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Maxwell V L Barclay, usually known as Max Barclay, is a British entomologist, and Curator and Collections Manager of Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the Natural History Museum in London.〔http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/m-barclay/index.html〕 He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society,〔http://www.royensoc.co.uk/onlineforum/member.php?action=profile&uid=16〕 and a member of the Editorial Board of The Coleopterist journal.〔http://www.coleopterist.org.uk/〕 He has been described as ‘one of Britain’s leading entomologists’ 〔http://shop.amentsoc.org/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=187〕 Barclay is one of the four virtual ‘Scientist Guides’ of the Natural History Museum’s new Darwin Centre and was among the group that showed the building to Prince William at its 2009 opening. He is a frequent public speaker and media spokesman for entomology and for the Museum, most notably appearing in three of the six episodes of the 2010 BBC Series 'Museum of Life' 〔IMDB Page for Max Barclay accessed April 2011: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3348926/〕 presented by Jimmy Doherty. He believes that public speaking is important ‘to enthuse the next generation of scientists and naturalists, and to legitimise what we do in the eyes of the public”.〔http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/m-barclay/index.html〕 In 2008 he was involved in the identification of a species of bug new to Britain in the Museum’s garden which led to a great deal of media interest.〔http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822936,00.html〕〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLSupmiNlaY&playnext=1&list=PLD83F21642C3F38BE〕 In the scientific world, Barclay is best known for his work on beetles (Coleoptera), and is author of numerous scientific papers and co-editor of a text book on the subject.〔Cooter J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds.) (2006) A Coleopterist’s Handbook. Amateur Entomological Society. 439 pages. ISBN 0-900054-70-0〕 A lifelong entomologist, He worked as a volunteer in the Department of Entomology for several years before being offered the post of Curator in 2001.〔http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5030038.ece〕 The collection of the Natural History Museum that he manages includes more than 20,000 drawers of beetles, including specimens collected by Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.〔http://blogs.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/about/dr-max-barclay/〕 He has travelled extensively in search of specimens, including to Bolivia, Peru, Taiwan and Thailand,〔Barkham, P. 2010. Meet The Beetles. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/18/beetles-natural-history-museum〕 and has discovered numerous new species. More than 50 beetles have been named in his honour by fellow scientists, including: Carabidae * ''Pachyteles barclayi'' Deuve, 2005 * ''Platynus barclayi'' Schmidt, 2009 Scarabaeidae * ''Ixorida'' (''Pseudomecinonota'') ''barclayi'' Legrand, 2008 * ''Gynaecoserica barclayi'' Ahrens, 2009 * ''Clinterocera barclayi'' Legrand & Chew, 2010 * ''Copris'' (''Sinocopris'') ''barclayi'' Ochi, 2010 * ''Protaetia'' (''Macroprotaetia'') ''maxwelli'' Jakl, 2011 * ''Madecorphnus barclayi'' Frolov, 2012 Cantharidae * ''Themus'' (''Haplothemus'') ''barclayi'' Svihla, 2006 Heteroceridae * ''Tropicus'' ''maxwelli'' Skalicky, 2010 Limnichidae * ''Phalacrichus'' ''max'' Ribera & Hernando, 2001 Dermestidae * ''Thaumaglossa'' ''barclayi'' Kadej and Háva, 2015 Scirtidae * ''Scirtes maxi'' Yoshitomi & Ruta, 2010 Psephenidae * ''Falsodrupeus barclayi'' Lee, 2011〔Lee, Chi-Feng, 2011. Aquatic Insects 33: 165-169〕 Buprestidae * ''Endelus barclayi'' Kalashian, 2011 * ''Aphanisticus barclayi'' Kalashian & Kubáň, 2014 Lycidae * ''Sulabanus barclayi'' Dvorak & Bocak, 2007 * ''Alyculus barclayi'' Palata & Bocak, 2012 Coccinellidae * ''Serratibia barclayi'' Gordon, Canepari & Hanley, 2013 Helotidae * ''Neohelota barclayi'' Lee, 2015 Nitidulidae * ''Pocadius barclayi'' Cline, 2005 Latridiidae * ''Cartodere barclayi'' Rücker, 2012〔Rucker, W. 2012. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Cartodere (Aridius) C. G. Thomson, 1859 aus Papua-Neuguinea und Neuseeland (Coleoptera: Latridiidae) http://www.latridiidae.de/zeitschrift-journal/heft-9---2012/heft-9-2019.php〕 Anthicidae * ''Tomoderus barclayi'' Telnov, 2005 Ischaliidae * ''Ischalia barclayi'' Young, 2011 Tenebrionidae * ''Eurychora barclayi'' Ferrer, 2003 * ''Amarygmus barclayi'' Bremer, 2004 * ''Pseudopodhomala barclayi'' Medvedev, 2004 * ''Ulomina barclayi'' Grimm, 2004 * ''Enicmosoma barclayi'' Ferrer, 2005 * ''Chariotheca barclayi'' Masumoto 2006 * ''Tauroceras barclayi'' Ferrer, Soldati & Delatour, 2005 * ''Goniadera barclayi'' Ferrer, 2007 * ''Pseudonautes barclayi'' Ando, 2007 * ''Laena barclayi'' Schawaller, 2009 * ''Othryoneus barclayi'' Ferrer, 2010 * ''Phylan barclayi'' Ferrer, 2010 * ''Hexarhopalus'' (''Leprocaulus'') ''barclayi'' Purchart, 2010 * ''Phymatosoma barclayi'' Masumoto & Akita, 2010 * ''Blaps barclayi'' Martínez-Fernández & Ferrer, 2012 Oedemeridae * ''Nacerdes (Xanthochroa) apicipennis barclayi'' Svihla, 2011 Cerambycidae * ''Trypogeus barclayi'' Vives, 2007 * ''Melanesiandra barclayi'' Santos-Silva, 2011 * ''Acutandra barclayi'' Bouyer, Drumont & Santos-Silva, 2012 * ''Colobeutrypanus barclayi'' Monné & Monné, 2012 * ''Clytellus barclayi'' Miroshnikov, 2014 Chrysomelidae * ''Cyrtonota maxhowardi'' Sekerka, 2011 (named for Max and his colleague Howard Mendel) * ''Diabrotica barclayi'' Derunkov, Prado, Tishechkin & Konstantinov, 2015 Anthribidae * ''Pseudobasidissus barclayi'' Tryzna & Banar, 2014 Rhynchitidae * ''Rubroinvolvulus barclayi'' Legalov, 2009 Brentidae * ''Stereodermus barclayi'' Mantilleri, 2004 * ''Perapion barkleyi'' Alonso-Zarazaga, 2011 () Curculionidae * ''Tychius barclayi'' Caldara, 2011 * ''Heisonyx barclayi'' Borovec, Colonelli & Osella, 2009 * ''Pachycerus barclayi'' Meregalli, 2009 as well as the wasp ''Platygaster barclayi'' Buhl, 2011 == Personal life== Barclay is married with children.〔Crewe, C. 2008. How an obsession can become a career. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article5030038.ece〕 As a teenager he worked as a volunteer at the Durrell Wildlife Park〔http://blogs.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/about/dr-max-barclay/〕 and he cites Gerald Durrell as a significant influence. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Barclay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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