Dennis Leston

Dennis Leston (1917–1981), English entomologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Leston, D. 1952. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae (Hem.): I. The genotype of Antestia Stål. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 45: 268–270. Reference page.
Leston, D. 1952. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae (Hem.) III: The genus Aegaleus Stål. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 88: 16–17. Reference page.

Leston, D. 1953. Lindbergicoris (Hem., Pentatomidae): A new name for Platacantha Lindberg, not Herrich-Schaeffer, not Martin. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 89: 157. Reference page.
Leston, D. 1953. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae. IV. A new genus and species from the Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 41(2): 46–47. BHL Reference page.
Leston, D. 1953. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae (Hem.): VII. A review of Gynenica Dallas 1851. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 48(3–4): 179–195. Reference page.
Leston, D. 1953. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomidae. X. Some specimens from southern Africa in the South African Museum, with a note on the remarkable pygophore of Elvisura irrorata Spinola and description of a new species of Piezodorus Fieber. Annals of the South African Museum 41(2): 48–60. BHL Reference page.
Leston, D. 1953. Phloeidae Dallas: Systematics and morphology, with remarks on the phylogeny of Pentatomoidea Leach and upon the position of Serbana Distant (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 13(2): 121–140. Reference page.

Leston, D. 1954. Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera): XX: On Steganocerus Mayr (Scutelleridae) and the structure of the aedeagus. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)23(9–10): 164–166. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1954.tb00443.x Reference page.
Leston, D., Pendergrast, J.G. & Southwood, T.R.E. 1954. Classification of the Terrestrial Heteroptera (Geocorisae). Nature 174: 91–92. DOI: 10.1038/174091b0. Reference page.

Leston, D. 1955. Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera): New species and synonomy. Annals & Magazine of Natural History (12)8: 698–704. PDF. Reference page.
Leston, D. 1955. A key to the genera of Oncomerini Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, Tessaratominae), with the description of a new genus and species from Australia and new synonomy. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)24(3–4): 62–68. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1955.tb01477.x Reference page.

Leston, D. 1956. Results from the Danish expedition to the French Cameroons 1949-50. IX. Hemiptera, Pentatomoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. Série A, Sciences naturelles (A)18(2): 618–626. Reference page.
Leston, D. 1956. The Ethiopian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera): XXII, on Dismegistus Amyot and Serville (Cydnidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A)31(7–9): 87–94. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1956.tb00214.x Reference page.