Vasco M. Tanner
American entomologist
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- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Vasco Myron Tanner was an American entomologist from Utah, professor of zoology, and chair of the zoology and entomology departmentat Brigham Young University . Tanner also taught at Dixie College while he did research. He published over 140 scientific articles, mostly focusing on insects, but also researching birds, mammals, reptiles and fishes. He also founded the journal The Great Basin Naturalist. Tanner was a part of numerous entomology recreational societies and worked to reduce flood risk as chair of the forestry and flood control committee with Provo's Chamber of Commerce. Tanner created and funded an award at Dixie College, which still exists today. He also donated money to create an entomological research fund at the college. He has numerous insect species named after him because of his research in the field.
Vasco M. Tanner's Published Works
Published Works
- Tenebrionidae beetles of the Nevada Test Site (1965) (23)
- The Amphibians and Reptiles of Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah (1930) (15)
- The Coleoptera of Zion National Park, Utah. (1928) (14)
- A study of the subtribe Hydronomi with a description of new species, (Curculionidae), Study No. VI (1943) (11)
- A Distributional List of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Utah. No. 3 (1927) (10)
- A study of the genus Scaphiopus: the spade-foot toads (1939) (10)
- Rediscovery of the genus Pseudogekko with description of a new species from the Solomon Islands (1949) (9)
- Notes on Charina bottae in Utah: reproduction (1939) (8)
- A chapter on the natural history of the Great Basin, 1800 to 1855 (1940) (8)
- Pacific islands herpetology, No. V. Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands: A checklist of species (1951) (8)
- A new species of Gila from Nevada (Cyprinidae) (1950) (7)
- Rhynchophora beetles of the Nevada Test Site (1966) (7)
- Notes on Birds Collected in the Virgin River Valley of Utah (1927) (7)
- THE UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS. (1937) (6)
- Crystallization of Sulphides in KSCN Melts (1982) (6)
- Bufo lamentor Girard (1933) (6)
- Notes on the Gordiacea of Utah (1939) (6)
- A biotic study of the Kaiparowits region of Utah (1940) (6)
- Pacific Islands herpetology, No. III: Morotai Island (1950) (5)
- Notes on the birth and growth of horned lizards (1942) (4)
- Additional records of Coleoptera collected at the Nevada -Test Site, Mercury, Nevada (1974) (4)
- The glaciation of Long Range of western Newfoundland (1940) (4)
- A study of the weevil tribe Celeuthetini of the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (1969) (4)
- Pacific Islands herpetology No. VII, Ulu Langat, state of Selangor, Malay (1953) (3)
- The Coleoptera of Utah-Cicindelidae (3)
- Notes on some Cicindelidae of the western United States and the South Pacific Islands with a description of a new species (1951) (2)
- BEETLES FROM THE ENVIRONS OF LAKE POWELL IN SOUTHERN UTAH AND NORTHERN ARIZONA USA (1979) (2)
- A review of the genus Notolepidomyzon with a description of a new species (Pisces - Catostomidae) (1942) (2)
- A new Elaphrus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) (1941) (2)
- Coleoptera of Zion National Park No. II. (1934) (2)
- Pacific Islands herpetology No. Viii, Korea (1953) (2)
- Pacific Islands herpetology No. I: Mariana Islands: a new species of Typhlops (1948) (2)
- A Study of the Variation of the Dorsal Scale Rows of Charina bottae (Blainville) (1933) (2)
- A new species of Craniotus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (1963) (2)
- A new species of Araeoschizus (Coleoptera – Tenebrionidae) (1945) (2)
- The flying squirrel collected in Garfield County, Utah (1940) (1)
- Sheldon P. Hayes collects cold-blooded vertebrates in Arizona (1942) (1)
- Pelecyphorus semilaevis (Horn): (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) (1962) (1)
- A Description of Notolepidomyzon utahensis, a New Catostomid from Utah (1932) (1)
- Carl Linnaeus' contributions and collections (1959) (1)
- A new species of Plastoceridae in the genus Euthysanius (Coleoptera) (1)
- Sage Hens Killed on Highway (1946) (1)
- Pacific Islands herpetology No. VI. Tahiti and Marquesas Islands, New Guinea and Australia (1952) (1)
- Amphibians and reptiles contributed to Brigham Young University by Owen Bryant (1949) (1)
- Studies in the weevils of the western United States, No. VIII: description of new species (1950) (1)
- Painted Lady Butterfly in Migration (1941) (1)
- WILLIS STANLEY BLATCHLEY (1859-1940) (1941) (1)
- Pacific Islands Herpetology No. IV, Admiralty Islands (1951) (1)
- Studies in the weevils of the western United States No. IX: description of a new species of Eucyllus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (1959) (1)
- THE UTAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS. (1938) (1)
- D Elden Beck (1906–1967) (1967) (1)
- Edwin Cooper Van Dyke (1869–1952) (1953) (1)
- White-lined sphinx moth abundant in central Utah, spring 1949 (1949) (1)
- Studies in the weevils of the western United States No. V: a new species of Miloderoides (1942) (1)
- Studies in the weevils of the western United States, No. III: New species from Utah (1939) (1)
- The Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters: A New Affiliated Academy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1937) (0)
- Spongilla fragilis found in Utah Lake and Salem Pond (1940) (0)
- Dr. William Williams Henderson (1879–1944) (1944) (0)
- Ranatra quadridentata Stal (Nepidae) found in Utah (1946) (0)
- Sir Guy Marshall (1871-1958) (1960) (0)
- Gastroidea cyanea Melsh (Coleoptera) preyed upon by an hemipteran predator (1954) (0)
- Antarctic Birds Contributed by Dr. Russell G. Frazier (1941) (0)
- Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell, Sr. (1862–1946) (1946) (0)
- Life history notes on Calligrapha multipunctata multipunctata (Say) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) (1958) (0)
- Lesser Yellow Legs, new record for Washington County, Utah (1941) (0)
- John E. Blazzard contributes mammal collection (1940) (0)
- Strawberries damaged by a diplopod (1948) (0)
- A comprehensive index to the Great Basin Naturalist, volumes 1-30 inclusive, 1939-1970 (1971) (0)
- Notes on American Sitona (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), with three new species (1987) (0)
- Tortoise-shell butterfly in migration (1953) (0)
- Charles Darwin After One Hundred Years (1959) (0)
- The Mexican bean beetle taken at Provo, Utah (1940) (0)
- New bird records from Zion National Park (1941) (0)
- New cover design (1954) (0)
- The Mexican Bean Beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, Does Damage in Utah in 1943 (1943) (0)
- Pacific Islands herpetology No. II: Philippine Islands (1949) (0)
- Two new species of weevils of the tribe Celeuthetini (Coleoptera) (1960) (0)
- Dr. Pfouts contributes butterflies (1940) (0)
- NOTES ON THE NUMBER, LENGTH, AND WEIGHT OF YOUNG GARTER SNAKES (1949) (0)
- Gull banding notes at Utah Lake No.2 (1942) (0)
- Description of new species of Miloderes Casey, with comments on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (1974) (0)
- Necrology report of the Department of Zoology and Entomology Alumni, Brigham Young University, 1955 (1955) (0)
- JOSEPH RICHARD SLEVIN (1881-1957) (1957) (0)
- Gull banding at Utah Lake No.3 (1947) (0)
- Angus Munn Woodbury 1886-1964 (1965) (0)
- The European earwig found in Provo, Utah (1944) (0)
- Clarence Cottam, 1899–1974: a distinguished alumnus of Brigham Young University (1975) (0)
- List of the insect type specimens in the Entomological Collection of the Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, No. III (1969) (0)
- George Paul Engelhardt (1871–1942) (1942) (0)
- Studies in the weevils of the western United States No. IV: a new species of Cimbocera (1941) (0)
- Gull banding notes at Utah Lake (1941) (0)
- Dr. Henry Clinton Fall (1862–1939) (1940) (0)
- Book notice. Taxonomic review: Miridae of the Nevada Test Site and the western United States (1968) (0)
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