Robert Latzel

Robert Latzel

1916 oil painting of Latzel
Born (1845-10-28)October 28, 1845
Uhelná (present day Czech Republic)
Died December 15, 1919(1919-12-15) (aged 74)
Klagenfurt, Austria
Nationality Austrian
Fields Myriapodology
Alma mater University of Vienna
Known for Myriapod taxonomy
Author abbrev. (zoology) Latzel
Spouse Hedwig Horrakh
Children 1 son, 1 daughter

Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes, centipedes, and allies. His collection of myriapod specimens, today housed in the Natural History Museum of Vienna, includes many type specimens.[1] His monographs on the myriapods of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the first comprehensive treatments of the large region's centipede and millipede faunas.[2] He named nearly 130 taxa of millipedes (1 genus, 2 subgenera, 69 species and 56 variations) and over 40 centipede groups (2 genera, 29 species and 12 variations), as well as four taxa each of pauropods and symphylans. His work on millipedes pioneered the use of gonopods in millipede classification and species recognition.[1] At least three authors have honored Latzel by naming a genus Latzelia (Scudder 1890, Bollman 1893, Verhoeff, 1895).

Major works

Eponymous taxa

Genera and species named in honor of Latzel include:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Stagl, V. (2006). "Robert Latzel – His life-work and importance for Myriapodology" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 53: 223–236.
  2. Tuf, I. H., & Laška, V. (2005). "Present knowledge on centipedes in the Czech Republic: a zoogeographic analysis and bibliography 1820–2003" (PDF). Peckiana. 4: 143–161.
  3. Stagl, Verena; Mildner, Paul (2000). "Zum Gedenken an Robert Latzel (1845-1919) [In Memory of Robert Latzel (1845-1919)]" (PDF). Rudolfinum, Jahrbuch des Landesmuseums für Kärnten (in German): 305–309.
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