William Elford Leach FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Elford Leach was born at Hoe Gate, Plymouth...
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William Leach may refer to: William Elford Leach (1791–1836), English zoologist and marine biologist William Leach (politician) (1870–1949), British Labour...
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seabird of the tubenose order. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. Hydrobates is...
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Cuckoo (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
calls. The family Cuculidae was introduced by English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized...
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Scolopendra subspinipes (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
giant centipede (Scolopendra japonica) "Species Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815". Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Kronmüller, Christian...
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Emperor (dragonfly) (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
"The complete mitochondrial genome of the emperor dragonfly Anax imperator LEACH, 1815 (Odonata: Aeshnidae) via NGS sequencing". Mitochondrial DNA Part B...
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Kookaburra (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
with water. The genus Dacelo was introduced by English zoologist William Elford Leach in 1815. The type species is the laughing kookaburra. The name Dacelo...
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containing the well-known peppered moth. The genus was first described by William Elford Leach in 1815. The species of Biston are widely distributed in Holarctic...
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the species was moved, reaching its current position in 1814, when William Elford Leach erected the genus Nephrops to hold this species alone. Seven fossil...
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Libinia emarginata (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
are held behind the male and aggressively protected. "Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 13,...
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Grouse (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Phasianinae Tribe: Tetraonini Leach, 1819 Genera Pucrasia Meleagris Bonasa Tetrastes Centrocercus Dendragapus...
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Dublin Bay prawn), and several fossil species. It was erected by William Elford Leach in 1814, to accommodate N. norvegicus alone, which had previously...
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Anatidae (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Anatidae for the family was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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Heron (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Chordata Class: Aves Order: Pelecaniformes Suborder: Ardei Family: Ardeidae Leach, 1820 Type genus Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 Genera 18 extant, see text Global...
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Finch (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
the finch family was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum. The taxonomy of...
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family of mites in the superfamily Hydrachnoidea, first defined by William Elford Leach. The family was defined within Hydrachnoidea. These mites may be...
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Auk (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Charadriiformes Suborder: Lari Family: Alcidae Leach, 1820 Type species Alca torda Linnaeus, 1758 Subfamilies Alcinae Leach, 1820 Fraterculinae Strauch, 1985...
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members of this genus have been used in biological pest control. William Elford Leach first described this genus in 1815 in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopædia...
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Pentatomidae (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Platistocoris Rider, 1998 Praepharnus Barber & Bruner, 1932 Pentatominae Leach, 1815 - worldwide ... Bathycoelia Amyot & Serville, 1843 Pentatoma Olivier...
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Chydorus is a genus of Chydoridae. The genus was described in 1816 by William Elford Leach. It has cosmopolitan distribution. It was found that centers of dispersion...
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owls. The family Strigidae was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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driver Sir William Elford, 1st Baronet (1749–1837), English banker, politician, and amateur artist As part of a compound surname William Elford Leach (1791–1836)...
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Buprestidae (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Infraorder: Elateriformia Superfamily: Buprestoidea Family: Buprestidae Leach, 1815 Subfamilies Agrilinae Buprestinae Chrysochroinae Galbellinae Julodinae...
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and given as the order of octopuses in 1818 by English biologist William Elford Leach, who classified them as Octopoida the previous year. The Octopoda...
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Corvidae for the family was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820...
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Philothamnus irregularis (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Philothamnus Species: P. irregularis Binomial name Philothamnus irregularis (Leach, 1819)...
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Columbidae (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
'Columbidae' for the family was introduced by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1819...
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Antherina is a monotypic moth genus in the family Saturniidae erected by William Elford Leach in 1815. Its only species, Antherina suraka, the Suraka silk moth...
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Gasterophilus (category Taxa named by William Elford Leach)
Diptera Family: Oestridae Subfamily: Gasterophilinae Genus: Gasterophilus Leach, 1817 Species G. flavipes (Oliver, 1811) G. haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)...
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