Arthur Sidney Olliff
Born(1865-10-21)October 21, 1865
England
Died(1895-12-29)December 29, 1895
Australia
Scientific career
Fields

Arthur Sidney Olliff (21 October 1865 – 29 December 1895), was an Australian taxonomist who was active as Government entomologist in New South Wales.[1] He came to Australia in December 1844 to work at the Australian Museum.[2]

Discoveries

Publications

  • A chapter on collecting and preserving insects - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1889)
  • Australian butterflies : a brief account of the native families : with a chapter on collecting & preserving insects - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1889)
  • The Mesozoic and Tertiary Insects of New South Wales - Robert Etheridge, Junior, Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
  • Insect pests. The maize moth (Heliothris armigera, Hub.) - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
  • Insect pests. The codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella, Linn.) - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1890)
  • Insect friends and foes : [lady-birds, or, Coccinellidae - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1891)
  • The codling moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, Linn. : its life-history and habits - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1892)
  • Australian Entomophytes Or Entomogenous Fungi, and Some Account of Their Insect Hosts - Arthur Sidney Olliff (1895)
  • A.S. Olliff (31 December 1889). "The insect fauna of Lord Howe Island". The Australian Museum Memoir. 2: 77–98. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1967.2.1889.482. ISSN 0067-1967. Wikidata Q103898587.

References

  1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Australian Science
  2. ↑ A.S. "Biographical sketches" (PDF). www.digitallibrary.amnh.org. Retrieved 3 October 2017.


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