PHILLIP B. CARNE
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Phil Carne was an Australian
entomologist who made major contributions to our knowledge of
Australia's scarab fauna. While obtaining his Ph.D. in England
in the early 1950s, he worked at the British Museum of Natural
History where he completed his revision of the Dynastinae of
Australia. Upon his return to Australia, he published a synopsis
of the Rutelinae of Australia and continued to publish papers
on Australian scarabs, principally Rutelinae and Geotrupinae.
Carne also achieved recognition as an ecologists for his work
on the ecology and population dynamics of insects that damage
eucalyptus trees and pasture scarabs (Aphodius) that
attack turf. He was editor-in-chief of the 1990 edition of the
Insects of Australia, and he was a founding member
of the Australian Entomological Society in 1965. He successfully
held several administrative posts in CSIRO's Division of Entomology.
Reference:
Whitten, M. J. 1990. Phillip Broughton Carne. Myrmecia, February
1990: 43-45. |
