Hermann Stitz (24 December 1868 – 6 February 1947) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

and

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 ...

. He was a specialist in

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 ...

especially

ants Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...

and

Neuroptera The insect order (biology), order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives. The order consists of some 6,000 species. Neuroptera is grouped together with the Megaloptera (alderflies, f ...

. He worked mainly on the collections of the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität including insects collected on the German Central Africa Expedition 1910-11, and the German-Soviet Alay-Pamir Expedition of 1928 Wilhelm, E. A. 2009 ''Trabalhos de zoólogos Germânicos sobbre a Maideira'' (1916-2000). Bocagiana, Funchal

Publications

Selected *Stitz H., 1909 Zur Kenntnis des Genitalapparats der Neuropteren. ''Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere'' 27: 377–448

pdf] *Hermann Stitz, 1912 Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea. ''Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin'' – 1912: 498 - 51
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*1914- 6 with Otto Schmiedeknecht,

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, Christoph Wilhelm Marcus Schroder and Eduard Enslin ''Die insekten Mitteleuropas insbesondere Deutschlands''. Stuttgart, Franckhsche verlagshandlung *Stitz, H. 1927. Ordnung: Netzflügler, Neuróptera. Pp. XIV,1 - XIV, 24 in Brohmer, P.; Ehrmann, P.; Ulmer, U. (eds.). ''Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas''. Band VI 6(Insekten), Teil 3, Lieferung 1 (Neuróptera, Trichóptera). Quelle and Meyer, Leipzig. *Stitz, H. (Hermann), 1932. The Norwegian Zoological Expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, conducted by Alf Wollebaik. 5. Formicidae. ''Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum Oslo,'' 31: 367–372. *Hermann Stitz, 1939. ''Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise.'' 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae. Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp.

References

German entomologists 1947 deaths 1868 births {{Germany-biologist-stub