David M. Hardy
American entomologist · 1914–2002
755 specimens, collected between 1944 and 1993 on 76 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 731 specimens for others.
On the labels as Hardy, D.E., D. E. Hardy, D.M. Hardy, D.E. Hardy, Hardy, D. E., D. Elmo Hardy, Hardy, E., Dee Hardy and 1 more.
- Specimens
- 755
- Type specimens
- 496
- Years in the field
- 50
- Islands
- 5
- Species
- 555
- Identifications
- 731
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 19
Where Hardy collected
Specimens by decade
1940s1990s
Earliest: Prosciara, 1944 (Tinsukia). Latest: Ostorhinchus aureus, 1993.
Named for Hardy
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Hardy. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Cyanea hardyi Campanulaceae45
- Nysius hardyi Lygaeidae45
- Forcipomyia hardyi Ceratopogonidae42
- Pritchardia hardyi Arecaceae18
- Procanace hardyi Canacidae12
- Plagithmysus hardyi Cerambycidae5
- Tartessops hardyi Cicadellidae2
- Campsicnemus hardyi Dolichopodidae1
- Cerodontha hardyi Agromyzidae1
- Echinohelea hardyi Ceratopogonidae1
- Evaza hardyi Stratiomyidae1
- Mallochohelea hardyi Ceratopogonidae1
- Papuana hardyi Scarabaeidae1
- Ptycta hardyi Psocidae1
- Scaptomyza hardyi Drosophilidae1
- Scatopsciara hardyi Sciaridae1
- Thinophilus hardyi Dolichopodidae1
- Trachyopella hardyi Sphaeroceridae1
- Tricimba hardyi Chloropidae1
From the field
As a determiner
731 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: