Earle Gorton Linsley

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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 People also search for R. F. Smith, Paul D. Hurd Jr., Peter H. Raven

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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.

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