Orlando Park

Orlando Park (born Oct. 13, 1901, Elizabethtown, Ky., U.S.—died Sept. 23, 1969, Evanston, Ill.), American entomologist.

Specialized on Pselaphinae – short-winged, mold beetles that commonly live in ant nests (Coleoptera).

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Park, O. 1929. Taxonomic Studies in Coleoptera, with Notes upon Certain Species of Beetles in the Chicago Area, I. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 37(4): 429–436. JSTOR Reference page.

Park, O. 1942. A study in Neotropical Pselaphidae. Northwestern University Studies in the Biological Sciences and Medicine. Number 1. Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. X + 403 pp., 21 pls.

Park, O. 1943. A preliminary study of the Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 7: 171–226.

Park, O. 1945. A preliminary study of the Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) of the Guianas. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 7: 277–327.
Park, O. 1945. Further studies in Pselaphidae (Coleoptera) of Mexico and Guatemala. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 7: 331–443.

Park, O. 1949. The genus Connodontus (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 8: 251–265.
Park, O. 1949. New species of Nearctic pselaphid beetles and a revision of the genus Cedius. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 8: 315–343, pls. 1–8.

Park, O. 1951. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of Alabama and Tennessee, with observations on the taxonomy of the family. Geological Survey of Alabama Museum Paper 31: 1–107.

Park, O. 1952: Pselaphidae of Oceania, with special reference to the Fiji Islands. Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin 207: iii + 60 pp. Reference page.
Park, O. 1952. A revisional study of Neotropical pselaphid beetles. Part two. Tribe Euplectini sensu latiore. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Special Publication 9(2): 53–150 [incl. 7 pls.].

Park, O. 1953. New or little known pselaphid beetles of the United States, with observations on taxonomy and evolution of the family Pselaphidae. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 9(14): 249–283.
Park, O. 1953. Discrimination of genera of pselaphid beetles of the United States. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 9: 299–331.
Park, O. 1953. A new genus of pselaphid beetles from the Everglades. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea No. 121, 4 pp.

Park, O. 1954. The Pselaphidae of South Bimini Island, Bahamas, British West Indies (Coleoptera). American Museum novitates 1674: 1–25.
Park, O. 1954. A new genus of pselaphid beetles from the Antilles. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea No. 138, 4 pp.

Park, O. 1955. Contribution to the pselaphid beetle fauna of Jamaica. Bulletin of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 10: 101–122.
Park & Schuster 1955. A new subtribe of pselaphid beetles from California. Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea No. 148, 6 pp.

Park, O. 1956. New or little known species of pselaphid beetles from southeastern United States. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 31: 54–100.

Park, O. 1960. Pselaphid beetles of Jamaica. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 79: 5–25.
Park, O. 1960. Cavernicolous pselaphid beetles of the United States. American midland naturalist 64: 66–104.

Park, O. & Pearce, E.J. 1962. Simkinion, a new genus of pselaphid beetles from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 251–258. BHL Reference page.
Park, O. & Wagner, J.A. 1962. Family Pselaphidae, pp. 4–31, pls. 1–10. In: M. H. Hatch, The Beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part III: Pselaphidae and Diversicornia I. University of Washington Publications in Biology 16: ix + 503 pp.

Park, O. 1964. Insects of Campbell Island. Coleoptera: Pselaphidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 7: 391–394. Full article on BUGZ Reference page.

Park, O. 1965. Revision of the genus Batriasymmodes (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 84: 184–201.

Park, O. [new taxa] In: Park, O., Wagner, J.A. & Sanderson, M.W. 1976. Review of the Pselaphid Beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Pselaphidae). Fieldiana: Zoology 68: i–xi, 1–90.