Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By January 1825
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say, "Descriptions of New Species of Coloepterous Insects Inhabiting the United States," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 5, part 1 (1825): 160-204 (described on p. 201) / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657206
Additional Source Text:
"Read January 18, 1825"
"I have met with but two specimens, one belonging to the Philadelphia Museum, and the other sent to me by Dr. T. W. Harris, of Milton, Massachusetts." (p. 201)
Notes:
Thomas Say (1787-1834) was an American naturalist. His definitive studies of insects and shells, numerous contributions to scientific journals, and scientific expeditions to Florida, Georgia, the Rocky Mountains, Mexico, and elsewhere made him internationally known. Say has been called the father of American descriptive entomology and American conchology. He served as librarian for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, curator at the American Philosophical Society, and professor of natural history at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1821 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at the Peale Museum, but he evidently did not give the planned lectures.
"Say (1825) described Cetonia vestita as occurring in the United States but from a mislabeled specimen of the European Tropinota hirta (Poda) " / https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F449F723-D564-B22D-85AE-4598EC3AFD6D
Current Common Name:
Hairy beetle
Current Scientific Name
Tropinota hirta
