Odo Reuter

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Odo Reuter

Odo Morannal Reuter (born April 28, 1850 in Turku ; † September 2, 1913 there ) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish entomologist and poet.

Reuter studied zoology from 1867 at the University of Helsinki , where he received his master's degree in 1873 and his doctorate in 1877. Then he was a lecturer there and from 1888 professor. In 1910 he retired after being on leave for five years due to a serious illness.

He specializes in Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera), but also treated other groups of insects. In 1913 he coined the term parasitoid .

Reuter was a supporter of Charles Darwin and made him and Ernst Haeckel known in Finland in popular scientific publications.

He is also known as a poet (in Swedish), published collections of poetry, and was a literary critic.

On October 21, 1884 he became a member of the Leopoldina .

Works on entomology

  • Audits critica Capsinarum, 1875
  • Hemiptera gymnocerata Europae, IV, 1878-1896
  • Ad cognitionem reduviidarum, 1881
  • Monographia Anthocoridarum, 1885
  • Ad cognitionem Capsinarum, I -III, 1891-1895
  • Corrodentia Fennica 1893
  • Neuroptera Fennica 1894
  • Apterygogenea Fennica 1895
  • Thysanoptera Fennica 1899
  • Hemipterological Speculations, I-II, 1905
  • Phylogeny and Systematics of the Mirids 1910
  • Hemipteran fauna of the Palearctic conifers 1909
  • De lägre djurens själslif, 2 volumes 1886–88
  • Drag ur djurens lif, I-III, 1901-04
  • Djurens själ 1907
  • Insecternas lefnadsvanor och instincter 1910
    • German edition: Habits and instincts of insects until the social instincts awaken, Berlin: Friedländer 1913

Literary works

  • Karin Månsdotter's saga 1880
  • Dikter, 1881, 1898, 1906 (poetry collections)
  • I brytningstid 1899
  • Nattens singer 1911

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personal data
SURNAME Reuter, Odo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reuter, Odo Morannal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Turku
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1913
Place of death Turku