Stephen Ernest Thorpe (died 24 August 2024)[1] was an Australian-born New Zealand entomologist who contributed vast amounts of data and analysis in many contexts, particularly to iNaturalist.
Death
Thorpe was murdered, apparently by an intruder, at the Blockhouse Bay tennis club and recreation area, where he had an office for his work.[1]
Eponymy
Thorpe had several species named in his honour including:
References
- ^ a b Davison, Isaac (25 August 2024). "Blockhouse Bay homicide: Victim was a 'beautiful soul', tennis club says". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Ferrer-Suay, Mar; Paretas-Martínez, Jordi; Selfa, Jesús; Pujade-Villar, Juli (22 February 2012). "Charipinae fauna from New Zealand with descriptions of two new species of Alloxysta Förster (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Charipinae)". Austral Entomology. 51 (4): 7–8. doi:10.1111/J.1440-6055.2012.00859.X. ISSN 1326-6756. Wikidata Q54630873.
- ^ Olmi, Massimo (2007). "New Zealand Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea): New Records and Description of Bocchus thorpei New Species". Records of the Auckland Museum. 44: 5–16. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 42905891. Wikidata Q58623356.
- ^ Shaw, Scott Richard; Berry, Jocelyn A. (2005). "Two new Cryptoxilos species (Hymenoptera : Braconidae : Euphorinae) from New Zealand and Fiji parasitising adult Scolytinae (Coleoptera)". Invertebrate Systematics. 19 (5): 371. doi:10.1071/IS05021. ISSN 1445-5226. Wikidata Q29031757.