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W.A. Steffan

collected 1966–1980

129 specimens, collected between 1966 and 1980 on 28 collecting days. Identified 12 specimens for others.

On the labels as W. A. Steffan, Steffan, W.A., Steffan, W. A., W.A. Steffan, WA Steffan.

Specimens
129
Type specimens
22
Years in the field
15
Islands
2
Species
49
Identifications
12
In the Library
0
Named after
6

Specimens by decade

1960s1980s

Earliest: Culex pipiens, 1966 (Honolulu; Pali Drive). Latest: Polistes aurifer, 1980.

Named for Steffan

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

As a determiner

12 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: