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Title: Charles A. Triplehorn: an inordinate fondness for Darkling Beetles

Author
item Thomas, Donald
item SMITH, AARON - Northern Arizona University
item AALBU, ROLF - California Academy Of Sciences

Submitted to: The Coleopterists Bulletin
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/1/2015
Publication Date: 12/18/2015
Citation: Thomas, D.B., Smith, A.A., Aalbu, R. 2015. Charles A. Triplehorn: an inordinate fondness for Darkling Beetles. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 14:1-10.

Interpretive Summary: Charles A. Triplehorn is an American entomologist, former President of the Entomological Society of America and the Coleopterists Society. He is recognized as a foremost world authority on darkling beetles and the present monograph on darkling and related beetles is dedicated to him. In this introduction to the monograph a bibliography of his publications is included along with a list of species described by him and a list of species named for him.

Technical Abstract: Charles A. Triplehorn is an American entomologist, former President of the Entomological Society of America and the Coleopterists Society. He is recognized as a foremost world authority on Tenebrionidae and the present monograph on Tenebrionids and related Coleoptera is dedicated to him. In this introduction to the monograph a bibliography of his publications is included along with a list of species names proposed by him with a list of patronyms honoring him.