
Richard Henry Meade (1814 – 23 December 1899 in
Bradford, England) was an English surgeon, and Justice of the peace. But is more noted as an
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
who specialised in
Diptera - most notably the family
Muscidae
Muscidae are a family of flies found in the superfamily Muscoidea.
Muscidae, some of which are commonly known as house flies or stable flies due to their synanthropy, are worldwide in distribution and contain almost 4,000 described species in ...
and also in Spiders.
[Pont, A.C., 1984 The Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae and Muscidae (Diptera) described by R.H. Meade ''Entomologists' monthly magazine''Jan/Apr 1984. v. 120 :1436 -1439]
Works
partial list
*Meade, R. H., (1878) Notes on the Anthomyiidae of North America. ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'', XIV 250-252
*Meade, R.H. (1882) Annotated List of British Anthomyiidae. ''Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine'', Vol.xviii, 201-205.
*Meade, R.H. (1887) "Supplement to annotated list of British Anthomyiidae.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' 23: 179-181, 250-253, 24: 54-58, 73-76.
*Meade R.H. (1891) Additions to the list of British Anthomyiidae. ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine''. 1891:27(2):42–43.
References
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Dipterists
British arachnologists
1814 births
1899 deaths
British entomologists