This page provides links and information on the prolific entomologist
who specialized in the study of the family Tipulidae, C.P. Alexander,
born 1889 and died 1981. During his career he described almost 11,000
species of Tipulidae and he wrote 1017 articles, 20,000 pages of books,
and produced 15,000 of his own illustrations. His contribution to entomology
is immense.
Web Sites
--Cox, William E. (2000). Charles P. Alexander papers, circa 1870-1982.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Finding Aids to Personal Papers
and Special Collections in the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved
February 19, 2001 from the World Wide Web: http://www.si.edu/archives/archives/faru7298.htm
This is the web version of the Smithsonianís guide to the papers of
Charles P. Alexander, the reknowned entomologist and authority on the
Tipulidae (crane flies).Ý This is an annotated list of all Alexanderís
personal papers, notebooks, personal and field photographs, correspondence,
and all important documents related to Alexanderís lifelong study of
the Tipulidae (including ìspecimen lists, research notes, species tabulations,
locality data, loan documentation, maps, photographs, drawings and figures,
shipment lists, information on collectors, bibliographic references,
manuscripts and reprintsî).Ý This is a great resource for those interested
in the history of entomology.
Books
Alexander, C.P. (1927). Crane flies from the Maritime Province of
Siberia. Washington.
Alexander, C. P. (1920) Crane-flies of New York. Part II. Biology
and phylogeny. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University.Ý
Alexander, C.P. (1922). Crane-flies (superfamily Tipuloidea, order
Diptera) ... Kristiania, A.W. Br¯gger.
Note: includes a bibliography of the Arctic crane flies, pp.9-15.
Alexander, C.P. (1914-1917). New or little-known craneflies from
the United States and Canada : Tipulidae. Diptera. Philadelphia,
Academy of Natural Science. [Reprints from the Proceedings of the Academy
of Natural Science, Philadelphia].
Alexander, C.P. (1920-1937). New or little-known Tipulidae (Diptera)
I-LIII. London, R. & J. E. Taylor.
Alexander, C.P. (1922-1938) New or little-known Tipulidae from the
Philippines ... from northern Japan and eastern Asia (Diptera).
[Collected papers reprinted from the Philippine Journal of Science].
British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Entomology. (1929-1951).
Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile, based mainly on material in
the British Museum (Natural History) ... London, British Museum
(Natural History).
Crampton, Guy, Charles H. Curran & Charles P. Alexander. (1942,
1966) External morphology; key to families; Tanyderdae, Ptychopteridae,
Trichoceridae, Anisopodidae, Tipulidae. Conn. State Geological and
Natural History Survey Bulletin No. 64. State of Connecticut.
Curran, C.H. (1934). Families and genera of North American Diptera.
[New York], C.H. Curran.
Oosterbroek, Pj. & Alexander, C.P. (1980). Index to the writings
of Charles P. Alexander: mainly on Tipuloidea (incl. some other nematocerous
families). Amsterdam : Instituut voor Taxonomische Zo–logie (Zo–logisch
Museum).