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Edward Albert Chapin

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Edward Albert Chapin
Born1894
Died1969
NationalityAmerican
Known forLeading authority on beetles
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

Edward Albert Chapin (1894-1969) was an American entomologist employed by the USDA's Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, who served as Associate Curator of Insects in the National Museum of Natural History, 1934-1954. He was a specialist on scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae), and erected the genus Brumoides in 1965.[1]

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  1. ^ Edward Albert Chapin personal papers at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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"Brumoides Chapin, 1965". BioLib.cz. Retrieved March 13, 2018.