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{{short description|American entomologist}}

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'''Allan Frost Archer''' (January 22, 1908 – 1994, fl. 1940–1971), U.S. arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist. He was the curator of Arachnida at the Alabama Museum of Natural History, University, Alabama.<ref name = "AMN"/> Archer was active in the latter half of the twentieth century, especially between 1940 and 1971, when he [[Species description|described]] numerous species of Arachnids and snails in in a number of states in the United States and elsewhere.<ref name = "Conchology">{{cite web | url = http://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=14732 | title = Biography of A. Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = Guido T. Poppe & Philippe Poppe - Conchology, Inc.}}</ref>
'''Allan Frost Archer''' (January 22, 1908 – 1994, fl. 1940–1971), was an American arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist. He was the curator of Arachnida at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in University, Alabama.<ref name = "AMN"/> Archer was active in the latter half of the twentieth century, especially between 1940 and 1971, when he [[Species description|described]] numerous species of [[arachnid]]s and [[snail]]s in a number of states in the United States and elsewhere.<ref name = "Conchology">{{cite web | url = http://www.conchology.be/?t=9001&id=14732 | title = Biography of A. Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = Guido T. Poppe & Philippe Poppe - Conchology, Inc.}}</ref> The [[World Spider Catalog]] lists 29 [[genus|genera]] of [[spider]]s named by Archer, of which 16 are still accepted {{as of|2016|September|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/search?sFamily=&fMt=begin&sGenus=&gMt=begin&sSpecies=&sMt=begin&multiPurpose=gAuthor&sMulti=Archer&mMt=begin&searchSpec=s |title=Search taxa (Gen Author=Archer) |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |work=World Spider Catalog |accessdate=19 September 2016 }}</ref>


Allen Frost Archer was the author of about 26 scientific papers and was responsible for describing a number of terrestrial snail taxa in his malacological career which spanned over 30 years. His specimen collection of 1600 lots of terrestrial snails seems to have passed Dr. John C. Hurd ([[LaGrange College]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) and subsequently to the [[Auburn University]] Natural History Learning Center and Museum (AUNHLCM) in 2002 . Many of the specimens in the collection are too old to have been collected by Dr. Archer and so were presumably obtained by trading with museums. Dr. Archer's collecting activities were mainly in southeastern North America but during the later years of his life he made collections from throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and many Pacific and Caribbean Islands.<ref name = "Absract">{{cite web | url = http://www.malacological.org/meetings/archives/2004/S-Z.pdf | title = The Allen Archer Collections at Auburn University: A Global Portrait of Terrestrial Snail Biodiversity | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = [[American Malacological Society]]}}</ref>
Allen Frost Archer was the author of about 26 scientific papers and was responsible for describing a number of terrestrial snail taxa in his malacological career which spanned over 30 years. His specimen collection of 1600 lots of terrestrial snails seems to have passed to Dr. John C. Hurd ([[LaGrange College]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]) and subsequently to the [[Auburn University]] Natural History Learning Center and Museum (AUNHLCM) in 2002. Many of the specimens in the collection are too old to have been collected by Dr. Archer and so were presumably obtained by trading with museums. Dr. Archer's collecting activities were mainly in southeastern North America but during the later years of his life he made collections from throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and many Pacific and Caribbean Islands.<ref name = "Absract">{{cite web | url = http://www.malacological.org/meetings/archives/2004/S-Z.pdf | title = The Allen Archer Collections at Auburn University: A Global Portrait of Terrestrial Snail Biodiversity | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = [[American Malacological Society]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220100011/http://www.malacological.org/meetings/archives/2004/S-Z.pdf | archive-date = 20 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


He was married to Mableanne Hanson on 31 July 1942,<ref name = "grave">{{cite web | url = http://findagrave.com/cgi=bin/fg.cgi/http//fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60732979 | title = Mableann Hanson Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = findagrave.com}}</ref> his son Allan Frost Archer junior was born in [[Decatur, Alabama]] on 23 December 1943 and was ordained into the Orthodox church as a priest in 1996 and took the name Aaron.<ref name = "St Vlad">{{cite web | url = http://www.svots.edu/voices/alumni/memoriam-archpriest-aaron-archer | title = In Memoriam: Archpriest Aaron Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary}}</ref>
He was married to Mableanne Hanson on 31 July 1942.<ref name = "grave">{{cite web | url = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60732979 | title = Mableann Hanson Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = findagrave.com}}</ref> His son Allan Frost Archer, Jr. was born in [[Decatur, Alabama]] on 23 December 1943 and was ordained into the Orthodox church as a priest in 1996 and took the name Aaron.<ref name = "St Vlad">{{cite web | url = http://www.svots.edu/voices/alumni/memoriam-archpriest-aaron-archer | title = In Memoriam: Archpriest Aaron Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
The following is an incomplete list.<ref name =WSC>{{cite web | url = http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/bibliography?authSearchOpt=exact&bAuthors=Archer&bYear=&titleSearchOpt=contain&bTitle=&bTaxonIncluded=&search=s | title = Search bibliography Archer | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = Natural History Museum Bern |work = World Spider Catalogue}}</ref><ref name = "almnh">{{cite web | url = https://almnh.ua.edu/historic-publications.html | title = Historic Publications - Alabama Museum of Natural History | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = [[The University of Alabama]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919232843/https://almnh.ua.edu/historic-publications.html | archive-date = 19 September 2016 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
This is an incomplete list

* {{aut|Archer, Allan F.}} (1946). The Theridiidae or Comb-footed Spiders of Alabama. ''Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History'', '''22''': p.&nbsp;31<ref name = "almnh">{{cite web | url = https://almnh.ua.edu/historic-publications.html | title = Historic Publications - Alabama Museum of Natural History | accessdate = 19 September 2016 | publisher = [[The University of Alabama]]}}</ref>
* {{aut|Archer, Allan F.}} (1940). The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama, ''Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History''
* Archer, Allan F. (1940). "The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama". ''Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History''
* {{aut|Archer, Allan F.}} & {{a|William James Clench|Clench, William J.}} (1930). New Land Snails from Tanganyika Territory. ''Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History'', vol. 5, pp 295–300, 1 plate
* Archer, Allan F. & [[William James Clench|Clench, William J.]] (1930). "New Land Snails from Tanganyika Territory". ''Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History'', vol. 5, pp 295–300, 1 plate.
* Archer, A. F. (1941). "Alabama spiders of the family Mimetidae". ''Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters'' 27: 183–193.
* Archer, A. F. (1941). "Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama". ''Museum Paper, Geological Survey of Alabama'' 18: 1-47.
* Archer, Allan F. (1946). "The Theridiidae or Comb-footed Spiders of Alabama". ''Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History'', '''22''': p.&nbsp;31
* Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". ''Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History'' 30: 1-40.
* Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". ''American Museum Novitates'' 1487: 1-52.
* Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 2". ''American Museum Novitates'' 1502: 1-34.
* Archer, A. F. (1951). "Remarks on certain European genera of argiopid spiders". ''Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea'' 84: 1–4.
* Archer, A. F. (1951). "A new species of ''Gasteracantha'' (Argiopidae) from São Tomé Island, West Africa". ''Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea'' 90: 1–3.
* Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". ''American Museum Novitates'' 1622: 1-27.
* Archer, A. F. (1958). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4". ''American Museum Novitates'' 1922: 1-21.
* Archer, A. F. (1960). "A new genus of Argiopidae from Japan". ''Acta Arachnologica'', Tokyo 17: 13–14.
* Archer, A. F. (1963). "Catalogo de las arañas chilenas de las families de la division Metarachnae". ''Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural'', Santiago 1: 1-32.
* Archer, A. F. (1965). "A new species of ''Cyphalonotus'' from Central Africa". ''Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines'' 72: 79–82.
* Archer, A. F. (1965). "Nuevos argiopidos (arañas) de las Antilles". ''Caribbean Journal of Science'' 5: 129–133.
* Archer, A. F. (1971). "Especies nuevas de argiopidos peruanos". ''Revista Peruana de Entomología Agricola'' 14: 157–159.
* Bryant, E. B. & Archer, A. F. (1940). "Notes on ''Epeira pentagona'' Hentz." ''Psyche: A Journal of Entomology'' 47: 60–65.
* Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". ''American Museum Novitates'' 1171: 1–16.
* Yaginuma, T. & Archer, A. F. (1959). "Genera of the araneine Argiopidae found in the Oriental region, and generally placed under the comprehensive genus, ''Araneus''. 1." ''Acta Arachnologica'', Tokyo 16: 34–41.


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Allan Frost Archer
Born(1908-01-22)January 22, 1908
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedMay 9, 1994(1994-05-09) (aged 86)
Milledgeville, Georgia
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Scientific career
FieldsZoologist, Entomologist, Arachnologist, Malacologist
InstitutionsAlabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama.[1]
Author abbrev. (zoology)Archer

Allan Frost Archer (January 22, 1908 – 1994, fl. 1940–1971), was an American arachnologist, entomologist and malacologist. He was the curator of Arachnida at the Alabama Museum of Natural History in University, Alabama.[1] Archer was active in the latter half of the twentieth century, especially between 1940 and 1971, when he described numerous species of arachnids and snails in a number of states in the United States and elsewhere.[2] The World Spider Catalog lists 29 genera of spiders named by Archer, of which 16 are still accepted as of September 2016.[3]

Allen Frost Archer was the author of about 26 scientific papers and was responsible for describing a number of terrestrial snail taxa in his malacological career which spanned over 30 years. His specimen collection of 1600 lots of terrestrial snails seems to have passed to Dr. John C. Hurd (LaGrange College, Georgia) and subsequently to the Auburn University Natural History Learning Center and Museum (AUNHLCM) in 2002. Many of the specimens in the collection are too old to have been collected by Dr. Archer and so were presumably obtained by trading with museums. Dr. Archer's collecting activities were mainly in southeastern North America but during the later years of his life he made collections from throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and many Pacific and Caribbean Islands.[4]

He was married to Mableanne Hanson on 31 July 1942.[5] His son Allan Frost Archer, Jr. was born in Decatur, Alabama on 23 December 1943 and was ordained into the Orthodox church as a priest in 1996 and took the name Aaron.[6]

Publications

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The following is an incomplete list.[7][8]

  • Archer, Allan F. (1940). "The Argiopidae or orb-weaving spiders of Alabama". Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History
  • Archer, Allan F. & Clench, William J. (1930). "New Land Snails from Tanganyika Territory". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. 5, pp 295–300, 1 plate.
  • Archer, A. F. (1941). "Alabama spiders of the family Mimetidae". Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 27: 183–193.
  • Archer, A. F. (1941). "Supplement to the Argiopidae of Alabama". Museum Paper, Geological Survey of Alabama 18: 1-47.
  • Archer, Allan F. (1946). "The Theridiidae or Comb-footed Spiders of Alabama". Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 22: p. 31
  • Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40.
  • Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1". American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52.
  • Archer, A. F. (1951). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 2". American Museum Novitates 1502: 1-34.
  • Archer, A. F. (1951). "Remarks on certain European genera of argiopid spiders". Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea 84: 1–4.
  • Archer, A. F. (1951). "A new species of Gasteracantha (Argiopidae) from São Tomé Island, West Africa". Chicago Academy of Sciences, Natural History Miscellanea 90: 1–3.
  • Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". American Museum Novitates 1622: 1-27.
  • Archer, A. F. (1958). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 4". American Museum Novitates 1922: 1-21.
  • Archer, A. F. (1960). "A new genus of Argiopidae from Japan". Acta Arachnologica, Tokyo 17: 13–14.
  • Archer, A. F. (1963). "Catalogo de las arañas chilenas de las families de la division Metarachnae". Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago 1: 1-32.
  • Archer, A. F. (1965). "A new species of Cyphalonotus from Central Africa". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 72: 79–82.
  • Archer, A. F. (1965). "Nuevos argiopidos (arañas) de las Antilles". Caribbean Journal of Science 5: 129–133.
  • Archer, A. F. (1971). "Especies nuevas de argiopidos peruanos". Revista Peruana de Entomología Agricola 14: 157–159.
  • Bryant, E. B. & Archer, A. F. (1940). "Notes on Epeira pentagona Hentz." Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 47: 60–65.
  • Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". American Museum Novitates 1171: 1–16.
  • Yaginuma, T. & Archer, A. F. (1959). "Genera of the araneine Argiopidae found in the Oriental region, and generally placed under the comprehensive genus, Araneus. 1." Acta Arachnologica, Tokyo 16: 34–41.

References

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  1. ^ a b Archer, Allan F. (1951). "Studies in the Orbweaving Spiders (Argiopidae)". American Museum Novitates (1502): 1–34.
  2. ^ "Biography of A. Archer". Guido T. Poppe & Philippe Poppe - Conchology, Inc. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Search taxa (Gen Author=Archer)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "The Allen Archer Collections at Auburn University: A Global Portrait of Terrestrial Snail Biodiversity" (PDF). American Malacological Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Mableann Hanson Archer". findagrave.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. ^ "In Memoriam: Archpriest Aaron Archer". Saint Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Search bibliography Archer". World Spider Catalogue. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Historic Publications - Alabama Museum of Natural History". The University of Alabama. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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