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John Obadiah Westwood

John Obadiah Westwood (ur. 22 grudnia 1805 w Sheffield, zm. 2 stycznia 1893) – angielski entomolog i archeolog, pamiętany również za talent artystyczny. Początkowo studiował prawo, ale porzucił studia na rzecz innych zainteresowań. Był kustoszem a później profesorem na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim, dzięki nominacji Fredericka Williama Hope'a. Był członkiem Londyńskiego Towarzystwa Linneuszowego i przewodniczącym Królewskiego Towarzystwa Entomologicznego (Royal Entomological Society of London).

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Class Insecta [W:] Griffith, E. The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization by the Baron Cuvier. Whittaker, London. 796 pp (1832).

An introduction to the modern classification of insects Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. (1839)

Synopsis of the genera of British Insects. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London. 158 pp. (1840)

The Cabinet of Oriental Entomology (1848)

Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis: or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects, for the most part coloured, in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope. London: McMillan & Co., i-xxiv, 205 pp., 40 pls (1874).

Description of several British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 1: 127-129 (1832).

Further notices of the British parasitic hymenopterous insects; together with the "Transactions of a fly with a long tail," observed by Mr. E. W. Lewis; and additional observations. Magazine of Natural History 6: 414-421. (1833).

Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 2: 443-445 (1833).

Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London & Edinburgh Philos. Mag. J. Sci. 3: 342-344 1833..

"...Hymenopterous Insects, which Mr Westwood regarded as new to science." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 68-72. (1835)

Characters of new genera and species of hymenopterous insects.. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 51-72 (1835)

Observations on the genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of several exotic species of ants. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 81-89 (1840)

On the Evaniidae and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)7: 535-538 (1841).

Monograph of the hymenopterous group, Dorylides. Arcana Entomologica 1(5): 73-80 (1842) [pdf

On Evania and some allied genera of hymenopterous insects. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 3(4): 237-278 (1843).

Description of a new species of the hymenopterous genus Aenictus, belonging to the Dorylidae. Journal of Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1840-1846: 85. (1843).

Description of a new dorylideous insect from South Africa, belonging to the genus Aenictus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 237-238 (1847).

Description of the "Driver" ants, described in the preceding article. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 16-18 (1847)..

Descriptions of some new species of exotic Hymenoptera belonging to Evania and the allied genera, being a supplement to a memoir on those insects published in the third volume of the Transactions of the Entomological Society. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (2)1: 213-234. (1851).

Descriptions of some new species of short-tongued bees belonging to the genus Nomia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1875: 207-222. (1875

Contributions to fossil entomology. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10: 378-396 1854.