Frederick Arthur Askew Skuse ( – 10 June 1896) was a British-Australian

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Biography

Skuse's description of the Asian tiger mosquito under the name of ''Culex albopictus'' Frederick Arthur Askew Skuse, son of Thomas Edmund and Jane Skuse, was christened on 17 June 1866 at Saint Mary's,

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, England. He studied at the

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before leaving for

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in 1886. He found a position at the

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and worked on the Australian

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collection. In 1890, he was promoted to Scientific Assistant. He held this position until his early death in 1896. He was the first to scientifically describe the

Asian tiger mosquito ''Aedes albopictus'' (synonym ''Stegomyia albopicta''), from the mosquito (Culicidae) family, also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito, is a mosquito native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia. In the past ...

, ''Aedes albopictus'', which he named ''Culex albopictus''. (1894)

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The banded mosquito of Bengal. ''Indian Museum Notes''. 3: 20

Sources

* (1932). ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775–1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors,'' Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney): viii + 380.

Footnotes

External links

Information at www.asap.unimelb.edu.au
{{DEFAULTSORT:Skuse, Frederick A. Askew 1860s births 1896 deaths British entomologists Australian entomologists British emigrants to Australia