George Arnold

George Arnold (1881–1962), entomologist.

• Entomologist, specialising in taxonomy of aculeate Hymenoptera (particularly ants, sphecid wasps and pompilid wasps). Worked for many years at the museum in Bulawayo in what was then Rhodesia.
• Born in Hong Kong in 1881. He was educated partly in Germany and France and was a good linguist. From the Royal College of Science he was appointed to the Department of Cytology and Cancer Research at Liverpool and worked on Hymenoptera as a hobby. In 1911 he became Curator, and later Director, of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, Bulawayo. There he specialised in Aculeate Hymenoptera and published a long and valuable series of taxonomic papers, the last of which was only in proof at the time of his death. (Varley, 1963).

Eponyms

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• 3 eponyms of George Arnold

Taxon names authored

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• 7 taxon names authored by George Arnold

Publications

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1914

• Arnold, G. 1914. Nest-changing migrations of two species of ants. Proceedings of the Rhodesia Scientific Association, 13: 25–32.

1915

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 1]. Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 1–158.

1916

• Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 2]. Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 159–270.

1917

• Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 3]. Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 271–402.

1920

• Arnold, G. 1920. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 4]. Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 403–578.

1922

• Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 5]. Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 579–674.
• Arnold, G. 1922. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part I. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 9: 101–138. PDF

1923

• Arnold, G. 1923. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part II. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 9: 143–190, pl. V. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1923. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part III. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 9: 191–253. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1923. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 10: 1–58. PDF

1924

• Arnold, G. 1924. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part V. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 1–73, pl. I–II. PDF Reference page. 
• Arnold, G. 1924. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. [Part 6, conclusion.] Annals of the South African Museum, 14: 675–766.

1925

• Arnold, G. 1925. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 137–175. PDF

1926

• Arnold, G. 1926. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 11: 338–376. Access Reference page. 
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum, 23: 191–295.

1927

• Arnold, G. 1927. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VIII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 55–131. PDF Reference page. 

1928

• Arnold, G. 1928. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part IX. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 191–232, pl. VIII. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1928. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part X. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 233–279, pls. IX–XI. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1928. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 12: 338–375. PDF

1929

• Arnold, G. 1929. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 217–319. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1929. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XIII. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 320–380, pl. VI. PDF 57
• Arnold, G. 1929. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XIV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13: 381–418, pls. VII–VIII. PDF

1931

• Arnold, G. 1931. The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part XV (conclusion). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14: 135–220. PDF

1944

• Arnold, G. 1944. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 5. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(11): 1–38.

1945

• Arnold, G. 1945. The Sphecidae of Madagascar. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 193 pp. Access Reference page. 

1946

• Arnold, G. 1946. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 6. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(12): 49–97.

1947

• Arnold, G. 1947. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 7. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(13): 131–167.

1948

• Arnold, G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(14): 213–250.

1949

• Arnold, G. 1949. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 9. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(15): 261–275.

1951

• Arnold, G. 1951. Sphecidae and Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Mr. K.M. Guichard in West Africa and Ethiopia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 2: 95–183. PDF Reference page. 
• Arnold, G. 1951. The genus Hagensia Forel (Formicidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, 14: 53–56. PDF

1952

• Arnold, G. 1952. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 10. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(17): 460–493.
• Arnold, G. 1952. The genus Terataner Emery (Formicidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, 15: 129–131. PDF

1953

• Arnold, G. 1953. Notes on a female Dorylus (Anomma) Nigricans Ill. taken with workers. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa, 16: 141–142.PDF

1954

• Arnold, G. 1954. New Formicidae from Kenya and Uganda. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge (n.s. 4o) Zoologie, 1: 291–295.

1955

• Arnold, G. 1955. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 11. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 2(20): 733–762.

1956

• Arnold, G. 1956. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 12. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 21B: 52–77.

1958

• Arnold, G. 1958. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 13. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 22B: 119–143.

1959

• Arnold, G. 1959. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 14. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 23B: 316–339.

1960

• Arnold, G. 1960. Aculeate Hymenoptera from the Drakensberg Mountains, Natal. Annals of the Natal Museum, 15: 79–87.
• Arnold, G. 1960. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 15. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 24B: 452–488.

1962

• Arnold, G. 1962. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 16. Occasional Papers: National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, 26B: 844–855.