Charles Howard Curran [SEP] date of birth
Charles Howard Curran
Charles Howard Curran (20 March 1894 – 23 January 1972) was a Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
From 1922 to 1928 he worked as a specialist service in Diptera Entomology of Canada. In 1928, he was hired by the American Museum of Natural History as Assistant Curator and, from 1947 until his retirement in 1960, as Curator of Insects and Spiders. In 1931, he donated his collection to that institution: it has 10,000 specimens representing about 1,700 species including 400 types. He received
Pjotr Oosterbroek, 2006 "The european families of the Diptera : identification, diagnosis, biology" Utrecht, KNNV
- Harold Oldroyd , 1954 Diptera 1. Introduction and key to families. "Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects" Vol 9 Part 1. pdf download manual
- Charles Howard Curran, 1934 "The families and genera of North American Diptera" Charles Howard Curran in [New York] pdf Out of date but useful.
- Families of Diptera found in Baltic Amber