Discoveries
Joy described a number of beetles as new to science. In chronological order these were:
- the hydraenid beetle Hydraena britteni in 1907
- the rove beetle Astenus lyonessius in 1908
- the rove beetle Thinobius bicolor in 1911
- the ground beetle Bradycellus sharpi and the rove beetle Bledius fergussoni in 1912
- the rove beetles Gabrius suffragani, G. subnigritulus, G. toxotes, Philhygra malleus, P. obtusangula and P. britteni in 1913
- the rove beetle Atheta nannion in 1931
The latridiid beetle Enicmus histrio and the rove beetle Bisnius scoticus were described jointly with John Tomlin in 1910 and 1913 respectively.
In addition to his work on Coleoptera, Joy also discovered the Brown Ant Lasius brunneus (then unknown in Britain) at Theale in Berkshire on 21 January 1923 (Donisthorpe 1927). The Berkshire Birds website credits him as discovering the ornithological potential of Reading Sewage Farm.
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