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Tom Briggs
Tom Briggs
Tom Briggs, from OmniPaper.

Nationality

American

Birthplace

San Francisco, CA

Life Span

1938-

Publication Span

1967-

Notable contributions[]

Briggs worked heavily on USA Laniatores, dealing with micro Phalangodidae and Insidiatores, often in collaboration with Darrell Ubick. He created the Paranonychinae Briggs, 1971, Erebomastridae Briggs 1969. The family Briggsidae derives from Briggsus, a genus created in honor to him.

External resources[]

OmniPaper Article on Briggs, including opilio-publication list [1]

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