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Colaspis Louisianae
''Colaspis louisianae'' is a species of leaf beetle from North America. It is distributed in Texas and Louisiana in the United States. It is close in appearance to ''Colaspis brunnea''. According to Chapin (1979), ''C. louisianae'' is the most common species of the genus ''Colaspis'' in field crops in Louisiana. References Further reading * Eumolpinae Articles created by Qbugbot Taxa named by Doris Holmes Blake Beetles described in 1974 Beetles of the United States {{Eumolpinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Holmes Blake
Doris Holmes Blake, ''née'' Doris Mildred Holmes (January 11, 1892 – December 3, 1978), was an American entomologist and scientific illustrator. She was an expert on chrysomelidae (leaf beetles). Life Doris Holmes was raised in a middle-class family in Stoughton, Massachusetts. She earned a B.A. from Boston University in 1913 and an M.A. in Zoology and Psychology from Radcliffe College in 1917. While at Boston University she became a member of Alpha Delta Pi.''The Adelphean of Alpha Delta Pi'', Vol. 9, p 137. 1916 article about her working on a degree at Radcliffe after graduating from BU. Also ''Adelphean,'' Vol. 11, p. 263 has the announcement of her marriage to Sidney Fay Blake, Ph.D. Marrying the botanist and plant taxonomist Sidney Fay Blake in 1918, she worked for the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1919 to 1928. From 1928 she worked at the Department of Entomology of the United States National Museum. Forced to resign in 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |