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Whitley awards for two Australian National Insect Collection publications

CSIRO has received two Whitley awards from the Royal Zoological Society of NSW for publications relating to Australian fauna, science and conservation.

  • 3 September 2004 | Updated 14 October 2011

In September 2004, two publications from CSIRO's Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) were awarded Whitley medals.

The Whitley awards are the premier awards for zoological publication in Australia, recognising excellence in zoological publications (in printed or electronic form) containing significant information relating to Australian fauna, science and conservation.

The Whitley award for Freshwater text was given to Dr Nils Andersen and Mr Tom Weir for their book Australian water bugs: their biology and identification.

The Whitley award for Evolutionary text was awarded to Dr Bernard Crespi, Dr David Morris and Dr Laurence Mound for their book Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. 

The awards are named after Mr Gilbert Whitley (1903-75), the eminent Australian ichthyologist who worked at the Australian Museum in Sydney, New South Wales, for 42 years.

Find out more about Australian water bugs: their biology and identification or find out more about Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms.

Andersen NM, Weir TA. 2004. Australian water bugs: their biology and identification. CSIRO PUBLISHING/Apollo Books. 344 pp.

Crespi BJ, Morris DC, Mound LA. 2004. Evolution of ecological and behavioural diversity: Australian Acacia thrips as model organisms. Australian Biological Resources Studies (ABRS) & Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC), CSIRO. 328 pp.