Vincent Booth Whitehead’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro South African entomologist
A.K.A. V. B. Whitehead, Vincent B. Whitehead
Was Zoologist
Entomologist
From South Africa
Type Biology
Gender male
Birth

2 September 1921, East London, South Africa

Death

11 April 2005
(aged 83 years)

Star sign Virgo

Vincent Booth Whitehead (1921–2005), South African entomologist.

  • South African Museum, Cape Town 1974–2005
  • Fruit and Fruit Technology Institute in Stellenbosch from 1952–1974.

Taxon names authored

  • 0 taxon names authored by Vincent Booth Whitehead

Publications

  • Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 1992: Two new species of oil-collecting bees of the genus Rediviva from the summer rainfall region of South Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae). Annals of the South African Museum 102(4): 143-164. BHL Reference page. 
  • Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 1994: A new Rediviva bee (Hymenoptera, Melittidae) from the north-western Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 104(1): 1-11. BHL Reference page. 
  • Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 2001: Oil-collecting bees of the winter rainfall area of South Africa (Melittidae, Rediviva). Annals of the South African Museum 108(2): 143-277. BHL Reference page. 
  • Whitehead, V.B.; Eardley, C.D. 2003: African Fideliini: Genus Fidelia Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae: Fideliinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(2): 250-276. JSTOR Reference page. 
  • Whitehead, V.B.; Steiner, K.E. 2008: Oil collecting bees mostly of the summer rainfall area of southern Africa (Hymenoptera: Melittidae: Rediviva). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 81(2): 122-141. DOI: 10.2317/JKES-703.12.1 Reference page. 
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