William L. Brown, Jr.

William L. Brown, Jr. (1922–1997), U.S. entomologist.

• Department of Entomology Cornell University Comstock Hall Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 13 taxon names authored by William L. Brown, Jr.

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1949

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1948. A Preliminary Generic Revision of the Higher Dacetini. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 74(2): 101–129. Full text Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1949. A new American Amblyopone, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 56: 81–88. Reference page. 

1950

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1950. Preliminary description of seven new species of the dacetine ant genus Smithistruma Brown. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 76: 37–45. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1950. Morphological, taxonomic and other notes on ants. Wasmann Journal of Biology 8: 241–250. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. & Nutting, W.L. 1950. Wing venation and the phylogeny of the Formicidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75: 113–132. Reference page. 

1952

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1952. Revision of the ant genus Serrastruma. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 107: 67–86. Reference page. 

1953

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1953. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part 1. Breviora 11: 1–13. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1953. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part 2. Breviora 18: 1–8. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1953. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. American Midland Naturalist 50: 1–137. Reference page. 

1954

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1954. The ant genus Strumigenys F. Smith in the Ethiopian and Malagasy Regions. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 112: 1–34. Reference page. 

1955

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1955: The first social parasite in the ant tribe Dacetini. Insectes sociaux, 2(3): 181–186. DOI: 10.1007/BF02224379 Reference page. 

1957

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1957. The relationship of two African Tetramorium species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 63: 75. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1957. The synonymy and relationships of the ant Pseudolasius bayoni Menozzi. Psyche 63: 146. Reference page. 

1958

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1958: A review of the ants of New Zealand (Hymenoptera). Acta hymenopterologica, 1(1): 1–50. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1958. Contributions towards a reclassification of the Formicidae. 2. Tribe Ectatommini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 175–362. Reference page. 

1959

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1959. Some new species of dacetine ants. Breviora 108: 1–11. Reference page. 

1960

• Brown, W.L. Jr 1960: Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 122(4): 143–230. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1960. A new African ant of the genus Strumigenys, tribe Dacetini. Entomological news 71: 206. Reference page. 

1962

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1962. A new ant of the genus Epitritus from south of the Sahara. Psyche 69: 77–80. Reference page. 

1963

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1963. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part 3. Some members of the tribe Ponerinae. Breviora 190: 1–10. Reference page. 

1964

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1964. The ant genus Smithistruma: a first supplement to the world revision (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 89: 183–200. Reference page. 

1971

• Brown, W.L., Jr., Gotwald, W.H., Jr. & Lévieux, J. 1971. A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes. Psyche 77: 259–275. Reference page. 

1973

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1973. A new species of Miccostruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from West Africa, with notes on the genus. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 46: 32–35. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1973. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant communities. pp. 161–185 in Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (Eds), Tropical Forest Ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review, Washington, D.C. Reference page. 

1974

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1974. Concoctio genus nov., Concoctio concenta species nov. Pilot Register of Zoology cards nos. 29 and 30. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1974. Dolioponera genus nov. Dolioponera fustigera species nov. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae. Pilot Register of Zoology cards no. 31 & 32. Reference page. 

1975

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1975. Contributions towards a reclassification of the Formicidae. 5. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini and Aenictogitini. Search (Agriculture) 5: 1–115. Reference page. 

1976

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1976. Contributions towards a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI: Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A: Introduction, subtribal characters, genus Odontomachus. Studia Entomologica (NS) 19: 67–171. Reference page. 
• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1976. Cladarogenys genus nov., Cladarogenys lasia species nov. Pilot Register of Zoology cards nos. 33 and 34. Reference page. 

1978

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1978. Contributions towards a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI: Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B: Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Entomologica (NS) 20: 549–638. Reference page. 

1980

• Brown, W.L., Jr. 1980. A remarkable new species of Proceratium, with dietary and other notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 94: 337–346. Reference page. 

2002

• Bolton, B. & Brown, W.L., Jr. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology series 71(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.1017/S0968045402000019 BHL Reference page.