Robert Latzel

Robert Latzel (born October 28, 1845 in Sörgsdorf , † December 15, 1919 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes ( myriapods : double-headed , centipedes and relatives). His collection of millipede preparations, housed today in the Natural History Museum Vienna , includes many type specimens . His monographs on the myriapods of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy were the first comprehensive treatment of the centipedes and bipedes in this large region. He described almost 130 taxa of millipedes (1 genus , 2 subgenera, 69 species and 56 varieties ) and over 40 centipede groups (2 genera, 29 species and 12 varieties), as well as four taxa of puntipods and pygmy paws, respectively . His work on bipedes used the gonopodia for the first time to classify and differentiate species from centipedes.

literature

• Latzel Robert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 43.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Verena Stagl: Robert Latzel - His life-work and importance for Myriapodology . (PDF) In: Norwegian Journal of Entomology . 53, 2006, pp. 223-236.
2. ↑ Ivan Hadrián Tuf, Vratislav Laška: Present knowledge on centipedes in the Czech Republic: a zoogeographic analysis and bibliography 1820–2003 . In: Peckiana . 4, 2005, pp. 143-161.
3. ^ Paul Mildner, Verena Stagl: In memory of Robert Latzel (1845-1919) . In: Rudolfinum, yearbook of the State Museum for Carinthia . 2000, p. 305–309 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).