Smith, David R.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
B.A. Oregon State University, OR, USA, 1960 Ph.D. Oregon State University, OR, USA, 1967

Dr. Smith is a retired Research Entomologist specializing in Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera, and Unit Leader with the United States Department of Agriculture. He is involved in various studies and research including the Gulf of Mexico's Poplar Springs Lake project

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Abe & Smith 1991.pdf|Abe, M. & Smith, D.R. 1991. The genus-group names of Symphyta and their type species. Esakia 31: 1-115.  PDF]]
 * Smith, D. R. 1972. Two species of imported fire ants in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). United States Department of Agriculture. Cooperative Economic Insect Report 22:103-104.
 * [[Media:Smith, D.R. 1973.pdf|Smith, D. R. 1973a. Dr. Marion Russell Smith, a bibliography. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 75: 88-95.]]
 * Smith, D. R. 1973b. Notice of name changes in ants and sawflies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Tenthredinidae). United States Department of Agriculture. Cooperative Economic Insect Report 23:498.
 * Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
 * Smith, D. R. 1983. Obituary. Dr. Marion Russell Smith, 1894-1981. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 85: 628-630
 * Smith, D. R. 1991. Ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Pp. 297-309, 633-649 in: Gorham, J. R. (ed.) 1991. Insect and mite pests in food. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Handbook 655:i-vii, 1-767.
 * [[Media:Smith & Lavigne 1973.pdf|Smith, D. R.; Lavigne, R. J. 1973. Two new species of ants of the genera Tapinoma Foerster and Paratrechina Motschoulsky from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 75: 181-187.]]