George Michael James Giles
George Michael James Giles (1853 – 1916) was an English surgeon and entomologist who specialised in mosquitoes. He wrote A report of an investigation into the causes of the diseases known in Assam as Kála-Azár and Beri-Beri (1890)[1] and A handbook of the gnats or mosquitoes giving the anatomy and life history of the Culicidae, together with descriptions of all species notices up to the present date (1902, 2nd edition).[2]
Giles described several new species of mosquitoes. Two of the most important are Culex tritaeniorhynchus, described in 1901,[3] and Anopheles culicifacies, described in 1901 with three other species.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Royal College of Surgeons of England (7 February 2012). "Giles, George Michael James (1853 - 1916)". Royal College of Surgeons of England. Plarr's Lives of the Fellows. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Giles, George Michael James (1902). A Handbook of the Gnats or Mosquitoes Giving the Anatomy and Life History of the Culicidae, Together with Descriptions of all Species Noticed Up to the Present Date (Second ed.). London: John Bales, Sons and Danielsson, Ltd. OCLC 335800. Retrieved 29 April 2025 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ A plea for the collective investigation of Indian Culicidae, with suggestions as to moot points for enquiry, and a prodromus of species known to the author. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13, 592-610[1] Archived 2005-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Description of four new species of Anopheles from India. Ent. mon. Mag. 37:196-198).[2] Archived 2005-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
External links
[edit]- List of works on mosquitoes Archived 2007-06-22 at the Wayback Machine from the Walter Reed Unit
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