Person

Carne, Phillip Broughton (1921 - 1989)

Born
21 September 1921
Died
21 December 1989
Occupation
Ecologist, Entomologist and Science administrator

Summary

Phil Carne was an entomologist and ecologist who spent most of his career at the CSIRO Division of Entomology. His research combined the taxonomy of scarab beetles and their impact on crops and the environment. One of his first projects was a study on the pasture cockchafer Aphodius tasmaniae, an indigenous scarab beetle that caused significant damage to pasture: this became a benchmark for later studies on related insects. Further research on scarabs was on the subfamily Dynastinae (the subject of his PhD in the United Kingdom), and the Rutelinae and the genus Elephastomus (Geotrupinae). The resultant papers established him as authority on these groups. Carne was widely recognised for his work on the ecology and population dynamics of insects that damage eucalyptus trees, particularly the sawfly Perga affinis. His wider roles included terms as Officer-in-Charge of the CSIRO Division of Forest Research and Secretary of the Entomology Committee of the Standing Committee on Agriculture. It was in these and other roles that he showed his capacity to balance differing views in producing workable outcomes. He was Editor-in-Chief of Insects of Australia (1970). Professional societies in which he was involved from their inception included the Australian Entomological Society, the Australian Institute of Biology and the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies. The Phil Carne Prize has been awarded (usually) annually since 1971 by the Australian Entomological Society to foster high quality entomological research in young scientists.

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Chronology

1942 - 1944
Military service - Served with the Australian Imperial Force
1946 - ?
Career position - Assistant Research Officer, CSIR Division of Economic Entomologist
1946
Education - BAgSc, University of Melbourne
1951
Award - CSIRO Studentship for study in the United Kingdom
1953
Education - PhD (zoology), University of London
1965 - 1969
Career event - Founding Member, Australian Entomological Society
1969 - 1974
Career position - Secretary, Australian Entomological Society
1972
Career position - Member, Organising Committee, International Congress of Entomology, Canberra
1973 - 1981
Career position - Secretary, Entomology Committee, Standing Committee on Agriculture
July 1975 - December 1975
Career position - Officer-in-Charge, CSIRO Division of Forest Research
1978 - 1986
Career position - Assistant Chief, CSIRO Division of Entomology
1983 - 1986
Career position - Member, Editorial Committee, Fauna of Australia
1986
Life event - Retired as Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology
1987 - 1989
Award - Life Member, Australian Entomological Society

Published resources

Books

  • Carne, P. B., A systematic revision of the Australian Dynastinae : (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1957), 284 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Carne, P. B. ed., Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1970), 1029 pp. Details
  • Carne, P. B. ed., Scientific and common names of insects and allied forms occurring in Australia: compiled for Standing Committee on Agriculture - Entomology Committee (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1980), p5 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Carne, P. B., 'A ecological study of the pasture scarab Aphodius howitti Hope', Australian journal of zoology, 4 (3) (1956), 259-314. Details
  • Carne, P. B., 'A revision of the genus Elephastomus Macleay (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)', Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland, 4 (1965), 3-13. Details
  • Whitten, M. J., ' Phillip Broughton Carne (September 21, 1921 - December 21, 1989)', Myrmecia, 26 (1990), 43-5. Details

Resources

See also

Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn

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