Paul Ritcher  1910-1991

 
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Dr. Paul
Ritcher in
1970.

 

 

 

  

Dr. Paul Ritcher is well known for his work on scarab larvae. This work culminated in his 1966 book entitled White Grubs and Their Allies published by the Oregon State University Press. Ritcher worked as an Assistant and then Associate Entomologist for the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station from 1936 to 1949 and as a Research Professor of Entomology at North Carolina State College from 1949-1952. He was a Professor of Entomology and chair of the Department of Entomology at Oregon State University from 1952-1974, and he served as the curator of the insect collection from 1971 to 1974. Ritcher also served as the President of the Entomological Society of America in 1970, President of the Coleopterists Society in 1975, and President of the Oregon Entomological Society in 1955-56. He had 81 publications and one book, and approximately 41 publications were related to scarabs.

Reference:

Anonymous. 1991. Paul Ritcher 1910-1991. Bulletin of the Oregon Entomological Society 116:798.

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SCARAB PUBLICATIONS

Ritcher, P. O. and Fluke, C.L., Jr. 1935. Exprosopa fasciata Macq.,
white grub pupal parasite. J.Econ.Ent. 28(1): 242.

Ritcher, P.O. 1937. A new species of Phyllophaga (Coleoptera,
Scarabaeidae) from Kentucky. Ent. News 48: 285-287.

Ritcher, P.O. 1938. A field key to Kentucky white grubs. Kans. Ent. Soc.
Jour. 11: 24-27.

Chamberlin, T.R., C.L. Fluke, Lee Seaton, J.A. Callenbach, and P.O.
Ritcher. 1938. Population and host preferences of June beetles in southern
Wisconsin in 1935, 1936, and 1937. Insect pest survey 18, supplement to No. 4.

Ritcher, P.O. 1939. Observations on white grub pupation. Jour. Kans. Ent.
Soc. 12: 64-69.

Ritcher, P.O. 1940. Kentucky white grubs. Ky Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 401: 71-157.

Ritcher, P.O. 1940. Cyclocephala immaculata Oliv. as a test insect. Jour.
Econ. Ent. 33: 704.

Ritcher, P.O. and H.H. Jewett. 1942. White grub control with dichloroethyl
ether. Jour. Econ. Ent. 35: 441-445.

Ritcher, P.O. 1943. The Anomalini of eastern North America with
descriptions of the larvae and a key to species (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). Ky Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 468: 1-27.

Ritcher, P.O. 1944. Dynastinae of North America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
Ky Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 468: 1-56.

Ritcher, P.O. 1945. The Rutelinae of Eastern North America with description
of the larvae of Strigodermella pygmaea (Fab.) and three species of the
tribe Rutelini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ky. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 471: 1-19.

Ritcher, P.O. 1945. Notes on Phyllophaga barda (Horn) with a description
of the larva (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 47: 97-99.

Ritcher, P.O. 1945. North American Cetoniinae with descriptions of larvae
and keys to genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ky. Agr. Exp.
Sta. Bul. 476: 1-39.

Ritcher, P.O. 1945. Coprinae of Eastern North America with descriptions of
larvae and keys to genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ky. Agr.
Exp. Sta. Bul. 477: 1-23.

Ritcher, P.O. 1947. Description of the larva of Pleocoma hirticollis
vandykei
Linsley (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pan-Pacif. Ent. 23: 11-20.

Ritcher, P.O. 1947. Larvae of Geotrupinae with keys to tribes and genera
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ky. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 506:1-27.

Ritcher, P.O. 1948. Descriptions of the larvae of some ruteline beetles
with keys to tribes and species (Scarabaeidae). Annals. Ent. Soc. Amer.
41(2): 206-212.

Ritcher, P.O. 1949. Larvae of Melolonthinae with keys to tribes, genera,
and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Ky. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 537: 1-36.

Ritcher, P.O. 1949. May beetles and their control in the Inner Bluegrass
region of Kentucky. Ky. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 542: 1-12.

Howden, H.F. and P.O. Ritcher. 1952. Biology of Deltochilum gibbosu
(Fab.) with a description of the larva. Coleopterists' Bulletin 6: 53-57.

Ritcher, P.O. and Vernon Olney. 1953. White grubs as apple tree pests in
the Hood River Valley. Oregon State Hort. Soc. Rept. 45: 41-42.

Olney, V.W. and P.O. Ritcher. 1954. Rain beetles damage apple roots.
Western Fruit Grower 8(7): 20.

Ritcher, P.O. and H.E. Morrison. 1955. Aphodius pardalis LeC. a new turf
pest. Jr. Econ. Ent. 48: 476.

Ritcher, P.O. and Frank M. Beer. 1956. Notes on the biology of Pleocoma
dubitalis
Davis Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pan. Pacific Ent. 32: 181-184.

Ritcher, P.O. 1958. Biology of Scarabaeidae. Annual Rev. of Ent. 3: 311-334.

Ellertson, F.E. and P.O. Ritcher. 1959. Biology of rain beetles Pleocoma
spp., associated with fruit trees in Wasco and Hood River Counties. Ore.
Agr. Expt. Sta. Tech. Bul. 44: 1-42.

Jerath, M.L. and P.O. Ritcher. 1959. Biology of Aphodiinae with special
reference to Oregon. Pan-Pacific Ent. 35: 169-175.

Ritcher, P.O. 1961. Descriptions of some common North Indian scarabaeid
larvae (Coleoptera). Indian Jour. of Ent. 23: 15-18.

Ritcher, P.O. 1962. Notes on Phyllophaga sociata (Horn) with a
description of the larva. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 163-166.

Ritcher, P.O. 1966. White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American
Scarabaeoid Larvae. Oregon State University Monograph Series No. 4: 1-219.

Ritcher, P.O. 1966. Oregon Diplotaxis with descriptions of the larvae of
four common species and notes on biology. Pan-Pacific Ent. 42: 274-282.

Ritcher, P.O. 1967. Keys for identifying larvae of Scarabaeoidea to the
family and subfamily (Coleoptera). California Department of Agriculture,
Occaisional Papers. 10: 1-8.

Ritcher, P.O. 1968. Book Review: The natural history of dung beetles of the
subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), by G. Halffter and E.G.
Matthews. Quar. Rev. Biol. 43: 206-7.

Ritcher, P.O. 1969. Spiracles of adult Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) and their
phylogenetic significance. I. The abdominal spiracles. Annals. Ent. Soc.
Amer. 62: 869-880.

Ritcher, P.O. 1969. Spiracles of adult Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) and their
phylogenetic significance. II. Thoracic spiracles and adjacent sclerites.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 62(6):1388-1398.

Ritcher, P.O. 1969. Morphology of the posterior procoxal bridges in
Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera). Coleopt. Bul. 23: 89-92.

Ritcher, P.O. and R. Duff. 1971. A description of the larva of Ceratophyus
gopherinus
Cartwright with a revised key to the larvae of North American
Geotrupini and notes on the biology (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).
Pan-Pacific Ent. 47: 158-163.

Ritcher, P.O. 1973. A description of the larva of Hypothyce mixta Howden
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthini). Coleopt. Bul. 27: 113-116.

Reyes-Castillo, P. and P.O. Ritcher. 1973. Ovariole number in Passalidae
(Coleoptera). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 73(3).

Carlson, D.C. and P.O. Ritcher. 1974. A new genus of Ochodaeinae and a
description of the larva of Pseudochodaeus estriatus (Schaeffer)
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pan-Pac. Ent. 50: 99-110.

Ritcher, P.O. and C.W. Baker. 1974. Ovariole numbers in Scarabaeoidea
(Coleoptera: Lucanidae, Passalidae, Scarabaeidae). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash.
76: 480-494.

 

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