Charles Lester Marlatt
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| birth_date = [[1863]]
| birth_place = [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]]
| death_date = [[1954]]
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| field = [[Entomology]]
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'''Charles Lester Marlatt''' ([[1863]] – [[1954]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[entomologist]] born at [[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]], [[Kansas]]. He was educated at the Agricultural College at [[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan, Kans]]. (B.S., 1884); M.S., 1886), where he was assistant professor for two years. He is the person who introduced the [[Coccinellidae|ladybird]] insect into the [[United States]] to control the [[San Jose scale]] insect, which was first discovered in [[San Jose, California]] in [[1880]] by [[John Henry Comstock]] and named by him. Marlatt worked for the [[Bureau of Entomology]], [[United States Department of Agriculture]]. In [[1912]] he was appointed chairman of the [[Federal Horticultural Board]]. He was president of the [[Entomological Society of Washington]] in [[1897]]-[[1898|98]] and of the [[Association of Economic Entomologists]] in [[1899]].
His 1907 description of [[Magicicada|periodical cicadas]] remains a classic in the field. In this article, Marlatt proposed a grouping of periodical cicades into 30 different broods, each given a [[Roman numeral]]. Broods I-XVII were for 17-year cicadas, and Broods XVIII-XXX were for 13-year cicadas. Subsequent research has established that, in fact, there are only 15 distinct broods, not 30, but Marlatt's scheme continues to be used. [http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/highlights/periodicalCicada.html]
==Bilbiography==
* Marlatt, C. L. (1898). "A consideration of the validity of the old records bearing on the distribution of the broods of the periodical cicada, with particular reference to the occurrence of broods VI and XXIII in 1898." ''Bulletin of the U.S. Bureau of Entomology''. 18: 59-78.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1898). "A new nomenclature for the broods of the periodical cicada. Miscellaneous results of work of the Division of Entomology." ''Bulletin of the USDA Division of Entomology''. 18: 52-58.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1898). "The Periodical Cicada. An account of Cicada septendecim, its natural enemies and the mean of preventing its injury." ''USDA Division Entomology Bulletin''. 14 (New Series). Washington: Government Printing Office.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1902). "A New Nomenclature for the Broods of the Periodical Cicada." ''USDA, Div. Of Entomology'', Circ. No. 45. 8 pp.
* Marlatt, C. L. 1906. "The Periodical Cicada in 1906." ''USDA, Bureau Of Entomology'', Circ. No. 14. 5 pp.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1907). "The periodical cicada". ''Bulletin of the USDA Bureau of Entomology''. 71:1-181
* Marlatt, C. L. (1907). "The periodical cicada." ''U.S.D.A. Bureau Entomology Bulletin.'' 71: 1-181.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1908). "A successful seventeen-year breeding record for the periodical cicada." Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 9: 16-18.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1919). "The '17-year locust' in 1919." ''U.S.D.A. Circular'' 127: 1-10.
* Marlatt, C. L. (1923). The periodical cicada. ''U.S.D.A. Bureau Entomology Bulletin'' 71: 1-183.
* More, Thomas, ''Singing Insects of North America'', University of Florida [http://buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/g900m17y.htm map]
* Post, Susan L. ''The Trill of a Life Time'', photographs by Michael R. Jeffords, ''The Illinois Steward'', Spring 2004. [http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/highlights/periodicalCicada.html]
* Stannard, Jr., Lewis. ''The Distribution of Periodical Cicadas in Illinois'', 1975.
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