Werner Hirschmann Explained

Werner Hirschmann
Birth Date:	14 November 1921
Birth Place:	Fürth
Fields:	Acarology
Nationality:	German
Author Abbrev Zoo:	Hirschmann

Werner Hirschmann(1921 - 1993) was a German acarologist (zoologist specializing in mites).^{[1] [2]}

In 1951 he earned a doctorate from the University of Erlangen, with the thesis: "Subcorticale Parasitiformes und die Gattung Digamasellus Berlese 1905",^[2] but like many German acarologists, he earned a living as a high school biology teacher.^[2]

He described over 1400 taxa,^[2] but his methods of defining mite genera have not always been accepted.

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Publications

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Honours

Eponymous taxa

• Wernerhirschmannia (a mite genus)
  • Hutufeideria hirschmannisimilis Hutufeideria hirschmannoides
• Hutufeideria hirschmanni

External links

• Wikidata query for taxa named by Werner Hirschmann

Notes and References

1. Web site: Link . Andreas . Zobodat - Personen: Werner Hirschmann . 2024-09-20 . www.zobodat.at.
2. Obituary Werner Hirschman. 20. 1 . Internat. J. Acarol. 67–68. Egon Popp .