According to Wikipedia, George Eugene Ball was an American entomologist and expert in ground beetles . Born in Detroit, Michigan, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, where he served in the Battle of Okinawa. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University in 1949 and his M.S. from the University of Alabama in 1950. He returned to Cornell where he earned his PhD in 1954, and that same year joined the University of Alberta, becoming a full professor in 1965. He went on to serve as the entomology department's chair before retiring in 1992. He was a past president of the Entomological Society of Canada and The Coleopterists Society, received the 1980 Gold Medal from the Entomological Society of Canada for outstanding achievement in entomology, and was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America. He produced over 130 scientific papers, edited five books, and supervised 40 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Antarctotrechus balli is named after him.
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Synopsis of mexican taxa of the loxandrus series coleoptera carabidae pterostichini (1979) (49)
Pericaline Lebiini: Notes on Classification, A Synopsis of the New World Genera, and a Revision of the Genus Phloeoxena Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (1975) (44)
The taxonomy of the Nearctic species of the genus Calathus Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Agonini) (1972) (41)
The middle American genera of the tribe Ozaenini with notes about the species in southwestern United States and selected species from Mexico. (1990) (34)
Phylogeny and classification of Caraboidea (Coleoptera:Adephaga) : proceedings of a symposium, 28 August 1996, Florence, Italy : XX International Congress of Entomology (1998) (31)
A taxonomic teview of the subtribe Pericalina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) in the Western Hemisphere, with descriptions of new species and notes about classification and zoogeography (2000) (26)
The Tribe Licinini (Coleoptera: Carabidae): A Review of the Genus-Groups and of the Species of Selected Genera (1992) (21)
Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae and Carabidae) of the Yukon: Geographical Distribution, Ecological Aspects, and Origin of the Extant Fauna (1997) (21)
A taxonomic study of the North American Licinini with notes on the Old World species of the genus Diplochelia Brulle (Coleoptera) (1959) (21)
Classification and evolutionary aspects of the species of the New World genus Amblygnathus Dejean, with description of Platymetopsis, new genus, and notes about selected species of Selenophorus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) (1987) (19)
The species of the Neotropical genus Trichopselaphus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini): Classification, phylogeny and zoogeography (1978) (17)
Classification, reconstructed phylogeny and geographical history of the New World species of Coptodera Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) (1993) (10)
The neotropical genus Trichopselaphus Chaudior (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini): new species and a review of taxonomic and evolutionary aspects (1986) (2)
A note concerning the correct application of the generic name Helluomorpha Castelnau, 1834, and proposal of a new nam. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Helluonini) (1951) (2)
A taxonomic review of species of the Neotropical pericaline genus Oreodicastes Maindron, 1905 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini) (2001) (1)
Taxonomic notes about the Middle American genus Cyrtolaus Bates (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) (1991) (1)
0050. Taxonomic review of the Neotropical Tetragonoderus quadriguttatus assemblage (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cyclosomini) with description of T. deuvei , new species, and new West Indian and Nearctic locality records (2008) (1)
Notes about the genus Tetragonoderus Dejean with description of T. (Peronoscelis) matilei a new species from the Amazon Basin [Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cyclosomini] (2000) (1)
LINDROTHc Cp Hp 1963p The ground-beeltes of Canada and Alaskap Part 3p Opuscula Entomologicac Supplementum XXIVc ppp 201 - 408c Figsp 102-207p Zoological Institutec University of Lundc Lundc Swedenp Price - 35 Swedish crownsp (1965) (0)
