Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an

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myriapodologist Myriapodology is the scientific study of myriapods which includes centipedes and millipedes. The field of myriapodology can also cover other myriapods such as pauropods and symphylans. Those who study myriapods are myriapodologists. Societies * ...

and

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who published a series of pioneering works on

millipede Millipedes (originating from the Latin , "thousand", and , "foot") are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derive ...

centipede Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...

s, and allies. His collection of myriapod specimens, today housed in the Natural History Museum of Vienna, includes many

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. His

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s on the myriapods of the

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were the first comprehensive treatments of the large region's centipede and millipede faunas. He named nearly 130 taxa of millipedes (1 genus, 2 subgenera, 69 species and 56 variations) and over 40 centipede groups (2 genera, 29 species and 12 variations), as well as four taxa each of

pauropod Pauropoda is a class of small, pale, millipede-like arthropods in the subphylum Myriapoda. More than 900 species in twelve families are found worldwide, living in soil and leaf mold. Pauropods look like centipedes or millipedes and may be a sist ...

s and

symphyla Symphylans, also known as garden centipedes or pseudocentipedes, are soil-dwelling arthropods of the class Symphyla in the subphylum Myriapoda. Symphylans resemble centipedes, but are very small, non-venomous, and may or may not form a clade wi ...

ns. His work on millipedes pioneered the use of

gonopod Gonopods are specialized appendages of various arthropods used in reproduction or egg-laying. In males, they facilitate the transfer of sperm from male to female during mating, and thus are a type of intromittent organ. In crustaceans and millipe ...

s in millipede classification and species recognition. At least three authors have honored Latzel by naming a genus '' Latzelia'' (

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1890, Bollman 1893, Verhoeff, 1895). __NOTOC__

Major works

*(1880): ''Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Erste Hälfte: Die Chilopoden''. 1-228. *(1884): ''Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden''. 1-414.

Eponymous taxa

Genera and species named in honor of Latzel include: *'' Latzelia''

1890,

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of Latzeliidae *''Latzelia'' Bollman 1893 preoccupied, = '' Glomeridella'' *''Latzelia'' Verhoeff 1895 preoccupied, = '' Verhoeffia'' *'' Heterolatzelia'' Verhoeff 1897 *'' Cylindrus latzeli''

Berlese Berlese or Berlèse is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Antonio Berlese (1863–1927), Italian entomologist * Augusto Napoleone Berlese (1864–1903), Italian botanist and mycologist, brother of Antonio * Lorenzo Berlèse (1 ...

1884 *'' Ornithogona latzeli''

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1927 *'' Pycnotropis latzeli'' Attems 1931 *'' Nanogona latzeli'' Verhoeff 1891 *'' Escaryus latzeli'' Sseliwanoff 1881 *'' Gravieripus latzeli''

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1896

References

External links

Myriapod publications by Robert Latzel
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International Society of Myriapodology
* Naturalists from Austria-Hungary Austrian entomologists University of Vienna alumni People from Jeseník District 1845 births 1919 deaths Myriapodologists {{Austria-scientist-stub