John Edward Gray was a British zoologist. He was the elder brother of zoologist George Robert Gray and son of the pharmacologist and botanist Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828). The standard author abbreviation J.E.Gray is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. The same is used for a zoological name.
Phillip Parker King was an early explorer of the Australian and Patagonian coasts.
William Sharp Macleay or McLeay was a British civil servant and entomologist. He was also a prominent promoter of the Quinarian system of classification.
Dendrelaphis punctulatus, also known commonly as the Australian tree snake, the common tree snake, and the green tree snake, is a species of slender, large-eyed, diurnal, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to many parts of Australia, especially in the northern and eastern coastal areas, and to Papua New Guinea.
Prodromus Entomology is one of the earliest books about Australian natural history, and the first book about Australia containing plates engraved in Australia. The full title of the first edition is Prodromus Entomology. Natural History of Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature.
Haliotis squamosa, common name the squamose abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.
Austrolittorina unifasciata, common name the banded periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. It is also known as the blue periwinkle.
Odontomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Odontomyia tigrina, also called the black colonel, is a European species of soldier fly.
Rhytiphora piligera is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826. It is known from Australia.
The Sir George Hope Islands are a group of islands lying southwest of the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Hedriodiscus vertebratus is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae.
Stratiomys maculosa is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. Sometimes called the spotted soldier fly, it seeks flowers and riparian habitats. The geographic range of this insect is western North America, including British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California.
Odontomyia virgo is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae.
Uloborus canus is a species of spider in the family Uloboridae, found in Australia. The species was first described by W.S. Macleay in 1827. His very brief description said it had a convex white thorax, the first and second legs were equal in length, and the femora were black-spotted. The type specimen has been lost.
Chalcomela splendens is a beetle in the Chrysomelidae family, found in South Australia.
Copidapha is a genus of flies in the family Tabanidae.
Odontomyia amyris is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae.
Odontomyia ialemus is a species of soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae.
