Animals Named for Richard Archbold - Neotridactylus archboldi, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, 11 November 2006, Fred E. Lohrer.

Archbold Biological Station founded in 1941 by Richard Archbold

Animals named for Richard Archbold: Neotridactylus archboldi (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae)

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Neotridactylus archboldi Deyrup and Eisner (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). A central Florida pygmy mole cricket. Drawing by Mark A. Deyrup.--Deyrup, M and T. Eisner. 1996. Description and natural history of a new pygmy mole cricket from relict xeric uplands of Florida (Orthoptera: Tridactylidae). Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 17:59-67.--The type specimen of this mole cricket was collected at Archbold Biological Station on 16 June 1994 by Mark A. Deyrup. "This paper is dedicated to Karl V. Krombein, and the species is named for the Archbold Biological Station, where Karl conducted, and continues to conduct, so many splendid studies on the natural history of Florida Hymenoptera. The species is also named for Richard Archbold, who worked with Karl on the trap nest project from 1957 to 1961."