Ian W.B. Thornton

Ian Walter Boothroyd Thornton (1926–2002), British-born Australian entomologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 23 taxon names authored by Ian W.B. Thornton

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1950s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1959. New species of Peripsocus Hagen, 1866 (Corrodentia: Peripsocidae) from Hong Kong Island, with further descriptions of Peripsocus similis Enderlein, 1903 and Peripsocus quercicola Enderlein, 1906. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 28(3–4): 37–48. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1959.tb00127.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1959. A new genus of Philotarsidae (Corrodentia) and new species of this and related families from Hong Kong. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 111(11): 331–349. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1959.tb02273.x Reference page. 

1960s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1962. Note on the genitalia of two New Zealand philotarsids (Insecta: Psocoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science 5: 241–245. BUGZ Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1962. The Peripsocidae (Psocoptera) of Hong Kong. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 114(9): 285–315. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1962.tb01081.x Reference page. 
• Lee, S.S. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1967. The family Pseudocaeciliidae (Psocoptera) - a reappraisal based on the discovery of new Oriental and Pacific species. Pacific Insects Monograph 16: 1–116. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Wong, S.-K. 1968. The peripsocid fauna (Psocoptera) of the Oriental Region and the Pacific. Pacific Insects Monograph 19: 1–158. PDF. Reference page. 

1970s

• Thornton, I.W.B., Lee, S.S. & Chui, W.D. 1972. Insects of Micronesia: Psocoptera. Insects of Micronesia 8(4): 45–144. PDF. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Woo, A.K.T. 1973. Psocoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Insects 15(1): 1-58. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Smithers, C.N. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1974. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Norfolk Island. Records of the Australian Museum 29(8): 209–234. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1974.351 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C.N. 1974. The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Caledonia. Pacific Insects 16(2): 177–243. full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Smithers, C.N. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1975. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Lord Howe Island. Records of the Australian Museum 29(16): 453-472. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1975.386 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B., Wong, S.K. & Smithers, C.N. 1977. The Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Zealand and islands of the New Zealand Plateau. Pacific Insects 17(2-3): 197–228. PDF. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & New, T.R. 1977. The Philotarsidae (Insecta: Psocoptera) of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series 25(54): 1–62. DOI: 10.1071/AJZS054 Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C.N. 1977. Philotarsidae (Psocoptera) of New Guinea. Pacific Insects 17(4): 419–450. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1980s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1981. Psocoptera of the Tongan Archipelago. Pacific Insects Monograph 37: 106–135. PDF Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1981. The systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the psocopteran family Philotarsidae. Systematic Entomology 6(4): 413–452. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00050.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1984. Psocoptera and Wallace's line: collections from the islands of Bali and Lombok. Treubia 29(2): 83–177. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1984. An unusual psocopteran from New Guinea and its relationships within the Philotarsidae. International Journal of Entomology 26(4): 378–385. Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. & Smithers, C.N. 1984. Systematics of the Calopsocidae, an oriental and melanesian family of Psocoptera. Systematic Entomology 9(2): 183–244. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00513.x Reference page. 
• Thornton, I.W.B. 1989. Psocoptera (Insecta) of the Island of Moorea, French Polynesia, and comparisons with other Pacific island faunas. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série - Section A - Zoologie 11(4): 783–828. Reference page. 
• Vaughan, P.J., Thornton, I.W.B. & New, T.R. 1989. The Psocoptera of the Krakatau Islands, Indonesia. Treubia 30: 1–93. Reference page. 

1990s

• Thornton, I.W.B. 1991. Replacement name for Aaroniella badonelli Thornton (Psocoptera, Philotarsidae). Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A) 13(3-4): 483. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Vaughan, P.J., Thornton, I.W.B. & New, T.R. 1991. Psocoptera from southern Sumatra and West Java, Indonesia: source faunas for colonisation of the Krakatau Islands. Treubia 30(2): 103–164. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, E.R. & Thornton, I.W.B. 1992. The Psocoptera (Insecta) of Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 137–220. BHL Reference page. 

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