Roy Albert Crowson

Roy Albert Crowson (1914–1999), English entomologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Crowson, R.A. 1950. The classification of the families of British Coleoptera. Entomologist's monthly magazine 86: 149–171, 274–288, 327–344.

Crowson, R.A. 1955. The Natural Classification of the families of Coleoptera. Nathaniel Lloyd, London. 1–187 pp. [not seen]

Crowson, R.A. 1962. Observations on the beetle family Cupedidae, with descriptions of two fossil forms and a key to the recent genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 13) 5(51): 147–157. DOI: 10.1080/00222936208651227 . Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1964. A review of the classification of Cleroidea (Coleoptera), with descriptions of two new genera of Peltidae and of several new larval types. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 116(12): 275–327, plate 1. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1964.tb02298.x . Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1966. Further observations on Peltidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea), with definitions of a new subfamily and of four new genera. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 35(9-10): 119–127. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1966.tb00523.x . Reference page.
Sen Gupta, T. & Crowson, R.A. 1966. A new family of cucujoid beetles, based on six Australian and one New Zealand genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13) 9(97-99): 61-85. DOI: 10.1080/00222936608651639 . Reference page.

Sen Gupta, T. & Crowson, R.A. 1969. On a new family of Clavicornia (Coleoptera) and a new genus of Languriidae. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B) 38(9-10): 125-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1969.tb00245.x . Reference page.
Sen Gupta, T. & Crowson, R.A. 1969. Further observations on the family Boganiidae, with definition of two new families Cavognathidae and Phloeostichidae. Journal of Natural History 3(4): 571–590. DOI: 10.1080/00222936900770481 . Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1973. Further observations on Phloeostichidae and Cavognathidae, with definitions of new genera from Australia and New Zealand. The Coleopterists Bulletin 27(2): 54–62. BHL. JSTOR . Reference page.
Sen Gupta, T. & Crowson, R.A. 1973. A review of the classification of Cerylonidae (Coleoptera, Clavicornia). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 124(4): 365–446. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1973.tb00369.x . Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1976. The systematic position and implications of Crowsoniella. Bollettino del Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 2: 459–463.

Crowson, R.A. 1979: Observations on Clambidae (Coleoptera), with descriptions of a new genus and species and of several larvae. Revue suisse de zoologie 86(3): 611–623. BHL Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1981. The Biology of the Coleoptera. Academic Press, London, 802 pp. PDF.

Endrödy-Younga, S. & Crowson, R.A. 1986. Boganiidae, a new beetle family for the African fauna (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 34(12): 253–273. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_129 . Reference page.

Crowson, R.A. 1990. A new genus of Boganiidae (Coleoptera) from Australia, with observations on glandular openings, cycad associations and geographical distribution in the family. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 91–99. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1990.tb00324.x . Reference page.