William Kirby

William Kirby

William Kirby (1759–1850), English entomologist.

Eponimi

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• 2 eponyms of William Kirby

Taxon names authored (en)

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• 68 taxon names authored by William Kirby

Pubblicazioni

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1798

• Kirby, W. 1798. Ammophila, a new Genus of Insects in the Class Hymenoptera including the Sphex fabulofa of Linnæus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 195–212. BHL Reference page. 

1802

• Kirby, W. 1802. Monographia apum Angliæ; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations... Vol. I. pp. i–xxii, 1–258, Tab. 1–14. Ipswich. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.10346 BHL
• Kirby, W. 1802. Monographia apum Angliæ; or, an attempt to divide into their natural genera and families, such species of the Linnean genus Apis as have been discovered in England: with descriptions and observations... Vol. II. pp. 1–388, Tab. 15–18. Ipswich. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.10346 BHL

1813

• Kirby, W. 1813. Strepsiptera, a new order of insects proposed; and the characters of the order, with those of its genera, laid down. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11(1): 86–123. BHL.

1815

• Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1815. An Introduction to entomology: or, Elements of natural history of insects comprising an account of noxious and useful insects, of their metamorphoses, food, strategens, habitations, societies, motions, noises: with plates. Volume I. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, xxiii + 1 + 512 pp., 3 pls. Google Books. Reference page. 

1819

• Kirby, W. 1819. A century of insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(2): 375–453. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. 1819. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12(2): 454–482. BHL. Reference page. 

1825

• Kirby, W. 1825 [1823]. A description of some insects which appear to exemplify Mr. William S. MacLeay's doctrine of affinity and analogy. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14: 93–110, Pl. 3. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. 1825. A description of such genera and species of insects, as alluded to in the "Introduction to Entomology" of Messrs. Kirby and Spence, as appear not to have been before sufficiently noticed or described. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(3): 563–572. BHL Reference page. 

1827

• Kirby, W. 1827. A description of some new genera and species of petalocerous Coleoptera. The Zoological Journal 3(10): 145–158. BHL Reference page. 

1828

• Kirby, W. 1828. A description of some coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.L.S. The Zoological Journal 3(12): 520–525. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828. An Introduction to Entomology: or, Elements of the natural history of insects. Vol. III. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, U.K. 719 pp. Archive Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. & Spence, W. 1828. An Introduction to Entomology: or, Elements of the natural history of insects. Vol. IV. Fifth Edition. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, U.K. 681 pp. BHL Reference page. 

1830

• Kirby, W. 1830. The characters of Clinidium, a new genus of insects in the order Coleoptera, with a description of Clinidium Guildingii. The Zoological Journal 5(17): 6–9. BHL Reference page. 

1834

• Kirby, W. 1834. Centurie d'insectes, contenant plusieurs genres nouveaux décrits dans sa collection. Chez Lequien fils, Paris. Gallica. Reference page. 

1837

• Kirby, W. 1837. The insects. In: Richardson J. (Ed.), Fauna boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, RN. Part 4. J. Fletcher, Norwich; 325 + [2] pp., 8 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. in Hope, F.W. 1837. The coleopterist's manual, containing the lamellicorn insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Vol. 1. London: H.G. Bohn. xiii + 121 pp, 4 pls. Internet Archive BHL