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Otto Herman Swezey
American entomologist · 1869–1959
5,062 specimens, collected between 1818 and 2012 on 807 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 1,026 specimens for others.
On the labels as O. H. Swezey, Swezey, O.H., Swezey, O. H., Swezey, O. Swezey, Otto Herman Swezey, Swezey, O., O.H. Swezey and 6 more.
- Specimens
- 5,062
- Type specimens
- 657
- Years in the field
- 195
- Islands
- 17
- Species
- 1,442
- Identifications
- 1,026
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 49
Where Swezey collected
Specimens by decade
1810s2010s
Earliest: Oodemas nivicola, 1818 (Haleakala). Latest: Icarus filiformis, 2012.
Named for Swezey
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Swezey. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Hyposmocoma swezeyi Cosmopterigidae68
- Pauahiana swezeyi Eulophidae22
- Orgilus swezeyi Braconidae13
- Udea swezeyi Crambidae8
- Plagithmysus swezeyi Cerambycidae7
- Trupanea swezeyi Tephritidae7
- Agasthenes swezeyi Ichneumonidae5
- Bracon swezeyi Braconidae5
- Ecphylopsis swezeyi Braconidae5
- Ilburnia swezeyi Delphacidae4
- Ponera swezeyi Formicidae4
- Heteramphus swezeyi Curculionidae3
- Neseis swezeyi Lygaeidae3
- Oechalia swezeyi Pentatomidae3
- Aloha swezeyi Delphacidae2
- Emoloana swezeyi Delphacidae2
- Lallemandana swezeyi Aphrophoridae2
- Metrarga swezeyi Lygaeidae2
- Nesodryas swezeyi Delphacidae2
- Plagithmysus swezeyanus Cerambycidae2
- Aeletes swezeyi Histeridae1
- Anagyrus swezeyi Encyrtidae1
- Anchastus swezeyi Elateridae1
- Baeoalitriozus swezeyi Triozidae1
- Callocleonymus swezeyi Pteromalidae1
- Cephalops swezeyi Pipunculidae1
- Cillaeopeplus swezeyi Nitidulidae1
- Coelopencyrtus swezeyi Encyrtidae1
- Deretiodes swezeyi Curculionidae1
- Dicranomyia swezeyi Limoniidae1
- Dictyophorodelphax swezeyi Delphacidae1
- Drosophila swezeyi Drosophilidae1
- Eurytoma swezeyi Eurytomidae1
- Galumna swezeyi Galumnidae1
- Haltichella swezeyi Chalcididae1
- Hevaheva swezeyi Triozidae1
- Hypsipyla swezeyi Pyralidae1
- Lispocephala swezeyi Muscidae1
- Micromus swezeyi Hemerobiidae1
- Nesiomiris swezeyi Miridae1
- Nothorestias swezeyi Delphacidae1
- Oliarus swezeyi Cixiidae1
- Palistreptus swezeyi Elipsocidae1
- Proterhinus swezeyi Belidae1
- Ptycta swezeyi Psocidae1
- Salduncula swezeyi Saldidae1
- Sympiesis swezeyi Eulophidae1
- Tartessus swezeyi Cicadellidae1
- Xyleborus swezeyi Curculionidae1
From the field
As a determiner
1,026 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: