Sievert Allen Rohwer Explained

Sievert Allen Rohwer
Birth Date:	22 December 1887
Birth Place:	Telluride, Colorado
Death Place:	Washington, DC
Occupation:	Entomologist

Sievert Allen Rohwer (22 December 1887 in Telluride – 12 February 1951) was an American entomologist who specialized in Hymenoptera. He was a graduate of the University of Colorado. At the time of his death, Rohwer was serving as the Coordinator Defense Activities for the Agricultural Research Administration within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rohwer worked for the USDA from 1909 until his death.^{[1] [2]}

Rohwer wrote Technical papers on miscellaneous forest insects. II. The genotypes of the sawflies or woodwasps, or the superfamily Tenthredinoidea. Technical series US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, DC 20: 69–109 (1911) and many papers describing new species of Hymenoptera. His collection is held by the Smithsonian Institution Washington D. C.

His zoological author abbreviations is Rohwer.^[3]

Sources

• Bradley, J. C. 1959 The influence of the American Entomological Society upon the study of Hymenoptera. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 85(4).
• Mallis, A. 1971 American Entomologists.Rutgers Univ. Press New Brunswick 494–496. Portrait.

External links

Query for taxa listed in wikidata.

Notes and References

1. News: Dr. Rohwer Dies; Entomologist, 62. Special to the New York Times. p. 30, col. 2. February 14, 1951.
2. News: Dr.S.A.Rohwer Dead; Was U.S. Entomologist. New York Herald Tribune. 22. February 14, 1951.
3. Web site: IRMNG - Neozeleboria Rohwer, 1910 . 2022-05-03 . www.irmng.org.