Vincent Booth Whitehead

Vincent Booth Whitehead (1921–2005), South African entomologist.

• South African Museum, Cape Town 1974–2005
• Fruit and Fruit Technology Institute in Stellenbosch from 1952–1974.

Taxon names authored

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• 0 taxon names authored by Vincent Booth Whitehead

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Vincent Booth Whitehead

Publications

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• Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 1992: Two new species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Rediviva from the summer rainfall region of South Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Annals of the South African Museum 102(4): 143-164. BHL Reference page. 
• Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 1994: A new Rediviva bee (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) from the north-western Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 104(1): 1-11. BHL Reference page. 
• Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 2001: Oil-collecting bees of the winter rainfall area of South Africa (Melittidae, Rediviva). Annals of the South African Museum 108(2): 143-277. BHL Reference page. 
• Whitehead, V.B.; Eardley, C.D. 2003: African Fideliini: Genus Fidelia Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Fideliinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(2): 250-276. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E.; Eardley, C.D. 2008: Oil collecting bees mostly of the summer rainfall area of southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Rediviva). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(2): 122-141. DOI: 10.2317/JKES-703.12.1 Reference page. 

References

• Robertson, H. G., & Cochrane, M. A. (2005). Vincent Booth Whitehead (2 September 1921 – 11 April 2005): obituary. African Entomology, 13(2), 386-389. hdl: /10520/EJC32633
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