Jan Noskiewicz (8 October 1890 – 27 August 1963) was a Polish

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 ...

specialising in

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, 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 Par ...

and Strepsiptera. Noskiewicz was born in Sanok. He was Professor of

Systematic Zoology Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...

and Zoogeography at (then) Breslau now Wroclaw University. He died in Wroclaw. His collection of 30,000

Aculeata Aculeata is a subclade of Hymenoptera containing ants, bees, and stinging wasps. The name is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into a stinger. However, many members of the group cannot ...

specimens, including holotypes, syntypes and paratypes of is in Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University.

Works

Jan Noskiewicz With G. Poluszynski. 1928. Embryologische Untersuchungen an Strepsipteren. I. Teil: Embryogenesis der Gattung Stylops Kirby. ''Akad. Umiejetnosci, Cl. des Sci. Math. et Nat., Bul. Internatl. Ser. B'' (1927): 1093-1227 (1928). {{DEFAULTSORT:Noskiewicz, Jan Polish entomologists 1890 births 1963 deaths 20th-century Polish zoologists Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland