Robert Cyril Layton Perkins
British entomologist, ornithologist, and naturalist who studied the fauna of the islands of Hawaii and Hymenoptera · 1866–1955
6,192 specimens, collected between 1890 and 1984 on 292 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 560 specimens for others.
On the labels as R. C. L. Perkins, Perkins, R.C.L., Perkins, R. C. L., R C L Perkins, Perkins, Robert Cyril Layton Perkins, Perkins R.C.L., RCL Perkins and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 6,192
- Type specimens
- 373
- Years in the field
- 95
- Islands
- 7
- Species
- 1,084
- Identifications
- 560
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 37
Where Perkins collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Megalagrion blackburni, 1890 (Molokai Mts.). Latest: Agrotis crinigera, 1984.
Named for Perkins
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Perkins. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Iolania perkinsi Cixiidae242
- Tornatellides perkinsi acicula Achatinellidae61
- Tornatellides perkinsi Achatinellidae25
- Newcombia perkinsi Achatinellidae17
- Leptachatina perkinsi Amastridae15
- Plagithmysus perkinsi Cerambycidae14
- Hiona perkinsi maunahoomae Euconulidae10
- Hiona perkinsi Euconulidae9
- Microcystina perkinsi Ariophantidae6
- Oceanides perkinsi Lygaeidae6
- Scaptomyza perkinsi Drosophilidae6
- Eopenthes perkinsi Elateridae5
- Auriculella perkinsi Achatinellidae4
- Hiona perkinsi poholuae Euconulidae4
- Ilburnia perkinsi Delphacidae4
- Tornatellides perkinsi group Achatinellidae3
- Cofana perkinsi Cicadellidae2
- Hylaeus perkinsianus Colletidae2
- Lydda perkinsi Derbidae2
- Smicrotatodelphax perkinsi Delphacidae2
- Ceratonereis perkinsi Nereididae1
- Cerchysiella perkinsi Encyrtidae1
- Elenchus perkinsianus Elenchidae1
- Enicospilus perkinsi Ichneumonidae1
- Euphranta perkinsi Tephritidae1
- Nesophrosyne perkinsi Cicadellidae1
- Nesothoe perkinsi Delphacidae1
- Phauloppia perkinsi Oribatulidae1
- Philonesia perkinsi Euconulidae1
- Proterhinus perkinsi Belidae1
- Ptycta perkinsi Psocidae1
- Rhaphidophora perkinsiae Araceae1
- Rhyncogonus perkinsi Curculionidae1
- Saicella perkinsi Reduviidae1
- Themarohystrix perkinsi Tephritidae1
- Trichogramma perkinsi Trichogrammatidae1
- Trupanea perkinsi Tephritidae1
From the field
As a determiner
560 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: