Ezra Townsend Cresson (1838-1926)
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Ezra Townsend Cresson, also Ezra Townsend senior (18 June 1838, Byberry - 19 April 1926, Swarthmore) was an American entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. He wrote Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico Philadelphia: Paul C. Stockhausen, Entomological printer (1887) and many other works. His son Ezra Townsend, Jr. (1876-1948) was also an entomologist but a specialist in Diptera.
ANT TAXONOMY
PUBLICATIONS
Cresson, E. T. 1865b. Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory. [concl.]. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 4: 426-488
Cresson, E. T. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc., Suppl. Vol. 1887: 1-351
REFERENCE
Bolton B, Alpert G, Ward PS, Naskrecki P. 2007. [CD-ROM] Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press.