Hermann Haupt (24 January 1873, in
Langensalza, Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia – 2 June 1959, in
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as t ...
) was a German
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
who worked mainly on
Auchenorrhyncha
The Auchenorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains most of the familiar members of what was called the "Homoptera" – groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the o ...
and
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic.
Females typi ...
.
He was an intermediate school (
Mittelschule ''Mittelschule'' is a German term literally translating to "Middle School" (i.e. a level "intermediate" between elementary and higher education). It is used in various senses in the education systems of the various parts of German-speaking Europe, ...
) teacher. He described many new species. Haupt’s Hymenoptera and Auchenorrhyncha collections are conserved in the
University of Halle-Wittenberg
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (), also referred to as MLU, is a public research university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg. It is the largest and oldest university in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. MLU offers German and i ...
(Geiseltalmuseum Halle) and Biozentum),
Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
The State Museum of Zoology () in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database ...
(
) and
Naturkundemuseum Erfurt (other Orders).
References
*Anonym 1959
aupt, H.''Ent. News'' 70 244, V-XI
*Nonveiller, G. 1999 ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia'' Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej : 1-390 183
*Sachtleben, H. 1960:
aupt, H.''Beitr. Ent''. 10(1/2) 218
1873 births
1959 deaths
People from Bad Langensalza
German entomologists
Hymenopterists
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