Roy Albert Crowson

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

Taxon names authored

(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. 1972. A review of the classification of Cantharoidea (Coleoptera), with the definition of two new families, Cneoglossidae and Omethidae. Revista de la Universidad de Madrid. Estudios de Entomología 21(82): 35–77. 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.