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Name
  
Earle Linsley


Role
  
Entomologist

Died
  
March 8, 2000, Sonoma, California, United States

Books
  
Comparative behavior of bees and onagraceae

Education
  
University of California, Berkeley (1938), University of California, Berkeley (1933)

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

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Earle Gorton Linsley (May 1, 1910 in Oakland, California – March 8, 2000) was an American entomologist.

In study at the University of California, Berkeley Linsley gained a Bachelor of Science in 1932, a Master of Science in 1933, and Doctorate in 1938.

Linsley was a world-renowned expert in on the Cerambycidae family of beetles.

Linsley described many species including:

  • Pleocoma bicolor
  • Pleocoma blaisdelli
  • Pleocoma carinata
  • Pleocoma crinita
  • Pleocoma dubitabilis
  • Pleocoma hirticollis
  • Pleocoma lucia
  • Pleocoma minor
  • Pleocoma nitida
  • Pleocoma sonomae
  • Pleocoma venturae
  • Pleocoma trifoliata
  • Tetropium pilosicorne
  • Pleocoma linsleyi was named in his honor.

    References

    Earle Gorton Linsley Wikipedia