Axel Leonard Melander

Axel Leonard Melander
Born(1878-06-03)June 3, 1878
Chicago, Illinois
DiedAugust 14, 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 84)
Riverside, California
Education
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
Institutions
Thesis A monograph of the Empididæ of North America  (1902)

Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 1878 – 14 August 1962)[1] was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera.[2] Specimens collected by Melander are held at the German Entomological Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.[3]

  1. ^ "AXEL MELANDER, ENTOMOLOGIST, 84; Retired Chairman of Biology Dept. at City College Dies". The New York Times. Riverside, California (published 1962-08-15). 1962-08-14. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  2. ^ Bradley, J. Chester (1959). "The Influence of the American Entomological Society upon the Study of Hymenoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 85 (4): 277–301. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25077786.
  3. ^ "Axel Leonard Melander". bionomia.net. Retrieved 2023-06-08.