Daniel William Coquillett Explained

Daniel William Coquillett
Birth Date:23 January 1856
Birth Place:Pleasant Valley, Ill
Death Place:Atlantic City, New Jersey
Nationality:American
Fields:Entomology
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Known For:Wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae
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Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.[1] He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae[2] and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species and genera of Diptera. Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects. He experimented in the Wolfskill orange groves where he was supported by the foreman and later quarantine entomologist Alexander Craw in 1888–89.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Carpenter, M.M. 1945. Bibliography of biographies of entomologists. The American Midland Naturalist 33: 1–116.
  2. Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 2(3): 97–101 (1894)
  3. Book: Report on the gas treatment for scale-insects. Coquillett, D.W.. 123. 1888. Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington.