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Balanophorus Janthinipennis
''Balanophorus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae. Species: The genus was first described by William John Macleay in 1872. *''Balanophorus ater'' *''Balanophorus biplagiatus'' *''Balanophorus brevipennis'' *''Balanophorus concinnus'' *''Balanophorus inaequalis ''Balanophorus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Melyridae. Species: The genus was first described by William John Macleay in 1872. *''Balanophorus ater'' *''Balanophorus biplagiatus'' *''Balanophorus brevipennis'' *''Balanopho ...'' *'' Balanophorus janthinipennis'' *'' Balanophorus macleayi'' *'' Balanophorus mastersii'' *'' Balanophorus megalops'' *'' Balanophorus notaticollis'' *'' Balanophorus pictus'' *'' Balanophorus scapulatus'' *'' Balanophorus victoriensis'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q107031550 Melyridae Cleroidea genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Macleay
Sir William John Macleay (13 June 1820 – 7 December 1891) was a Scottish-Australian politician, Natural history, naturalist, zoologist, and Herpetology, herpetologist. Early life Macleay was born at Wick, Highland, Wick, Caithness, Scotland, second son of Kenneth Macleay of Keiss and his wife Barbara, ''née'' Horne. Macleay was educated at the Edinburgh Academy 1834–36 and then to studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; but when he was 18 years old his widowed mother died, and he decided to go to Australia with his cousin, William Sharp MacLeay. They arrived at Sydney in March 1839 on HMS Royal George (1827), HMS ''Royal George''. William Macleay took up land at first near Goulburn, New South Wales, Goulburn, and afterwards on the Murrumbidgee River. He is noted as the last of the naturalists in a family active in this field; his uncle was Alexander Macleay, Colonial Secretary of New South Wales from 1826 to 1836, and a member and fellow of societies concerned wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |