Frederic Christian Thompson (April 24, 1944 – February 4, 2021) was an American

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

specializing in the study of

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

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* Thompson, F. Christian (1991). "The Flower Fly genus Ornidia (Diptera:Syrphidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 93 (2): 248–261. * Thompson, F. Christian. (1999). "A key to the genera of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of the Neotropical Region including descriptions of new genera and species and a glossary of taxonomic terms used" (PDF). Contributions on Entomology, International. 3 (3): 321–378

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Frederic Christian 1944 births 2021 deaths American entomologists Dipterists

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