Axel Leonard Melander

Axel Leonard Melander (1878–1962), American entomologist, specialised in Diptera and Hymenoptera.

• Professor of Biology, College of the City of New York;
• Head, Department of Biology, City College of New York.

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• 26 taxon names authored by Axel Leonard Melander

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• 1913. A synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzinae, Milichiinae, Ochthiphilinae and Geomyzinae [part]. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 21: 219–273. BHL Reference page. 
• 1913. A synopsis of the dipterous groups Agromyzinae, Milichiinae, Ochthiphilinae and Geomyzinae [concl.]. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 21: 283–300. BHL Reference page. 
• Brues, C. & 1915. Key to the families of North American insects; an introduction to the classification of insects. Boston, Massachusetts and Pullman, Washington. 140 pp., 18 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.19662 . BHL. Reference page. 
• 1928. Diptera: Fam. Empididae. in Wytsman, P., Genera Insectorum: fasc. 185: 1–434; pls.1-8. BHL Reference page. 
• Brues, C. & 1932. Classification of Insects. A key to the known families of insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 73: 672 pp., 1121 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• 1952. The North American species of Tethinidae (Diptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society (1951) 59: 187–212. Reference page. 

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