Horace Francis Barnes [SEP] date of death
Horace Francis Barnes
Horace Francis Barnes ( 23 November 1902 - 5 February 1960) was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
From 1924 to 1927 he was a Ministry of Agriculture Research Scholar at The College of St Gregory and St Martin at Wye in England and New York State Museum. From 1927 until his death he worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station.
Barnes specialised in Cecidomyiidae. He was also interested in Tipulidae.
His collection is held by the Natural History Museum, London.
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Rabdophaga justini
Rabdophaga justini is a gall midge. It was first described by Horace Francis Barnes in 1935. The larvae tunnel in the shoots of purple willow ("Salix purpurea").
Description.
The larvae live in separate chambers under the bark of shoots of purple willow ("Salix purpurea"). Before the larvae pupate they make emergence holes which, along with some discolouration of the bark on top of the shoot, may be the only indication of their presence. The larval chamber may sometimes be