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Portrait of K.A.J. Wise

Collectors

K.A.J. Wise

New Zealand entomologist · 1926–2012

22 specimens, collected between 1961 and 2020 on 8 collecting days, now held in 4 departments.

On the labels as Wise, K.A.J., K.A.J. Wise, K A J Wise, K. Wise, KAJ Wise, KRT Wise, Wise, K..

Specimens
22
Type specimens
14
Years in the field
60
Islands
2
Species
20
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Wise collected

Specimens by decade

1960s2020s

Earliest: Cryptopygus nivicolus, 1961 (NW crest 1100 m, Mount England, Victoria Land, Antarctica). Latest: Laportea aestuans, 2020.

Named for Wise

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Wise. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Laportea aestuansPseudaneitea martensiPedipesAthoraeophorus verrucosus