Daniel William Coquillett

Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera.[1] He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae[2] and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species and genera of Diptera. Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects. He experimented in the Wolfskill orange groves where he was supported by the foreman and later quarantine entomologist Alexander Craw in 1888-89.[3]

Daniel William Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett.
Born	(1856-01-23)January 23, 1856 Pleasant Valley, Ill
Died	July 7, 1911(1911-07-07) (aged 55) Atlantic City, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Known for	Wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology

References

1. Carpenter, M.M. 1945. Bibliography of biographies of entomologists. The American Midland Naturalist 33: 1-116.
2. Revision of the dipterous family Therevidae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 2(3): 97-101 (1894)
3. Coquillett, D.W. (1888). Report on the gas treatment for scale-insects. Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington. p. 123.

External links

• Archive Digitised Coquillett, D. W. Report on the locusts of the San Joaquin valley, Cal. Anaheim, Calif.Date 1886
• Archive Digitised Coquillet, D. W. (Diptera) Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898–1899 Volumes 14, 15,16, 17 Washington, D.C., The Academy.
• Portrait
• Works by or about Daniel William Coquillett in libraries (WorldCat catalog)