Georg Ulmer (5 March 1877, in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

– 15 January 1963, in Hamburg) was a German

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 specialized in research of

Trichoptera The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the ...

(caddisflies) and Ephemeroptera (mayflies). In 1899 he qualified as an instructor, and up until 1934 he worked as a schoolteacher in Hamburg. In 1912 he received an honorary doctorate from the

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, largely based on his work involving caddisflies of

Baltic amber The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It was produced sometime during the Eocene epoch, but exactly when is controversial. It has been estimated that these forests created more than 1 ...

. In 1952 he became an honorary member of the

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.Georg Ulmer (1877 – 1963)
Ephemeroptera Germanica Throughout his career, he conducted extensive studies involving the faunistics, biology,

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and

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of caddisflies and mayflies. He conducted research of species native to Germany and also specimens collected by others from worldwide locations. From 1900 up until his death he was the author of 175 scientific publications. In 1964 his insect collection was donated to the Zoological Museum of Hamburg.An updated list of type material of Ephemeroptera Hyatt & Arms, 1890, deposited at the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZMH)
/ref> He is credited with describing 381 living and 129 fossil species of Trichoptera, as well as 111 species of Ephemeroptera. He is also the taxonomic authority of the mayfly families Oligoneuriidae (1914), Ecdyonuridae (1920) and

Siphlonuridae Siphlonuridae, also known as the primitive minnow mayfly is a family of insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. Taxonomy The family is divided into the following genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biologica ...

(1920). The

Leptophlebiidae Leptophlebiidae is a family belonging to the Ephemeropterans that are commonly known as the prong-gilled mayflies or leptophlebiids. It is the only family in the superfamily Leptophlebioidea. There are around 131 genera and 640 described specie ...

genera ''Ulmeritoides'', ''Ulmeritus'' and ''Ulmerophlebia'' commemorate his name.

Partial listing of works

* ''Über die Metamorphose der Trichopteren'', 1903 – On the metamorphosis of Trichoptera. * ''Hamburgische Elb-Untersuchung 5. Trichopteren'', 1903 – Hamburg-

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investigations: Trichoptera, Volume 5. * ''Zur Trichopteren-Fauna von Hessen'', 1903 – Trichoptera of

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. * ''Zur Trichopteren-Fauna von Thüringen und Harz'', 1903 – Trichoptera of

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and the

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. * ''Zur Fauna des Eppendorfer Moores bei Hamburg'', 1903 – Fauna of the Eppendorfer Moor near Hamburg. * ''Über westafrikanische Trichopteren'', 1904 – On West African Trichoptera. * ''Über die von Herrn Prof. Yngve Sjöstedt in Kamerun gesammelten Trichopteren'', 1904 – On Trichoptera collected by

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. * ''Trichopteren'', 1904 – Trichoptera. * ''Ephemeriden'', 1904 – Ephemeroptera. * ''Trichopteren aus Java'', 1905 – On Trichoptera of

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. * ''Über die geographische Verbreitung der Trichopteren'', 1905 – On the distribution of Trichoptera. * ''Übersicht über die bisher bekannten Larven europäischer Trichopteren'', 1906 – Overview on the hitherto known larvae of European Trichoptera. * ''Japanische Trichopteren'', 1908 – Japanese Trichoptera. * ''Ephemeriden von Madagaskar und den Comoren'', 1909 – Ephemeroptera of

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and the Comoros. * ''Unsere wasserinsekten'', 1911 – On water insects. * ''Die trichopteren des baltischen bernsteins'', 1912 – Trichoptera found in Baltic amber.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works) * ''Ephemeriden aus Java, gesammelt von Edw. Jacobson'', 1913 – Ephemeroptera of Java, collected by Edw. Jacobson.

References

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