Peter Cameron

Peter Cameron (1847 – 1 December 1912 in New Mills, Derbyshire) was an English amateur entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.

An artist, Cameron worked in the dye industry and in calico printing. He described many new species; his collection, including type material,

The Panamanian oak gall wasp Callirhytis cameroni, described in 2014, is named in his honor.

Works

A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymenoptera Ray Society (1882–1893) Hymenoptera volumes of the Biologia Centrali-Americana, volumes 1–2 (1883–1900) and (1888–1900) A complete list is given in external links below.