Harry W. Allen
{{Short description|American entomologist}}
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Harry Willis Allen (1892-1981) was an entomologist involved with the United States Department of Agriculture.[http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252309 Harry W. Allen] at SIA archives. He was the president of the American Entomological Society,[http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/esa/besa/1959/00000005/00000002/art00059 One Hundredth Anniversary Celebration, American Entomological Society] Gurney, Ashley B. Bulletin of the ESA, Volume 5, Number 2, 15 June 1959 , pp. 89-89(1) Entomological Society of America.{{Dead url|date=February 2024}} and is considered a world authority on wasps.
Bibliography
- North American species of two-winged flies belonging to the tribe Miltogrammini, Volume 68 of Proceedings of the United States National Museum. [Offprint]. Ohio State University, 1926.
- A revision of Neotiphia Malloch and Krombeinia Pate: (Hymenoptera, Tiphidae) (co-authored with Karl V. Krombein). Published in 1964.
- Redescriptions of Types of Tiphiinae from Asia, Africa, Oceania in the British Museum (NH) and at Oxford University. American Entomological Society, 1969.
- A Monographic Study of the Subfamily Tiphiinae Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae of South America, Volume 113 of Smithsonian Contributions to zoology. Smithsonian Inst. Press, 1972.
- The Genus Tiphia of the Indian Subcontinent; Technical Bulletin No. 1509, Agricultural Research Service. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Issued July 1975.
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