James Edward Collin (16 March 1876,

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– 16 September 1968) was an

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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 ...

who specialised 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 ...

. He was the author of ''Empididae''. ''British Flies'', Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge (1961). This was the third volume in an uncompleted series begun by his uncle

George Henry Verrall George Henry Verrall (7 February 1848 – 16 September 1911) was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician. Horse racing Verrall was born in Lewes, Sussex. Following education at ...

. Collin wrote extensively on Diptera of most

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of Diptera (excepting those in

Nematocera The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "sh ...

). The specimens collected by Collin and his uncle Verrall are in the

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at the University of Oxford. The OUM website provides a searchable database of the new species they described. He was a Fellow of the

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and its president 1927–1928.

References

*Chvála, M. 1970 ollin, J. E. ''Entomologist'' 103 144–146. *Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 ''Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930)''. Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z).Leiden, Backhuys Publishers. *Smith, K. G. V. 1968: ollin, J. E.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 104 145–148. *Smith, K. G. V. & Morge, G. 1970 ollin, J. E.''Beitr. Ent''. 20 202–203.

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