Daniel William Coquillett

Daniel William Coquillett (23 January 1856, Pleasant Valley, Ill. – 7 July 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey) was an American entomologist who specialised in Diptera. He wrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae and many other scientific papers in which he described many new species and genera of Diptera. Coquillett was also the first to attempt fumigation with hydrocyanic acid as a means for controlling citrus scale insects. He experimented in the Wolfskill orange groves where he was supported by the foreman and later quarantine entomologist Alexander Craw in 1888–89.

Daniel William Coquillett
Daniel William Coquillett.
Born(1856-01-23)January 23, 1856
Pleasant Valley, Ill
DiedJuly 7, 1911(1911-07-07) (aged 55)
Atlantic City, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Known forWrote a revision of the dipterous family Therevidae
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
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