Gilbert John Arrow (20 December 1873

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- 5 October 1948) was an English

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 ...

. Gilbert was the son of John Garner Arrow of Streatham, London. He initially trained as an architect but took an interest in insects from 1896 during which time he was a Deputy Keeper on the staff of the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

from 1896 until 1938. He worked mainly on the

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 noted

stridulation Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

in the larvae and adults of Lamellicorn beetles.Rao, BR Subba (1998) History of entomology in India. Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore.

Works

In ''

The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma ''The Fauna of British India'' (short title) with long titles including ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma'', and ''The Fauna of British India Including the Remainder of the Oriental Region'' is a series of scientific books th ...

'', published by the British government in India, he contributed: *Lamellicornia 1. Cetoniinae and Dynastinae (1910) *Lamellicornia 2. Rutelinae, Desmonycinae, Euchirinae (1917) *Clavicornia : Erotylidae, Languriidae & Endomychidae (1925) *Lamellicornia 3. Coprinae (1931) Other (partial list) *Sound-production in the lamellicorn beetles. ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' (1904) *On the characters and relationships of the less-known groups of Lamellicorn Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species of Hybosorinae, etc. ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 57: 479-507.(1909) *Scarabaeidae: Pachypodinae, Pleocominae,

Aclopinae Aclopinae is a subfamily of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily an ...

, Glaphyrinae, Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Idiostominae, Hybosorinae, Dynamopinae, Acanthocerinae, Troginae. ''Coleopterorum Catalogus'' pars 43, W. Junk, Berlin. 66 pp.(1912) *A nomenclatural note (Coleopt.) ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London'' (B) 9(1): 16. (1940).

Notes

Sources

* Blair 1948: rrow, G. J.- Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 84

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1873 births 1948 deaths Employees of the Natural History Museum, London English coleopterists People from Streatham {{UK-entomologist-stub