Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford

Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford (1891-1938), British entomologist, specialized in parasites from South Africa (especially ticks).

Author abbreviation: Bedford.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 4 taxon names authored by Gerald Augustus Harold Bedford

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• Argas peringueyi (Bedford & Hewitt, 1925)
• Rhipicephalus theileri (Bedford & Hewitt, 1925)
• Haemaphysalis cooleyi (Bedford, 1929)
• Rhipicephalus distinctus (Bedford, 1932)

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

• Bedford, G.A.H. 1920: Anoplura from South African hosts. Part II. Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Union of South Africa, 7/8(1918): 709–734. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bedford, G.A.H. & Hewitt, J. 1925: "Descriptions of two new species of ticks, with notes on rare and hitherto unrecorded species from South Africa". South African Journal of Natural History, 5: 259–266.
• Bedford, G.A.H. 1928: "South African mosquitoes". Rep. Vet. Res. S. Afr., 13 & 14: 883–990.
• Bedford, G.A.H. 1929. Anoplura (Siphunculata and Mallophaga) from South African hosts. 5th Annual Report of the Director of Veterinary Services, Union of South Africa 15: 501–549. PDF Reference page. 
• Bedford, G.A.H. 1931(Apr): "Nuttalliella namaqua, a new genus and species of tick". Parasitology 23 (2): 230–232. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000013573
• Bedford, G.A.H. 1932: "Description of Argas striatus, a new species of tick". 18th Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Union of South Africa, 18: 221–222.
• Bedford, G.A.H. 1932: "A synoptic check-list and host-list of the ectoparasites found on South African Mammalia, Aves and Reptilia (2nd ed.)". 18th Report of the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry, Union of South Africa, 18 (2): 223–523.
• Nieschlilz, O., Bedford, G.A.H., Du Toit, R.M. 1934: "Investigations into the transmission of blue-tongue in sheep, during the season 1931/1932". Onderstepoort. J. vet. Sci., 2 (2): 509–562. (Rev. appl. Ent. (B), 22; p. 171).

References

• Munro, H.K. Obituary - G.A.H. Bedford. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 1939;1:149-150.
• Horak, I.G. A century of tick taxonomy in South Africa. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research 2009;76:69–74.