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Last updated 29 July 2007 |
| Animals and
plants bearing the name Greathead |
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| Given the
interest in natural history of many members of the Greathead family, it is
not surprising that some animals and plants discovered by them have
received their names in recognition |
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| Mammal |
Equus zebra greatheadi
Lundholm (1952), a fossil zebra named after N.J.
Greathead which she had collected on the family farm, van Wyksfontein |
| Insects,
all named after D J Greathead |
Allodape greatheadi
Michener (1970), a cuckoo bee from Uganda |
| Apodacra greatheadi
Zumpt (1962), a parasitic fly from Eritrea attacking solitary wasps
nesting in the ground |
| Azotus greatheadi Anneke
(1970), a minute parasite wasp from Uganda attacking the primary parasites
of the white sugarcane scale insect |
| Empodiodes greatheadi Oldroyd
(1972), a robberfly from the Eastern Cape province, South Africa |
| Exechohypopion greatheadi Evenhuis
(1991), a beefly from New Caledonia |
| Lamyra greatheadii Oldroyd
(1974), a robberfly from Somalia |
| Pericallemyia greatheadi Zumpt
(1971), a blowfly from Eritrea |
| Anthrax greatheadi El-Hawagry
(1999), a beefly from Egypt |
| Saropogon greatheadi Londt
(1997), a robberfly from Africa |
| Plants |
Aloe greatheadii Schönland
(1903), an aloe collected by J.B.S.
Greathead and S. Schönland
during their hunting expedition to Botswana |
| Fungus |
Endimeromyces greatheadi Balazuc
(1974?), a parasite of coffee bugs in East Africa named after D.J.
Greathead |
| Note:
There are formal codes for the naming of organisms which must be followed
by all biologists. In essence, the scientific names of living
organisms comprise a genus name (given to a group closely related species)
a species name and sometimes a subspecies name. When a name is cited
formally it is accompanied by the name of the author and date of
publication of the description of the species or subspecies. The
name of the author is often placed in brackets when the species has been
moved to a different genus from that to which it was originally allocated
- in addition. for plants, the name of the author making this change is
also added. Thus, the name Greathead placed after the names of a
number of insects described by D.J. Greathead |
| Information taken
with kind permission by Dr
D.J. Greathead from his book "A Passage to
the Cape of Good Hope" and updated by personal communication for
insects named after the publication of the book |
