Reginald F. Lawrence | |
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Reginald F. Lawrence, from OmniPaper Project. | |
Nationality |
South African |
Birthplace |
George, South Africa |
Life Span |
1897-1987 |
Publication Span |
1931-1965 |
Reginald Frederic Lawrence was a South African arachnologist born in 6 March 1897 in George, South Africa. He died in 9 October 1987 in Pietermaritzburg.
Notable contributions[]
Lawrence published a monumental work reviewing all Opiliones from South Africa [1].
He proposed the subfamily Neopilioninae Lawrence, 1931, today Neopilionidae.
He described numerous Assamiidae , Phalangiidae and Triaenonychidae from Subsaharian Africa, mostly from South Africa.
References[]
- ↑ Lawrence, R.F. (1931) The harvest-spiders (Opiliones) of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 29 (2), 341–508.
External resources[]
OmniPaper Article on Lawrence, including opilio-publication list [1]