Taphrospilus
Well-known member
I have some doubts that the key is correct with...
...as of today. OD is here. Nevertheless in the introduction is written:
The other two collectors are as well in the key. But Thomas Lee here seemed to be an embryologist and/or part U. S. Fish Commission ; the photographer of the U. S. Coast Survey here. There is an entry in The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.
Maybe someone here can add his life dates?
leei
Leslie Alexander Lee (1852-1908) US collector on Cozumel I., Mexico (subsp. Melanerpes aurifrons).
...as of today. OD is here. Nevertheless in the introduction is written:
A collection of birds made by Mr. J(ames) E(verard) Benedict, Naturalis of the U. S. Fish Commision Steamer "Albatross." assisted by Dr. T(arleton) H(offman) Bean and Mr. Thomas Lee, on the Island of Cozumel, in January, 1885, contains the following new species.
The other two collectors are as well in the key. But Thomas Lee here seemed to be an embryologist and/or part U. S. Fish Commission ; the photographer of the U. S. Coast Survey here. There is an entry in The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles.
Maybe someone here can add his life dates?