of some new species of spiders from British India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13: 478-498. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1901. Some new genera and species of lithobiomorphous Chilopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 7) 8: 448–451. BHL Reference page.

1902

Pocock, R.I. 1902. A new and annectant type of chilopod. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 45: 417–448. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902h. A contribution to the systematics of the Pedipalpi. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 9(51): 157–165. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678562 Reference page. [Dated March, 1902]
Pocock, R.I. 1902. Descriptions of some new species of African Solifugae and Araneae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 10(55): 6–27. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678627 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902. Some new African spiders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 10(58): 315–330. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678678 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902b. On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Procceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 392–413. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902d. On the marine spiders of the genus Desis, with Description of a New Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 98–106. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902e. Some points in the morphology and classification of the Opiliones. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)10(60): 504–516. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678711 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902f. A contribution to the systematics of Scorpions. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)10(59): 364–381. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678688 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1902g. Arachnida: Scorpiones, Pedipalpi, and Solifugae. In: Godman, F.D. and Salvin, O. (ed.) Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 3: 1–71. BHL Reference page. [Published as four parts, pp. 1-16 in May, 17-32 in Aug, 33-71 in Oct, then [i] in Dec. 1902, See Lyal, 2011]
Pocock, R.I. 1902. Eophrynus and allied Carboniferous Arachnida. Geological Magazine 9: 487–493.

1903

Pocock, R.I. 1903. On some genera and species of South American Aviculariidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (7)11: 81–115. BHL DOI: 10.1080/00222930308678729 Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903a. Arachnida. In: Forbes, H. O. (ed.) The Natural History of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Special Bulletin of the Liverpool Museum: 175-208. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903b. Some new spiders from the camaroons collected by Mr G. L. Bates. Annals and magazine of natural history (7)11: 258–264. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903c. Fifteen new species and two new genera of tropical southern Opiliones. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (7)11: 433-450. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903. On some new harvest-spiders of the order Opiliones from the southern continents. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 392–413. BHL . Reference page. [1903d, Issued April 1903]
Pocock, R.I. 1903e. Descriptions of four new Arachnida of the orders Pedipalpi, Solifugae and Araneae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11: 220–226. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903f. Some Arachnida collected by Mr G. W. Bury in Yemen. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11: 214–220. Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1903. On a new species of marine spider of the genus Desis from Zanzibar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903(2): 389–392.
Pocock, R.I. 1903. The systematic position of the genus Hadrotarsus, Thorell. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)11: 619–621.
Pocock, R.I. & Rothschild, N.C. 1903. On a new bird's-dung spider from Ceylon. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1903(1): 48–51. BHL
Pocock, R.I. 1903. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 41–56. BHL

1904

Pocock, R.I., 1904. Arachnida. In Fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. London 2: 797–805. Reference page.

1907

Pocock, R.I. 1907. On English Domestic Cats. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 143–168. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1907.tb01807.x BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. Notes upon some African Species of the Genus Felis, based upon specimens recently exhibited in the Society's Gardens. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 656–677. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1907.tb06950.x BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. A Monographic Revision of the Monkeys of the Genus Cercopithecus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 77(3): 677–746. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1907.tb06951.x BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. Ticks. (Pp. 187-203). In: A system of medicine by many writers. Allbutt, T.C. & Rolleston, H.R. (Eds). Vol. 2, part 2. Macmillan and Co., London.
Pocock, R.I. 1907. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 57–72. BHL

1908

Pocock, R.I. 1908. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 73–88. BHL

1909

Pocock, R.I. 1909. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 89–104. BHL Reference page. [April]
Pocock, R.I. 1909. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 105–152. BHL Reference page. [October]
Pocock, R.I. 1909. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 153–200. BHL Reference page. [December]

1910

Pocock, R.I. 1910. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 201–217. BHL
Pocock, R.I. 1910. On the specialized cutaneous glands of ruminants. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. pg. 885. BHL Reference page.

1911

Pocock, R.I. 1911. A monograph of the terrestrial Carboniferous Arachnida of Great Britain. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, London 64, 1–84 + pl. 1–3..

1915

Pocock, R.I. 1915. On the Feet and Glands and other External Characters of the Viverrinae, with the description of a New Genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 85(1): 131–149. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1915.00131.x BHL Reference page.

1917

Pocock, R.I. 1917. The Classification of existing Felidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8. 20(119): 329–350. BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1917. On the Species of the Mascarene Viverrid Galidictis, with the Description of a new Genus and a Note on "Galidia elegans." Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 8. 16(92): 113–124. BHL Reference page.

1918

Pocock, R.I. 1918. On the External Characters of the Lemurs and of Tarsius. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 88(2): 19–53. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1918.tb02076.x BHL Reference page.
Pocock, R.I. 1918. On some External Characters of Ruminant Artiodactyla. — Part II. The Antilopinæ, Rupicaprinæ, and Caprinæ, with a Note on the Penis of the Cephalophinæ and Neotraginæ. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9) 2: 125–144 BHL Reference page.

1939

Pocock, R.I. 1939. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia I: Primates and Carnivora (in part), families Felidae and Viverridae. PDF Reference page.

1941

Pocock, R.I. 1941. The fauna of British India. Mammalia II. London: Taylor and Francis. PDF Reference page.

1951

Pocock, R.I. 1951. Catalogue of the genus Felis. British Museum (Natural History): London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.128853 BHL Reference page.