Alexander Pavlovich Rasnitsyn
Alexander Pavlovich Rasnitsyn ( Russian Александр Павлович Расницын , English transcription Rasnitsyn, born September 24, 1936 in Moscow ) is a Russian paleontologist and entomologist.
life and work
Rasnitsyn studied biology at Lomonosov University from 1955, graduating in 1960 (Hibernation in the ichneumon flies subfamily Ichneumoninae), where he specialized in entomology. In the same year he went to the Arthropod Laboratory of the Paleontological Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences under the direction of Boris Borissowitsch Rodendorf . In 1967 he received his doctorate there (The Mesozoic Hymenoptera Symphyta and the early evolution of the Xyelidae) and in 1978 he completed his habilitation (The Origin and Evolution of the Hymenoptera). In the same year he became head of the arthropod laboratory, which he remained until 1996. After that he was a senior scientist there. In 1991 he received the title of professor. After the death of his successor Vladimir Zerikhin, he took over the laboratory on a temporary basis again in 2002.
In 2001 he became an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation. He described numerous new insect taxa and around 50 taxa were named in his honor. 2001 to 2005 he was President of the International Palaeoentomological Society. Since 2007 he has been on the Council of the Russian Entomological Society.
Rasnitsyn is one of the leading experts in fossil insects (specializing in paleoentomology) worldwide. His special scientific interest is the evolution of the hymenoptera (Hymenoptera). The Hymenoptera system, which is scientifically favored today, goes back to his work. Rasnitsyn is the author of more than 350 scientific works.
As an entomologist at the Rohdendorf School, Rasnitsyn keeps alive some traditions, especially in the area of nomenclature, that contradict Western traditions. This can be seen, for example, in the fact that he sticks to the name Vespida instead of Hymenoptera for the hymenoptera. In addition, he is one of those scientists who to this day maintain reservations about the cladistic methodology that predominantly shapes biological systematics today.
Fonts
- Origin and development of the lower Hymenoptera. Treatises Paleontological Institute Soviet. Akad. Wiss., 123, 1969, pp. 1–196 (Russian), English translation New Delhi 1979
- Origin and development of the lower Hymenoptera. Treatises Paleontological Institute Soviet. Akad. Wiss., 174, 1980, 1-192 (Russian)
- Hymenoptera Apocrita of the Mesozoic Era, Treatises Paleontological Institute Soviet. Akad. Wiss., 147, 1975, 1-134 (Russian)
- with DLJ Quicke (editor): History of Insects. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2002 ( text excerpts online )
- Selected Works in Evolutionary Biology, KMK Scientific Press, Moscow 2005 (Russian)
- with VV Zherikhin, AG Ponomarenko : Introduction to Paleoentomology, KMK Scientific Press, Moscow 2008 (Russian)
literature
- Denis J. Brothers: Alexandr Pavlovich Rasnitsyn, (palaeo) entomologist extraordinaire - a personal appreciation. In: Dmitry Shcherbakov, Michael Engel, Michael Sharkey (editors): Advances in the Systematics of Fossil and Modern Insects: Honoring Alexandr Rasnitsyn. ZooKeys 130, 2011. ( ISSN 1313-2989 ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ronquist, F., Rasnitsyn, AP, Roy, A., Eriksson, K. and Lindgren, M. (1999): Phylogeny of the Hymenoptera: A cladistic reanalysis of Rasnitsyn's (1988) data. Zoologica Scripta 28: 13-50. doi : 10.1046 / j.1463-6409.1999.00023.x
- ↑ Michael S. Engel & Dmitry E. Shcherbakov (2011): Scientific contributions of Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn, 1959 to present. ZooKeys 130: 11-40. doi : 10.3897 / zookeys.130.1917
- ^ AP Rasnitsyn (2006): Ontology of evolution and methodology of taxonomy. Paleontological Journal Volume 40, Issue 6 Supplement: S679-S737.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rasnitsyn, Alexander Pavlovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian paleontologist and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |