Beverley Anne Holloway (born October 1931) is a New Zealand

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. Holloway is a preeminent lucanid systematist and was awarded the New Zealand Commemoration Medal in 1990 for services to New Zealand as a scientist. She has also been elected a Fellow of the

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Biography

Holloway was born in

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in October 1931. She was educated at Stokes Valley School and

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before completing a Bachelor of Science degree in 1952 at

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. After graduating, Holloway worked as an assistant entomologist at the

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. She continued to undertake part-time study at the Victoria until 1954 when she completed a master's degree with first-class honours in zoology. Holloway was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1955 and as a result spent three years at the

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Biological Laboratory. While there she completed a PhD in biology, which was awarded to her in 1959. Upon returning to New Zealand, Holloway was appointed to the position of entomologist at the Dominion Museum. In 1962, Holloway moved to

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to join the entomology division of the

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. In 1963, Holloway married Guillermo Kuschel, a fellow entomologist. From 1963 to 1973, Holloway undertook the full-time parenting of the couple's three children. In 1974, Holloway was employed to work on

diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

at the systematics section of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in

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. In 1981, she again began researching

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

and in particular researched

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for a scientific publication. In 1990, Holloway's services to New Zealand as a scientist was recognised when she was awarded the New Zealand Commemoration Medal. Although she retired in 1991, Holloway continues her research. In 2009, she was awarded the Fellowship of the

recognising her outstanding contribution to entomology. Holloway is considered a preeminent lucanid systematist. Many of the specimens she has collected are held at the

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and at the

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Species named in Holloway's honour

Holloway has several species named in her honour. These are * '' Allograpta hollowayae'' * '' Androporus hollowayae'' * '' Austropsocus hollowayae'' * '' Fannia hollowayae'' * '' Kuschelysius hollowayae'' * '' Omanuperla hollowayae'' * '' Perroudius hollowayae'' * '' Plectophanes hollowayae'' * '' Pounamuella hollowayae''

References

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