Brenda May

Brenda Mabel May (née Dansie) (1917–1998), New Zealander entomologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 taxon names authored by Brenda May

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1967

• May, B. 1967: The Broun species numbers (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 9(13): 175–180. BUGZ Reference page. 

1971

• May, B. 1971. Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: immature stages of Curculionoidea. Pacific Insects Monograph 27: 271–316. PDF Reference page. 

1977

• May, B. 1977: Immature stages of Curculionidae: larvae of the soil-dwelling weevils of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 7(2): 189–228. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1977.10427160 Reference page. 

1984

• May, B. 1984. The immature stages of Linogeraeus urbanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) and its biology in Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 8(1): 29–35. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1984.9722458 Reference page. 

1990

• Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1990. Palophaginae, a new subfamily for leaf-beetles, feeding as adult and larva on araucarian pollen in Australia (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(6): 697–719. DOI: 10.1071/IT9890697 . Reference page. 
• Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1990. Palophaginae, their systematic position and biology. Pp. 173–185. in: Jolivet, P.H.A.; Cox, M.L. (eds.) Chrysomelidae biology Vol. 3. Amsterdam, SPB Publishing.
• May, B. 1990. In search of Praolepra albopictus Broun (Curculionidae). Weta 13(2): 26–27. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

1993

• May, B.M. 1993. Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview. Fauna of New Zealand 28. DOI: 10.7931/J2/FNZ.28. Reference page. 

1996

• Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1996. Discovery of Palophaginae (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae) on Araucaria araucana in Chile and Argentina. New Zealand Entomologist 19(1): 1–13. Abstract (with PDF download).

1997

• Kuschel, G. & May, B.M. 1997. A new genus and species of Nemonychidae (Coleoptera) associated with Araucaria angustifolia in Brazil. New Zealand Entomologist 20(1): 15-22. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1997.9722664. . Reference page. 

References

• Early, J. 1998. Obituary Brenda May F.E.S.N.Z., 1917–1998. New Zealand Entomologist 21: 110. PDF.
• Dugdale, J.S., Crosby, T.K., Kuschel, G. & Early, J.W. 1998. Citation. Application for the election of Brenda M. May as a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 21: 107–109. PDF.