C. P. Lounsbury

**Charles Pugsley Lounsbury** (20 Septemba 1872 Brooklyn - 7 June 1955 Pretoria) bụ ọkachamara n'ihe gbasara akụ na ụba nke a mụrụ na South Africa, onye a na-ewere dịka onye tọrọ ntọala nke akụ na ụba na Southern Africa.

Lounsbury biri na Boston mgbe ọ bụ nwata ma mesịa gụọ akwụkwọ na Massachusetts Agricultural College, ebe ọ nọgidere dị ka onye nkuzi mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ. N'afọ 1893, Ngalaba Ọrụ Ugbo nke Cape Colony malitere ichegbu onwe ya banyere ihe na-eme na phylloxera n'ubi vaịn, wee rịọ maka ndụmọdụ site n'aka L. O. Howard, Onye isi nke Ngalaba Entomology nke Ngalaba Ọrụ ugbo US, onye tụrụ aro Lounsbury. Mgbe e nyere Lounsbury ọrụ ahụ na 1895 na ụgwọ ọnwa kwa afọ nke £ 600, ọ nabatara, lụọ Rose Linda Davis (6 Septemba 1872 - Julaị 1920) onye bụ onye enyemaka na Albany na New York State Entomologist, wee gawa Cape Town obere oge tupu afọ 23 ya.

Ozugbo ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ, Lounsbury rịọrọ maka ígwè na igwe typewriter - e ji ego gọọmentị zụta igwe typewriter, a ga-esi ego nke ya zụta igwe ahụ. Ọ malitere ọrụ n'obere ụlọ ọrụ na-enweghị odeakwụkwọ ma ọ bụ onye enyemaka, mana mgbe ọ lara ezumike nká na 1927, ọ bụ onyeisi nke Ngalaba Entomology nke Union of South Africa, ebe ndị ọkachamara iri abụọ na ise na-arụ ọrụ n'okpuru ya, nakwa aha ọma zuru ụwa ọnụ.

Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1896, o wuru ụlọ fumigation site na iji hydrogen cyanide mee ka osisi ndị si mba ọzọ ghara ịdị ọcha - nke mbụ gọọmentị na-etinye n'ụwa - na ka ọ na-aga n'ihu na 1897, edepụtara iwu mbụ na-achịkwa mbubata nke osisi. Afọ abụọ ma ọ bụ atọ mbụ ya na Cape bụ maka ịchịkwa ihe ọkụkụ. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1898, a kpọtere mmasị ya na akọrọ dị ka ihe na-ebute ọrịa. Mmasị ya gbasakwara ịnakọta fungi na cryptogams ndị ọzọ. N'ihi ohere pere mpe dị n'ọfịs ya, a manyere Lounsbury ka ọ na-etinye ụmụ anụmanụ ya n'ọtụtụ ụlọ, dị ka ụlọ ndị na-ewu ụlọ, nke gbasasịrị na Cape Town. A na-azụ ehi, ewu, atụrụ na nkịta n'enweghị mmegide siri ike site n'aka ndị agbata obi ma ọ bụ ndị ọrụ ahụike. Ọ bụ naanị n'afọ 1903 ka e nwere ụlọ anụ ụlọ iji nabata ụmụ anụmanụ ndị e wuru kilomita ole na ole site n'obodo ahụ.

N'afọ 1902, e nwere ntiwapụ nke ihe e chere na mbụ na ọ bụ Redwater na Transvaal. Arnold Theiler zigara ụdị Blue tick (*Boophilus decoloratus*, nke a maara ugbu a dị ka Rhipicephalus (Boophileus) decoloratis), nke a maara na ọ bụ ihe na-ebute Redwater, nke e si n'ụmụ ehi butere ọrịa gaa Lounsbury na Cape Town. N'ebe ahụ, n'ụzọ dị ịtụnanya, ha akpataghị ọrịa mgbe a kpọbatara ha n'ụmụ ehi nwere ahụike, na-eduga na nchọpụta na ọrịa ahụ abụghị Redwater, kama ọ bụ nje ọhụrụ nke East Coast fever ma ọ bụ *Theileria parva* nke *Rhipicephalus appendiculatus* na-ebute.

A malitere ịchịkwa ihe ndị dị ndụ na South Africa na mmalite nke narị afọ mgbe a chịkwara ọnụ ọgụgụ cottony cushion n'ubi citrus. A chọpụtara ya na 1878 na New Zealand, a na-ahụ ya ugbu a n'ụwa niile n'ubi citrus ma bụrụ nke ladybird beetle *Rodolia cardinalis* na-achịkwa. Ihe omume ọzọ gara nke ọma bụ mkpochapụ nke *Opuntia vulgaris* site na iji ụmụ ahụhụ cochineal na 1913. Nchịkwa nke Eucalyptus snout beetle sochiri na 1925 site na iwebata nje *Anaphes nitens*, a wasp n'Australia. Njikwa nje na-agbakọta ọnụ hụrụ mgbanwe site na mkpochapụ nje na njikwa nje na ebumnuche nke obere mmetụta na-emerụ ahụ, belata mmebi gburugburu ebe obibi, obere ihe ize ndụ ndị ahịa na nkwado gburugburu ebe obibi.

Ọ bụ onye otu ntọala nke S. A. Biological Society, ma nye ya S.A. Medal site na South African Association for the Advancement of Science na 1915.

## Akwụkwọ ndị e bipụtara

* ''Canker Worms, Army Worm, Corn Worm, Red Humped Apple Tree Caterpillar, Antiopa Butterfly, Currant Stem-Girdler, Imported Elm Bark Louse, Greenhouse Orthezia'' - Charles Pugsley Lounsbury (1895)
* Gas Treatment for Scale Insects (1897) - South Africa Horticultural Board na Charles Pugsley Lounsbury
* *Ụmụ anụmanụ ndị Europe* - Charles Pugsley Lounsbury
* Ticks na ọrịa ehi Rhodesian - Lounsbury (1902 Annual Report) 

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