William John Macleay

William John Macleay (1820-06-13 – 1891-12-07), British-Australian entomologist, ichthyologist and herpetologist.

Cousin of William Sharp Macleay, nephew of Alexander Macleay.

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• 66 taxon names authored by William John Macleay

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• 1 eponym of William John Macleay

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• , 1863. Descriptions of twenty new species of Australian Coleoptera, belonging to the families Cicindelidae and Cetoniidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 9–21. BHL

• 1864. On the insects of Australia allied to the Glaphyridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 75–90. BHL Reference page. 
• 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera from Port Denison. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 106–130. BHL Reference page. 

• 1865. On the Scaritidae of New Holland. 3rd paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 176–198. BHL Reference page. 
• 1865. Description of a new genus of carabideous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 155–157. BHL Reference page. 

• 1866. List of lepidopterous insects from Cape York, presented to the Museum. Proceedings of the Entomologicla Society of New South Wales 1866: 53-56 Archive. Reference page. 

• 1871 [1873]. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79–205. BHL Reference page. 

• , 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 237–318.

• , 1873. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79–205.
• 1873. Miscellanea Entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319–370. BHL Reference page. 

• 1877. The ophidians of the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(1): 33–41. BHL Reference page. 

• 1878. Description of some new fishes from Port Jackson and King George's Sound. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 3 (pt 1): 33–37, Pls. 2–5. BHL Reference page. 

• 1881. A descriptive catalogue of Australian fishes. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6(2): 202–387. BHL Reference page. 

• 1883. Contribution to a knowledge of the fishes of New Guinea, No. 4. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8(2): 252–280. BHL Reference page. 

• 1884. Notes on some reptiles from the Herbert River, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8(4): 432–436. BHL Reference page. 

• 1885. Two new Australian Lucanidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 199–202. BHL Reference page. 

• 1887. Miscellanea entomologica, No. III. The Scaritidae of New Holland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 2: 115–134. BHL Reference page. 
• 1887. The insects of the Cairns District, northern Queensland. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 2: 307–328. BHL Reference page. 

• , 1888. The insects of the vicinity of King's Sound, NW Australia. Part III. The Sternoxes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
• , 1888. The insects of King’s Sound and its vicinity. Part 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2)3: 897–924. Archive

• Rutledge, M. & Hoare, M. 1974. Macleay, Sir William John (1820–1891). Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5 (MUP). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.