Zalutschia humphriesiae

Zalutschia humphriesiae

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae

Carmel Humphries MRIA (3 June 1909 – 7 March 1986) was an Irish zoologist, specialist in fresh water Chironomidae. She was the first female professor of zoology and head of department in Ireland, and devised a technique for the identification of chironomid flies that is still employed today. Life Carmel Frances Humphries was born in Waterford on 3 June 1909, to engineer William Francis, and Annie Humphries (née Palmer).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 5Netherlands · 1

Sources and credits

DescriptionCarmel Humphries, Wikipedia contributors

Zalutschia humphriesiae

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