John Stuart Noyes is a Welsh entomologist. At the age of 14 an article entitled "My Hobby has Wings" about Noyes appeared in his local newspaper, the Pontypridd Observer; this 1963 article highlighted Noyes' interest in entomology at an early age. In 1967 he began studying for a degree in zoology and applied entomology at Imperial College, London where he completed his doctoral thesis on the biology of the leek moth. In 1974 he was appointed as a researcher in the Chalcidoidea at the British Museum. He was seconded to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Zealand where he conducted a survey of the Chalcidoidea of New Zealand in 1980 and 1981. He travelled widely in the course of his research into the Chalcidoidea and has published over 80 papers, with some major monographs, and described one new family, 88 new genera and 644 new species of Chalcidoidea. When he retired he was reviewing the Costa Rican fauna of the Encyrtidae. In 1991 he conceived of and implemented the Universal Chalcidoidea Database, an innovative and important online resource. He continued to maintain the database until his retirement, He was recognised by his peers in that at the time he retired one genus and 38 species, mainly of Hymenoptera, but including a beetle and a bug, were named after him. He sits on the review board of a number of journals and is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and a member of International Society of Hymenopterists. He retired from service at the Natural History Museum at the age of 60 in 2009. In his personal life he is married to Mary and the couple have two daughters.
Publications
A selection of publication by Noyes is:
1974 The biology of the leek moth, Acrolepia assectella Imperial College,London Ph.D. Thesis
1984 A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae Bulletin of the British Museum Entomology 48 pages 131–395
1987 A review of the species of Neococcidencyrtus, parasites of diaspidid scale insects Journal of Natural History 21 pages 995–1019
1987 Rotoitidae, a curious new family of Chalcidoidea from New Zealand Systematic Entomology 12 pages 407–412
1990 A new genus and species of encyrtid parasitoid of the eggs of the varicose borer, Agrilus sexsignatus , a pest of bagras in the Philippines Journal of Natural History 24 pages 21–25
1991 A new species of Ooencyrtus from Malaysia, a prepupal parasitoid of the cocoa pod borer, Conopomorpha cramerellaJournal of Natural History 25 pages 1617–1622
1996 Encyrtidae of Costa Rica: the genera and species associated with jumping plant-lice Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Entomology Series 65 pages 105–164
1999 A revision of the African and Malagasy species of the genus Leptomastix, parasitoids of mealybugs Bulletin of the Natural History Museum Entomology Series 68 pages 93–128
2000 Revision of European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet, parasitoids of scale insects Systematic Entomology 25 pages 147–222
2000 Encyrtidae of Costa Rica, 1: the subfamily Tetracneminae, parasitoids of Mealybugs. John S. Noyes American Entomological Institute 355 pp.
2002 An unusual genus and species of Encyrtidae from Australia reared from soft scale insects Journal of Natural History 36 pages 443–448
2003 Two new egg parasitoids of the wood borer Agrianome spinicollis , a pest of pecans in eastern Australia Australian Journal of Entomology 42 pages 12–17
2004 Encyrtidae of Costa Rica, 2: Metaphycus and Related Genera, Parasitoids of Scale Insects and Whiteflies Volume 2 of Encyrtidae of Costa Rica, American Entomological Institute 459pp Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, Mich American Entomological Institute Ann Arbor
2006 The Western Palaearctic species of Psilophrys Mayr, parasitoids of kermesids attacking oaks Journal of Natural History 40 pages 1793–1800
2008 Cheiloneurus pistaciae sp. nov. a facultative hyperparasitoid of Kermania pistaciella Amsel, a pest of pistachio trees in Iran Zootaxa 1958 pages 61–64
2009 A review of the European species of the genus Trechnites Thomson, parasitoids of plant lice with description of a new species Systematic Entomology 34 pages 252–259
2010 Ooencyrtus marcelloi sp nov, an egg parasitoid of Heliconiini on passion vines in Central America Journal of Natural History 44 pages 81–87
2010 Encyrtidae of Costa Rica, 3: Subfamily Encyrtinae: Encyrtini, Echthroplexiellini, Discodini, Oobiini and Ixodiphagini, Parasitoids Associated with Bugs, Insect Eggs and Ticks Volume 3 of Encyrtidae of Costa Rica American Entomological Institute, 2010 848pp
2011 Acerophagus artelles sp nov, a biocontrol agent of Dysmicoccus grassii on banana in the Canary Islands Journal of Natural History 45 pages 29–34
2013. A new genus and species of fairyfly, Tinkerbella nana, with comments on its sister genus Kikiki, and discussion on small size limits in arthropods Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 32, 17-44
