Richard Froeschner Explained

Richard Charles Froeschner (March 8, 1916 – May 2, 2002) was an American entomologist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He married Elsie Herbold Froeschner, a scientific illustrator, on October 6, 1940.^[1] He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

His works on insects included:^[1]

• Book: Froeschner . R.C. . 0 . Heteroptera or True Bugs of Ecuador: A Partial Catalog . 1981 . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 322 . 10.5479/si.00810282.322 . free . none.
• Book: Froeschner . R.C. . 0 . Lace Bug Genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) . 1996 . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 574. 574 . 1–43 . 10.5479/si.00810282.574 . free . none.
• Book: Froeschner . R.C. . 0 . Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands . 1985 . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 407. 10.5479/si.00810282.407 . free . none.
• Book: Froeschner . R.C. . 0 . True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Panama: A Synoptic Catalog as a Contribution to the Study of Panamanian Biodiversity . 1999 . Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . 61 . 1-887988-05-X.
• Book: Froeschner . R.C. . 0 . Lace Bug Genera of the World, II: Subfamily Tinginae: Tribes Litadeini and Ypsotingini (Heteroptera: Tingidae). 2001 . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology . 611. 611 . 1–28 . 10.5479/si.00810282.611 . free . none.

Legacy

Taxa named in his honor include:

• Froeschneriella ^[2]
• Froeschnerisca ^[3]
  • (Replacement name for Froeschneriella ^[4])
• Froeschneropsidea ^[5]
  • (Replacement name for Froeschnerisca ^[6])

Further reading

• Froeschner . Elsie Herbold. 1986. Richard C. Froeschner: a wife's view. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94. 2. 137 - 140. 25009522.
• Froeschner . P. . Froeschner . R. . Froeschner . W. . amp . 1986. The young Richard Charles Froeschner: emergence of a professional entomologist. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94. 2. 141 - 144 . 25009523.
• Eneboe . Paul L. . A Student's Remembrance of Dick Froeschner . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 1986 . 94 . 2 . 145–147 . 25009524.

Notes and References

1. Henry . Thomas J. . Richard C. Froeschner (1916–2002): Biographical Sketch, Described Taxa, and Publications . Obituary . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 2003 . 105 . 4 . 1075–1086 .
2. Carvalho . José C. M.. 1986. Neotropical Miridae, CCLXV: Descriptions of new taxa and taxonomic notes (Heteroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94. 2. 208. 25009531. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722054203/http://www.research.amnh.org/pbi/library/3901.pdf. 22 July 2011. The name is given in honor to my colleague Richard C. Froeschner in recognition of his work on the Hemiptera..
3. Coscarón . María del Carmen . Froeschnerisca nom. nov. for the junior homonym Froeschneriella Coscarón (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) . Physis, Secc. C. . 1997 . 54 . 126–127 . 49 . 0373-6709.
4. Coscarón . María del Carmen. A new Neotropical genus of Peiratinae (Reduviidae, Heteroptera) . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 1995 . 39 . 2 . 453–457 . 0085-5626.
5. Henry . Thomas J. . Ferreira . Paolo S. Fiuza . Froeschneropsidea, a replacement name for the preoccupied genus Froeschnerisca (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini) . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 2005 . 107 . 3 . 735 .
6. Henry . Thomas J. . Ferreira . Paulo S. Fiuza . Three New Genera and Three New Species of Neotropical Hyaliodini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae), with New Combinations and New Synonymy . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 2003 . 111 . 2/3 . 96–119 . 25010455.