Frederick Parkhurst Dodd

Added another insect named after Dodd

← Previous revision Revision as of 10:28, 3 May 2026 Line 22: Line 22: Born in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], Dodd worked in a bank in [[Townsville]], [[Queensland]] for ten years before taking up entomology full-time. A number of species are named after him and his collection of insects was of importance. He undertook collecting expeditions in [[New Guinea]] as well as Australia. Born in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], Dodd worked in a bank in [[Townsville]], [[Queensland]] for ten years before taking up entomology full-time. A number of species are named after him and his collection of insects was of importance. He undertook collecting expeditions in [[New Guinea]] as well as Australia.

The stonefly genus ''[[Doddsia]]'' (family [[Taeniopterygidae]]) is named in his honour. In 1909, [[Robert John Tillyard|Tillyard]] named the dragonfly species ''[[Austrogomphus doddi]]'' after him.<ref name="Endersby 2012 Tillyard"/> The [[Taeniopterygidae]] [[genus]] [[Doddsia]] is named for him.
[[File:Frederick dodd net.jpg|thumb|Frederick Dodd’s collecting net on display at the Queensland Museum in South Brisbane ]] [[File:Frederick dodd net.jpg|thumb|Frederick Dodd’s collecting net on display at the Queensland Museum in South Brisbane ]] Dodd's son [[Alan Parkhurst Dodd|Alan]], and daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, continued the entomological tradition. Dodd's son [[Alan Parkhurst Dodd|Alan]], and daughters Elizabeth and Katharine, continued the entomological tradition. Line 29: Line 30: * Monteith, Geoff, ''The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd.'' Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1992. * Monteith, Geoff, ''The Butterfly Man of Kuranda, Frederick Parkhurst Dodd.'' Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1992. * Musgrave, A., ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930.'' Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932. * Musgrave, A., ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930.'' Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1932.
==References== <references> <ref name="Endersby 2012 Tillyard">{{cite journal |last1=Endersby |first1=Ian |title=Etymology of the Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) named by R.J. Tillyard, F.R.S. |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |date=2012 |volume=134 |pages=1-16 |url=https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/5941}}</ref> </references>

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