John Charles Watt

John Charles Watt, Ph.D. (1936–2006), New Zealand entomologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 6 taxon names authored by John Charles Watt

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1956

• Watt, J.C. 1956. Coleoptera from Great Barrier Island and Mayor Island. Tane 7: 58–63. PDF Reference page. 

1960

• Watt, J.C. 1960: Coleoptera and the nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida). Tane 8: 87-90. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1960: The Auckland species of Ctenognathus Fairemaire (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Tane 8: 91-94. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1962

• Watt, J.C. 1962: Coleoptera from Hen Island (Taranga), Northland, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5(5&6): 255-269. BUGZ Reference page. 

1968

• Watt, J.C. 1968. Grades, Clades, Phenetics, and Phylogeny. Systematic Biology 17(3): 350–353. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/17.3.350 Reference page. 

1969

• Watt, J.C. 1969. Keys to genera and some species of New Zealand Lathridiidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 4(2): 49–67. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1969.9722907 Reference page. 

1971

• Watt, J.C. 1971. Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Byrrhidae, Ptinidae, Tenebrionidae. Pacific Insects Monograph 27: 193–224. PDF. Reference page. 

1975

• Watt, J.C. 1975(1974). A revised subfamily classification of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 1(4): 381–452. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1974.9517846 Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1975. Notes on priority of family-group names in Coleoptera. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(1): 31–34. BHL.

1976

• Crosby, T.K., Dugdale, J.S. & Watt, J.C. 1976. Recording specimen localities in New Zealand: An arbitrary system of areas and codes defined. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 3(1): 69, map. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1976.9517903 Reference page. 

1977

• Watt, J.C. 1977. Conservation and type localities of New Zealand Coleoptera, and notes on collectors 1770–1920. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(1): 79–91. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1977.10419338 .

1979

• Watt, J.C. 1979. Abbreviations for entomological collections. New Zealand journal of zoology 6: 519–520.
• Watt, J.C. 1979: A record of Mecodema atrox (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Weta 3(1): 7. BUGZ Reference page. 
• Waller, J.B. & Watt, J.C. 1979. A record of Reesa vespulae (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 7(1): 51. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1979.9722330 . Reference page. 

1982

• Watt, J.C. 1982: Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 12(3): 283-320. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350 Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1982. 1981 Presidential address: New Zealand beetles. New Zealand Entomologist 7(3): 213-221. PDF

1983

• Watt, J.C. 1983. The huhu Prionoplus reticularis (Cerambycidae) and other Coleoptera in Acacia. New Zealand Entomologist 7(4): 364–365. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1983.9722425 . Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1983: Beetles (Coleoptera) of Auckland. Tane 29: 31-50. full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1984

• Gnanasunderam, C., Young, H. & Watt, J.C. 1984. Defensive secretions of New Zealand tenebrionids - the genus Menimus. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 12(4): 407–410. DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(84)90072-3 Reference page. 
• Watt, J.C. 1984. A review of some New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 8: 4–24. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1984.9722456 . Reference page. 

1987

• Watt, J.C. 1987. The family and subfamily classification and New Zealand genera of Pythidae and Scraptiidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 12(1): 111–136. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00552.x Reference page. 
• Craw, R.C. & Watt, J.C. 1987. An Upper Cretaceous beetle (Coleoptera) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17(4): 395–398. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1987.10426480

1988

• Watt, J.C. 1988: A revision of the genus Mimopeus (Tenebrionidae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 25: 95-146. Reference page. 

1989

• Watt, J.C. 1989. The identity of two Fabrician species of Amarygmini (Coleoptera. Tenebrionidae) from Australia with a key to species groups and some species of Chalcopteroides Strand. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28(2): 115–123. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1989.tb01207.x PDF
• Watt, J.C. 1989: A revision of the genus Mimopeus (Tenebrionidae). Part II. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 26: 39-81. Reference page. 

1992

• Watt, J.C. 1992. Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue of types and keys to taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, 26. 70 pp. ISBN 0-477-02639-7. Online. Reference page. 

1993

• Watt, J.C. 1993: Menimus crosbyi, a new name for M. clarkei Watt, 1992 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 30: 47. Reference page. 

1997

• Klimaszewski, J. & Watt, J.C. 1997. Coleoptera: family-group review and keys to identification. Fauna of New Zealand, (37). ISBN 0-478-09312-8. Online. Reference page. 

1998

• Crosby, T.K., Dugdale, J.S. & Watt, J.C. 1998. Area codes for recording specimen localities in the New Zealand subregion. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 25(2): 175–183. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1998.9518148 Reference page. 

Links

• Crosby, T.K. 2007. Obituary Dr John Charles Watt: 1936–2006. New Zealand Entomologist 30: 101–106. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2007.9722159 . Reference page.