John Walton (entomologist)

John Walton (23 July 1784 , Knaresborough, Yorkshire- 3 January 1862, Knaresborough) was an English entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera especially Curculionidae. His collection is held by the Natural History Museum, London

He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society and the Linnaean Society]].

Works

partial list

• Walton J., 1838. Notes upon the genera Sitona, Polydrosus, Phyllobius, and Apion Entomological Magazine, 5: 1–21, 254–257
• Walton J., 1856: List of British Curculionidae, with synonyma. Catalogue of British Rhynchophora. 46 pp

References

• Anonym 1863: [Walton, J.] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, London, pp. XLIV-XLVI
• Smith, F. 1862: [Walton, J.] (The) Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Third Series, Journal of Proceedings, London 1 pp. 125-127
• Walther Horn & Sigmund Schenkling: Index Litteraturae Entomologicae. Serie I: Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. Berlin 1928.