Index to

The Fauna of Devon: Hymenoptera
Section: Aculeata

by

E. Parfitt

Trans. Devon Assoc. Vol. XII. (1880), pp. 501-559.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Paper was presented at the Association’s July 1880, Totnes meeting. Specimens listed in the catalogue as an appendix to the Paper were collected in specifically identified locations throughout Devon by most of those individuals recorded in the index. For the genealogist, the paper is a treasure house of names associated with the earliest research into our county’s unique natural history. Hymenoptera are highly specialized insects with complete metamorphosis that include the bees, wasps, ants, ichneumon flies, sawflies, gall wasps, and related forms, often associate in large colonies with complex social organization. Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps. The author’s obituary is available in GENUKI. The Paper, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.