William Sharp Macleay

William Sharp Macleay

William Sharp Macleay (1792–1865), British/Australian zoologist.

• Son of Alexander Macleay, cousin of William John Macleay.

Taxon names authored

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• 71 taxon names authored by William Sharp Macleay

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1819

• Macleay, W.S. 1819. Horae entomologicae: or essays on the annulose animals. Containing geneal observations on the geography, manners, and natural affinities of the Insects which compose the genus Scarabaeus of Linnaeus; to which are added a few incidental remarks on the genera Lucanus and Hister of the same author. With an appendix and plates. Vol. 1. Part 1. London: S. Bagster, xxx + [2] + 160 pp., 3 pls. BHL Reference page. 

1821

• MacLeay, W.S. 1821. Horae Entomologicae or Essays on the Annulose Animals. Reference page. 

1825

• Macleay, W.S. 1825. Annulosa Javanica, or an attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield, M. D. F. L. & G. S. and deposited by him in the museum of the honourable East-India Company. No. 1. Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen. London. xii + 50 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.65151 BHL Reference page. 

1827

• Macleay, W.S., [1827]. Annulosa: catalogue of insects, collected by Captain King, RN. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822 by Captain Phillip R. King, RN. 2: 438-469. BHL Reference page. 

1834

• Macleay, W.S. 1834. A few remarks tending to illustrate the natural history of two annulose genera, namely Urania of Fabricus and Mygale of Walekenien. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 9–12. BHL Reference page. 

1838

• Macleay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, Pls. 2, 3. BHL Reference page. 

• Macleay, W.S. 1838. On a new species of Cerapterus. pp. 72–75. In: Macleay, W.S. Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa, being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope association for exploring Central Africa". [Vol. 1 part 3]. London: Smith, Elder and Co. BHL Reference page. 

1839

• Macleay, W.S. 1839. On some new forms of Arachnida. Annals of Natural History 2(7): 1-14. Reference page.