Paul David Hurd Jr. (April 2, 1921 – March 12, 1982) was an American entomologist who specialized the Hymenoptera of western North America. Per the Smithsonian Institution, where he worked as insect curator and which holds a collection of his papers, Hurd was most known for his work on carpenter bees, and cucurbit pollinators, but also published on velvet ants, spider wasps, Anthophoridae, leaf-cutter and mason bees, and sweat bees.[1] Hurd was a veteran of World War II,[2] a Guggenheim Fellow in 1959,[3] and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Record Unit 7311 Paul David Hurd Papers, 1938–1982 and undated". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ a b "Dr. Paul D. Hurd Jr". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Paul D. Hurd Jr". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-10-28.
Further reading
edit- Wilson, Edward O. (1980-05-16). "Taxonomic Exploration: Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Prepared under the direction of Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1979 (available from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington). In three volumes. Vol. 1, Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). xvi pp. + pp. 1-1198. $30. Vol. 2, Apocrita (Aculeata). xvi pp. + pp. 1199-2210. $28. Vol. 3, Indexes. xxx pp. + pp. 2211-2736. $20. New edition of Hymenoptera of North America: Synoptic Catalog (1951)". Science. 208 (4445): 721–722. doi:10.1126/science.208.4445.721. ISSN 0036-8075.
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