Tadeusz Jaczewski (1 February 1899,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 25 February 1974) was a

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entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in Hemiptera. Jaczewski studied at the

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

, then taught at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. He also worked for the Warsaw Zoological Museum. He published many papers on the insect fauna of Poland and with I.M Kerzhner 1964 wrote Order Hemiptera (Heteroptera). In Bei-Bienko, G. Ya. (ed.), ''Keys to the insects of the European'' USSR 1: 655-845 1964.He was a specialist in

Nepomorpha Nepomorpha is an infraorder of insects in the "true bug" order ( Hemiptera). They belong to the "typical" bugs of the suborder Heteroptera. Due to their aquatic habits, these animals are known as true water bugs. They occur all over the world ...

References

* Schuh, Randall,T and Slater,J.A. 1995 ''True bugs of the world (Hemiptera:Heteroptera) : classification and natural history'' Ithaca : Comstock Pub. Associates 1899 births 1974 deaths Polish entomologists Scientists from Saint Petersburg 20th-century Polish zoologists {{entomologist-stub