Previously this year we got the sad news that scorpion researcher and enthusiast Richard Ayrey had passed. The Euscorpius journal recently published a memorial article honoring Rich's life and work on scorpions.
RIP.
Abstract:
This is a memorial issue honoring Richard F. Ayrey (1948 – 2024), a US scorpiologist. A full list of his 26 works is appended, as well as a list of scorpion taxa described by Richard (two genera and 19 species of Vaejovidae), and a map of their type localities in the USA and Mexico.
Reference:
DeBoer-Ayrey M, Myers BT, Bryson Jr RW, Webber MM, Graham MR, Lowe G, et al. In Memoriam Richard F. Ayrey (1948 – 2024). Euscorpius. 2024(384):1-11. [Open Access]
