Harold Oldroyd

Harold Oldroyd (1913–1978), British entomologist. Oldroyd specialized in the biology of flies (Diptera), and wrote many books, especially popular science that helped entomology to reach a broader public.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 8 taxon names authored by Harold Oldroyd

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1940

• Oldroyd, H. 1940. The Genus Hoplistomerus Macquart (diptera: Asilidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 90(9): 307–318. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1940.tb01038.x Reference page. 

1955

• Oldroyd, H. 1955. [The Diptera of Auckland and Campbell Islands. Part 4.] A wingless dolichopodid (Diptera) from Campbell Island. Records of the Dominion Museum 2(4): 243–246. Full article. Reference page. 

1956

• Oldroyd, H. 1956. A new genus and species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from Malaya. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 25: 210–211. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1956.tb01083.x .

1959

• Oldroyd, H. 1959. Asilidae (Diptera) from Inhaca Island, Moçambique. Boletim da Sociedade de Estudios (da Colónia) de Moçambique 28 (114): 47–49.

1962

• Oldroyd, H. 1962. South African horseflies of the tribe Pangoniini (Diptera: Tabanidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 25: 51–55. [not seen]

1970

• Oldroyd, H. 1970. Studies of African Asilidae (Diptera) I. Asilidae of the Congo Basin. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 24(7): 207–334. BHL Reference page. 

1980

• Oldroyd, H. 1980. Family Asilidae. In: Crosskey, R.W. (ed.) Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British Museum (Natural History) pp. 334–373.

References

• Freeman, P. 1979. Harold Oldroyd 1913–1978. Journal of Natural History 13(1): 1–2. DOI: 10.1080/00222937900770011 .

Links

• ZooBank LSID: C249FF78-3DA1-4E18-A442-37BF54A66EC0