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Allen is perhaps best known for his work on the
British beetle fauna, which includes more than 4,000 species. During his career he published hundreds of papers and scientific notes on the subject, mostly in the
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Saproxylic Quality Index: evaluating wooded habitats for the conservation of dead-wood Coleoptera. The Coleopterist, 8: 121-141
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As may be expected for species that remained undiscovered until the mid 20th century, all four valid species described by A.A. Allen are uncommon, and are given
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of his species results from the fact he was primarily dealing with taxonomically difficult groups of beetles. The four valid species described by Allen are:
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October 2010. The Museum intends to digitally scan the 38 drawers, and make them available as high resolution images on the internet "
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as a scientific resource, and as a permanent record of A.A. Allen’s immense contribution to the understanding of the
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and parkland. Since their description, three of the species have been found in other
European countries but the rove beetle
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Allen received the rare accolade of having two
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Allen was one of the few 20th century
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A.A. Allen's almost comprehensive collection of
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Johnson, 1974. However, the former, named by the myrmecologist and coleopterist
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of seaweed-flies from the south coast of England, is still known only from the
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A review of the scarce and threatened beetles of Great Britain Part 1
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Anthony Adrian Allen, almost universally known as A.A. Allen, was an
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is the most widespread of the four, being associated with
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