Zora Karaman
Zora Karaman , b. Vales (born April 15, 1907 in Buje , Istria , today Croatia ; † December 10, 1974 in Ljubljana , Yugoslavia , today Slovenia ) was a Yugoslav entomologist .
Life
She studied at the University of Ljubljana and then worked as a high school teacher in Skopje . During the Second World War she lived in Kragujevac , from 1945 she was a high school teacher in Split , from 1950 curator of the Dubrovnik City Museum .
From 1953 she was a lecturer at the University of Skopje . There she received her doctorate in 1955 with a thesis on beetles . In 1959 she became an associate professor of forest entomology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Skopje in 1964.
During her research in Yugoslavia and other areas of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, she discovered numerous new insect species.
Named after Zora Karaman are the species Melita valesi (a crab), Niphargus zorae (a cave shrimp ), Myrmecophilus zorae (an ant cricket that she discovered in 1963 ) and Euconnus karamanae (an ant beetle ).
family
Zora Vales married the zoologist Stanko Karaman (1889-1959) in 1934 . Their children Mladen Karaman (* 1937) and Gordan Karaman (* 1938) are also biologists.
Works
- Observations on the appearance of the nun (Lymantria monacha L.) 1955/56 in the beech forests of Western Macedonia, Yugoslavia , in: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie , vol. 42.1958, pp. 236-238
- Some remarks about the coniferous bark beetle fauna of Macedonia , in: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie , Vol. 54.1964, pp. 440–443
- Some remarks on the mass multiplication of Pissodes notatus F. in Macedonia , in: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie , Vol. 62.1968, pp. 461–464
literature
- Hrvatski Biografski Leksikon , Volume 7, 2008 ( ISBN 978-953-268-009-6 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Zora Karaman in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Karaman, Zora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vales, Zora |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buje , Istria , today Croatia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1974 |
| Place of death | Ljubljana |