Max Barclay
Maxwell V. L. Barclay | |
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Nationality | British |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Entomology |
Institutions | The Natural History Museum, London |
Maxwell V L Barclay, usually known as Max Barclay, is a British entomologist, and Curator and Collections Manager of Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the Natural History Museum in London.[1] He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society,[2] and a member of the Editorial Board of The Coleopterist journal.[3] He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading entomologists’ [4]
Barclay is one of the four virtual ‘Scientist Guides’ of the Natural History Museum’s new Darwin Centre and was among the group that showed the building to Prince William at its 2009 opening. He is a frequent public speaker and media spokesman for entomology and for the Museum, most notably appearing in three of the six episodes of the 2010 BBC Series 'Museum of Life' [5] presented by Jimmy Doherty. He believes that public speaking is important ‘to enthuse the next generation of scientists and naturalists, and to legitimise what we do in the eyes of the public”.[6] In 2008 he was involved in the identification of a species of bug new to Britain in the Museum’s garden which led to a great deal of media interest.[7][8]
In the scientific world, Barclay is best known for his work on beetles (Coleoptera), and is author of numerous scientific papers and co-editor of a text book on the subject.[9] A lifelong entomologist, He worked as a volunteer in the Department of Entomology for several years before being offered the post of Curator in 2001.[10] The collection of the Natural History Museum that he manages includes more than 20,000 drawers of beetles, including specimens collected by Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.[11] He has travelled extensively in search of specimens, including to Bolivia, Peru, Taiwan and Thailand,[12] and has discovered numerous new species. 79 beetle species have been named in his honour by fellow scientists, including:
- Pachyteles barclayi Deuve, 2005
- Platynus barclayi Schmidt, 2009
- Orictites barclayi Balkenohl, 2017
- Acrotrichis barclayi Darby, 2014
- Naddia barclayi Rougemont, 2016
- Ixorida (Pseudomecinonota) barclayi Legrand, 2008
- Gynaecoserica barclayi Ahrens, 2009
- Clinterocera barclayi Legrand & Chew, 2010
- Copris (Sinocopris) barclayi Ochi, 2010
- Protaetia (Macroprotaetia) maxwelli Jakl, 2011
- Madecorphnus barclayi Frolov, 2012
- Onthophagus maxwellianus Moretto, 2013
- Mesomerodon barclayi Seidel, Jameson & Stone, 2017
- Themus (Haplothemus) barclayi Svihla, 2006
- Tropicus maxwelli Skalicky, 2010
- Phalacrichus max Ribera & Hernando, 2001
- Bioxylus barclayi Otto, 2016
- Athous barclayi Platia, 2010
- Thaumaglossa barclayi Kadej and Háva, 2015
- Scirtes maxi Yoshitomi & Ruta, 2010
- Cyphon barclayi Yoshitomi, 2012
- Falsodrupeus barclayi Lee, 2011[13]
- Homoeogenus barclayi Lee, 2016
- Endelus barclayi Kalashian, 2011
- Aphanisticus barclayi Kalashian & Kubáň, 2014
- Sphenoptera barclayi Kalashian, 2017
- Sulabanus barclayi Dvorak & Bocak, 2007
- Alyculus barclayi Palata & Bocak, 2012
- Serratibia barclayi Gordon, Canepari & Hanley, 2013
- Neohelota barclayi Lee, 2015
- Pocadius barclayi Cline, 2005
- Cartodere barclayi Rücker, 2012[14]
- Tomoderus barclayi Telnov, 2005
- Macratria maxbarclayi Telnov, 2011
- Ischalia barclayi Young, 2011
- Eurychora barclayi Ferrer, 2003
- Amarygmus barclayi Bremer, 2004
- Pseudopodhomala barclayi Medvedev, 2004
- Ulomina barclayi Grimm, 2004
- Enicmosoma barclayi Ferrer, 2005
- Tauroceras barclayi Ferrer, Soldati & Delatour, 2005
- Chariotheca barclayi Masumoto 2006
- Goniadera barclayi Ferrer, 2007
- Pseudonautes barclayi Ando, 2007
- Laena barclayi Schawaller, 2009
- Othryoneus barclayi Ferrer, 2010
- Phylan barclayi Ferrer, 2010
- Hexarhopalus (Leprocaulus) barclayi Purchart, 2010
- Phymatosoma barclayi Masumoto & Akita, 2010
- Blaps barclayi Martínez-Fernández & Ferrer, 2012
- Rhyzodina barclayi Ferrer, 2015
- Nacerdes (Xanthochroa) apicipennis barclayi Svihla, 2011
- Trypogeus barclayi Vives, 2007
- Melanesiandra barclayi Santos-Silva, 2011
- Acutandra barclayi Bouyer, Drumont & Santos-Silva, 2012
- Colobeutrypanus barclayi Monné & Monné, 2012
- Clytellus barclayi Miroshnikov, 2014
- Oncideres barclayi Nearns & Tavakilian, 2015
- Parandra barclayi Santos-Silva, 2015
- Triammatus barclayi Jiroux, 2016
- Saphanodes barclayi Adlbauer, 2016
- Elydnus barclayi Miroshnikov, 2017
- Cyrtonota maxhowardi Sekerka, 2011 (named for Max and his colleague Howard Mendel)
- Dercetina barclayi Lee & Bezdek, 2013
- Charaea maxbarclayi Bezdek & Lee, 2014
- Diabrotica barclayi Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin & Konstantinov, 2015
- Doryscus barclayi Lee, 2017
- Pseudobasidissus barclayi Tryzna & Banar, 2014
- Gymnognathus barclayi Perger & Guerra, 2016
- Rubroinvolvulus barclayi Legalov, 2009
- Stereodermus barclayi Mantilleri, 2004
- Perapion barclayi Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011 [corrected 2013 from mistyped barkleyi]
- Tychius barclayi Caldara, 2011
- Heisonyx barclayi Borovec, Colonelli & Osella, 2009
- Pachycerus barclayi Meregalli, 2009
- Larinus barclayi Gültekin & Lyal, 2016
- Eudraces barclayi Borovec & Nakladal, 2018
- Titilayo barclayi Cristovao & Lyal, 2018
as well as the wasp Platygaster barclayi Buhl, 2011 and the fulgorid bug Polydictya barclayi Constant, 2016
Personal life
Barclay is married with children.[15] As a teenager he worked as a volunteer at the Durrell Wildlife Park[16] and he cites Gerald Durrell as a significant influence.
References
- ↑ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/m-barclay/index.html
- ↑ http://www.royensoc.co.uk/onlineforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=16
- ↑ http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ↑ IMDB Page for Max Barclay accessed April 2011: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3348926/
- ↑ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/m-barclay/index.html
- ↑ http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822936,00.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLSupmiNlaY&playnext=1&list=PLD83F21642C3F38BE
- ↑ Cooter J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds.) (2006) A Coleopterist’s Handbook. Amateur Entomological Society. 439 pages. ISBN 0-900054-70-0
- ↑ http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5030038.ece
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
- ↑ Barkham, P. 2010. Meet The Beetles. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/18/beetles-natural-history-museum
- ↑ Lee, Chi-Feng, 2011. Aquatic Insects 33: 165-169
- ↑ Rucker, W. 2012. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Cartodere (Aridius) C. G. Thomson, 1859 aus Papua-Neuguinea und Neuseeland (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) http://www.latridiidae.de/zeitschrift-journal/heft-9---2012/heft-9-2019.php%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
- ↑ Crewe, C. 2008. How an obsession can become a career. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5030038.ece
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2011-04-28.