Laurence Alfred Mound

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Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934 in

Thysanoptera (thrips),[3] an area in which he is considered a world authority.[1]

His zoological author abbreviation is Mound.[4]

Career

He gained a B.Sc in zoology at the

I.C.T.A. Trinidad in 1959,[1] and in 1975 was awarded a D.Sc from the University of London.[3]

From 1959-1961 he served in

British Museum of Natural History, where he was responsible for the collections of whitefly and thrips and their research. He became head of the hemiptera section of BMNH in 1969, and deputy keeper of the entomology department in 1975, and head keeper in 1981.[1] In 1994 he moved to Australia[1] where he continues to work on Thysanoptera.[3]

Taxa authored

He has described over 640 thrips species and some 90 thrips genera.[2] See Category:Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound and also a List of wikidata taxa authored by Laurence Alfred Mound.

Selected publications

Scholia has a profile for Laurence Alfred Mound (Q21045173).
  • Mound LA; Tree DJ (2022), Tubulifera Australiensis - Thysanoptera-Phlaeothripidae Genera in Australia,
    Wikidata Q111633067
  • Mound LA; Collins DW; Hastings A (2018), Thysanoptera Britannica et Hibernica. Thrips of the British Isles,
    Wikidata Q111653850

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Laurence Mound". www.flaentsoc.org. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  2. ^
    Wikidata Q97561200
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  3. ^ a b c d e "Dr Laurence Mound". people.csiro.au. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Crespithrips". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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