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Harley Brown
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Harley Proctor Brown (Jan 13, 1921 - June 6, 2008) was an American biologist and an expert in certain types of aquatic beetles. He described over forty new species in his career.
He was born in Uniontown, Alabama and showed an early interest in insects. He received undergraduate and graduate degrees (1942) from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His thesis involved the lifecycle of the species Climacia areolaris of the family Sisyridae. He received a PhD from Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio in 1945. His dissertation studied the flagellum of the protozoan with the electron microscope.
Academic career
Brown taught at the following institutions:
University of Idaho (Moscow), 1945-1947
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (Charleston), 1946
Queens College (Flushing, New York), 1947–1948
University of Oklahoma (Norman), 1948–1984
Taxa described by Brown
Taxa described by Brown include:
Dryopidae
Elmoparnus mexicanus (1970)
Elmidae
Austrelmis (1984)
Elsianus shoemakei (1971); synonym of Macrelmis by Motschulsky (1860)
Heterelmis comalensis (1988); with Bosse & Tuff
Heterelmis stephani (1972)
Hispaniolara 1981 (1981)
Hispaniolara farri (1981)
Huleechius (1981)
Huleechius carolus (1981)
Huleechius marroni (1981)
Hydora annectens (1981); with Spangle
Hydora lenta (1981); with Spangle
Leptelmis philomina (1984); with Thobias
Neocylloepus arringtoni (1970)
Neocylloepus boeseli (1970)
Neocylloepus (1970)
Neocylloepus hintoni]] (1970)
Neocylloepus petersoni (1970)
Neocylloepus sandersoni (1970)
Ovolara (1981)
Parapotamophilus (1981)
Parapotamophilus gressitti (1981)
Pseudodisersus (1981)
Pseudodisersus coquereli (1981); synonym of P. goudotii by Guérin-Méneville (1843)
Stenelmis cheryl (1987)
Stenelmis gammoni (1976); with White
Stenelmis lignicola (1992); with Schmude
Stenelmis occidentalis (1991); with Schmude
Suzevia (1992); subgenus of Zaitzevia by Champion (1923)
Xenelmis sandersoni (1985)
Zaitzevia posthonia (1985)
Lutrochidae
Lutrochus arizonicus (1970); with Murvosh
Psephenidae
Alabameubria (1980); synonym of Dicranopselaphus by Guérin-Méneville (1861)
Alabameubria starki (1980); synonym of Dicranopselaphus variegatus by Horn (1880)
Mataeopsephus taiwanicus (1990); with Lee & Yang
Psephenus arizonensis (1974); with Murvosh
Psephenus montanus (1974); with Murvosh
Psephenus murvoshi (1970)
Psephenus texanus (1967); with Arrington
Schinostethus flabellatus (1993) with Lee & Yang
Schinostethus junghuaensis (1993) with Lee & Yang; synonym of S. satoi by Lee, Yang & Brown (1993)
Schinostethus minutus (1993); with Lee & Yang
Schinostethus niger (1993); with Lee & Yang
Schinostethus satoi (1993); with Lee & Yang
Taxa named in honor of Brown (Patronyms)
Taxa named in honor of Schwartz include:
Elmidae
Austrolimnius browni
Dubiraphia browni
Dubiraphia harleyi
Hexanchorus browni
Optioservus browni
Hydraenidae
Hydraena browni
Ochthebius browni
Limnichidae
Limnichites browni
Psephenidae
Psephenopalpus browni
Papers
Brown authored and co-authored dozens of scientific papers from 1941-2001.
Books
Aquatic Dryopoid Beetles (Coleoptera) Of The United States [Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual No. 6] (1972)
A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico: Family : Dryopidae (Agriculture handbook) (1983)
