Laurence Alfred Mound (born 1934 in Willesden, London)[1] is an entomologist,[2][3] who works mostly on the biology and systematics of Thysanoptera (thrips),[3] an area in which he is considered a world authority.
[3] From 1959-1961 he served in Ibadan as entomologist to the Nigerian Department of Agricultural Research, working on whitefly vectors of crop virus diseases.
In Sudan (1961-1964), he continued this work on whiteflies as entomologist to the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation.
In 1964 he was appointed to the British Museum of Natural History, where he was responsible for the collections of whitefly and thrips and their research.
[2] Category:Taxa named by Laurence Alfred Mound List of wikidata taxa authored by Laurence Alfred Mound