Ernest Edward Austen DSO (1867 in

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– 16 January 1938) was an

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specialising in

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 ...

and

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. His collection of Amazonian and Sierra Leonian insects is in the

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, London. He wrote ''Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies'' (1906) illustrated by Amedeo John Engel Terzi. Austen was a frequent correspondent of Ethel Katharine Pearce, dipterologist, daughter of

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and granddaughter of

Charles Henry Blake Charles Henry Blake (1794–1872) was a British indigo planter and industrialist in India, who became a property developer and railway company director in London. Early life He was the son of Benjamin Blake, a sea captain turned indigo planter in ...

Patronymic taxa

Taxa named for Austen include: * ''

Glossina Tsetse ( , or ) (sometimes spelled tzetze; also known as tik-tik flies), are large, biting flies that inhabit much of tropical Africa. Tsetse flies include all the species in the genus ''Glossina'', which are placed in their own family, Glos ...

austeni''

References

*Blair, K. G. 1938: usten, E. E.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 74 42-43 Obit.

External links

Internet Archive
''Report of the Malaria Expedition of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine'' (1902)
Internet Archive
''Illustrations of British Blood-Sucking Flies'' (1906)
Internet Archive
''Illustrations of African blood-sucking flies other than mosquitoes and tsetse-flies'' (1909)
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''A Handbook of the Tsetse-Files'' (1909) Entomologists from London Hymenopterists Dipterists 1867 births 1938 deaths Companions of the Distinguished Service Order {{UK-entomologist-stub