Abraham Willink (13 January 1920,

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. His main contributions were made on the

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n families

Vespidae The Vespidae are a large (nearly 5000 species), diverse, cosmopolitan family of wasps, including nearly all the known eusocial wasps (such as '' Polistes fuscatus'', '' Vespa orientalis'', and ''Vespula germanica'') and many solitary wasps. Eac ...

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and

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. He also contributed to the classification of biogeographical provinces of

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. His role was of great interest in the decentralization of science, especially in Entomology in Argentina.
3 Genera and 52 species has been named after him.vid
CLAPS, Lucía E., Guillermo L. CLAPS & Fernando R. NAVARRO: ''Abraham Willink: impulsor de la descentralización de la entomología argentina''
in: Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, versión impresa ISSN 0373-5680

Selected works

*Willink, A. 1969. Las especies del género ''Incodynerus'' Willink (Hym., Eumenidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 24: 65-88. *Cabrera, A.L. & A. Willink. 1980. Biogeografía de América Latina. Segunda edición. Monografía 13, serie biología. Programa Regional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Organización de los Estados Americanos. 122 pp. + 1 map. *Willink, A. 1982. Revisión de los generos ''Montezumia'' Saussure and ''Monobia'' Saussure (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc., Cordoba 55: 3-321. *Willink, A. and A. Roig-Alsina. 1998. Revisión del genero ''Pachodynerus'' Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae). Contrib. Am. Entomol. Inst. 30 (5): 1-117.

References

1920 births 1998 deaths Dutch entomologists Dutch expatriates in Argentina People from Drachten 20th-century Dutch zoologists 20th-century Argentine zoologists {{Argentina-scientist-stub