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Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford
Bedford, G.A.H.
Born(1891-05-00)May 1891
Died(1938-01-28)28 January 1938
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
Entomology
Parasitology
Phylogenetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Pretoria
Author abbrev. (zoology)Bedford, G.A.H.

Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford ((1891-05-00)May 1891 – (1938-01-28)28 January 1938) was a British entomologist of the 20th century who specialised in ticks from South Africa.

He first worked at the British Museum of Natural History with F.V. Theobald and then was nominated as entomologist at the Division of Veterinary Services of the University of Pretoria in Onderstepoort on the 20.[1] There, he studied vertebrate parasites (mites, ticks and lice). He started to collect species of ticks for the National Tick Collection in 1912, with nymphs of Aponomma exornatum collected in Onderstepoort.[2] In 1920, he was promoted Research Officer in Onderstepoort.[3] He died in 1938 at the age of 46.

Authored Taxa

Between 1912 and 1938, Bedford discovered and described the following species of tick in South Africa :

Publications (incomplete)

  • Bedford, G.A.H. & Hewitt, J. 1925: "Descriptions of two new species of ticks, with notes on rare and hitherto unrecorded species from South Africa". South African Journal of Natural History, 5: 259-266.
  • Bedford, G.A.H. 1928: "South African mosquitoes". Rep. Vet. Res. S. Afr., 13 & 14: 883-990.
  • Bedford, G.A.H. 1929(Oct): "Anoplura (Siphunculata and Mallophaga) from South African Hosts". 15th Annual Report of the Director of Veterinary Services, Union of South Africa, 15: 501-549.
  • Bedford, G.A.H. 1931(Apr): "Nuttalliella namaqua, a new genus and species of tick". Parasitology 23 (2): 230-232. doi:10.1017/S0031182000013573
  • Bedford, G.A.H. 1932: "Description of Argas striatus, a new species of tick". 18th Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Union of South Africa, 18: 221-222.
  • Bedford, G.A.H. 1932: "A synoptic check-list and host-list of the ectoparasites found on South African Mammalia, Aves and Reptilia (2nd ed.)". 18th Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Union of South Africa, 18 (2): 223-523.
  • Nieschlilz, O., Bedford, G.A.H., Du Toit, R.M. 1934: "Investigations into the transmission of blue-tongue in sheep, during the season 1931/1932". Onderstepoort. J. vet. Sci., 2 (2): 509-562. (Rev. appl. Ent. (B), 22; p. 171).

References

  1. ^ Browsing Department of Library Services Collections by Subject "G.A.H. Bedford" on the University of Pretoria Library Services website.
  2. ^ The Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum
  3. ^ Bedford, G.A.H. (1891-1938) in Biodiversity Explorer

See also

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