Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt

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Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt (born February 12, 1909 in Riga ; died August 12, 2003 in Töging / Inn ) was a German zoologist and entomologist , well-known specialist in sand bees .

Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt (1909-2003)

Life

Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt was born in Riga on February 12, 1909 . His father, a bookbinder, died early, but he bequeathed his love for books. Grünwaldt attended the German grammar school in Riga and was already a student in a student association for scientific work and research. Initially, inspired by a showcase at school, he collected butterflies, but soon became interested in hymenoptera. Later he studied at the mathematical and natural science faculty of the Latvian University and at the Herder University in Riga. He was a student at Embrik Strand .

During the Second World War, Grünwaldt was stationed in Kherson (Ukraine) to fight malaria . Since 1938 he was married to Ellionore Grünwaldt (née Kolb-Kolbe), who died in 1983. During the war he lost his collection of bees and literature.

After the World War he settled in Munich, where he worked in various professions. After the World War he built up an important collection of sand bees for scientific research. He undertook collecting trips to Austria, Greece and other Mediterranean countries, visited natural science museums and international congresses all over Europe. His apartment has always been a meeting place for entomologists and a place for inspiring technical discussions. He has always helped other scientists with his profound knowledge. He particularly supported young zoologists and colleagues from Eastern Europe to the best of his ability.

Dr. Grünwaldt was practically blind in old age, but has been intensively involved in scientific literature and apiculture until the end. He died on August 12, 2003 and is buried in Munich.

Scientific reputation

Wilhelm Grünwaldt has published several publications on sand bees and his help has been thanked for in many publications. He has given both his bee collection and his extensive specialist library to the Zoological State Collection in Munich . The Grünwaldt Collection is one of the world's largest collections of wild bees of the genus Andrena .

Patronyms. The following species of Hymenoptera were named after him:

  • Andrena livens grünwaldti (sic!) Warncke , 1967
  • Andrena wilhelmi Schuberth , 1995
  • Halictus gruenwaldti Ebmer , 1975
  • Rophites gruenwaldti Ebmer , 1978
  • Nomada gruenwaldti Schwarz , 1979
  • Priocnemis corax grünwaldti (sic!) Wolf 1962
  • Thyrateles gruenwaldti Heinrich , 1980.

New descriptions. Grünwald has described the following species of sand bees (most of them, however, only published posthumously by E. Scheuchl):

  • Andrena grossella Grünwaldt , 1976
  • Andrena ellinorae Grünwaldt & Osytshnyuk , 2005
  • Andrena heinrichi Grünwaldt , 2005
  • Andrena korbella Grünwaldt , 2005
  • Andrena mistrensis Grünwaldt , 2005
  • Andrena neovirida Grünwaldt , 2005
  • Andrena olympica Grünwaldt , 2005

literature

J. Schuberth & K. Schönitzer: Obituary. Dr. Robert Wilhelm Grünwaldt 1909–2003. Bembix 19, pp. 57-59, 2005, PDF on ZOBODAT

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Link: Zobodat - Literature Series. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  2. ^ Andrena species from the Grünwaldt collection. Retrieved May 17, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Contribution to the clarification of Palearctic Andrena species (Hym. Apidae). In: EOS . tape 43 . Madrid 167, p. 219 .
  4. ↑ J. Schuberth: A newly recognized sand bee species from Southeast Europe: Andrena wilhelmi n. Sp. (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Andrenidae). In: Linzer biol. Contrib . tape 27 , 1995, p. 807-821 ( mwn.de [PDF]).
  5. ↑ AW Ebmer: New West Palearctic Halictidae (Halictinae, Apoidea) . In: Linzer biol. Contribution Volume 7 , no. 1 , 1975, p. 66-68 .
  6. ↑ AW Ebmer: The Halictidae of Manchuria (Apoidea, Hymenoptera) . In: Bonner zool. Contribution Volume 29 , no. 1/3 , 1978, p. 183-221 .
  7. ↑ M. Schwarz: A new Nomada species from Greece (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) . In: Bavarian Entomologists' newsletter . tape 28 , 1979, pp. 17-20 .
  8. ↑ H. Wolf: Priocnemis species (Hym. Pompilidae) from the Musee Zoologique, Lausanne . In: Mitt. Switzerland. Ent. Ges. Band 35 , 1962, pp. 41-68 .
  9. ^ G. Heinrich: New Ichneumoninae Stenopneusticae from the Palaearctic Region (Hym. Ichneumonidae) . In: Communications of the Munich Entomological Society . tape 69 , 1980, pp. 9-27 .
  10. ↑ Wilhelm Grünwaldt: Andrena large ella sp n, an insect species with 9-membered maxillary and labial (Hymenoptera, Apoidea).. . In: Bavarian Entomologists' newsletter . tape 25 , no. 4 , 1976, p. 65–70 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Wilhelm Grünwaldt, AZ Osytshnyuk, E. Scheuchl: New Andrena species from the Palearctic. Hymenoptera: Apidae: Andreninae. In: Entomofauna . tape 26 , no. 19 , 2005, pp. 349–368 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
personal data
SURNAME Grünwaldt, Robert Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German zoologist and entomologist, specialist in sand bees
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 2003
Place of death Toging / Inn