Rudolf Emil Mell (1878 in
Gera
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, Thuringia – 1970 in
Berlin
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) was a German
zoologist
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and
entomologist
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who specialised in
Lepidoptera especially
Sphingidae
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and the
fauna of China
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. He was the director of the German-Chinese Middle School at Canton (
Guangzhou
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) for some time. His collection of Sphingidae is held by the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Housing some 22 million ...
in
Pittsburgh
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. It was purchased by
Benjamin Preston Clark
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Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past t ...
.
Taxa described by Mell (selected)
*''
Actias chapae
''Actias chapae'' or colloquially known as the 'celestial moon moth' is a moth in the family Saturniidae. It is found in Vietnam and China and potentially other countries in the region; it is a montane species recorded from 1500m and higher. It ...
'' (Sphingidae)
*''
Dahira hoenei'' (Sphingidae)
*''
Rhodambulyx davidi
''Rhodambulyx davidi'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the mountains of southern China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous c ...
'' (Sphingidae)
*''
Cypa uniformis'' (Sphingidae)
*''
Catocala pataloides
''Catocala pataloides'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Mell in 1931. It is found in northeastern Laos and in the southeastern Chinese provinces of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan. and Taiwan
Taiwan, officially ...
'' (Erebidae)
*''
Catocala dejeani'' (Erebidae)
*''
Teinopalpus aureus'' (Papilionidae)
*''
Mirina fenzeli'' (Endromidae)
Works
(Partial list)
*Mell, Rudolf Emil, 1912 Eiablagen bei Insekten. ''Naturw. Wschr''. 27(11), pp.
*Mell, R.E. 1922. Neue südchinesische Lepidoptera. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschriftt'' 1922: 113–129.
*Mell, R.E. 1922 Beiträge zur Fauna sinica ''Biologie und systematik der südschinesischen sphingiden, zugleich ein versuch einer biologie tropischer lepidopteren überhaupt'' Berlin, R. Friedländer & soh
online*Mell, Rudolf 1922 Beiträge zur Fauna Sinica. i. Die Vertebraten Südchinas; Feldlisten und Feldnoten der Säuger, Vögel, Reptilien, Batrachier. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' 88 (10): 1-134
*Mell, 1923 Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Südchina (2) ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1923 (2) : 153-160
*Mell R. 1930. Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. V. Die
Brahmaeiden und
Eupterotiden Chinas. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1929(5):337–494, pls. 3–12.
*Mell, R., 1930 Beiträge zur Lurch- und Kriechtierfauna Kwangsi's. ''S. Ber. naturf. Freunde'' 1929, pp. 310–332
*Mell,R. 1931. List of Chinese snakes. ''Lingnan Sci. Jour''., Canton, 8
929
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Events
By place
Europe
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199-219.
*Mell, R. 1935. Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. XV. Zur Systematik und Oekologie der Sphingiden und
Saturniiden von
Chekiang
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(Samml. Höne). ''Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin'', 20: 337-365.
*Mell, Rudolf Emil (
935: Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. XII. Die
Euthaliini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) Süd-und Südostchinas ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1934, pp.
25-251, 1 pl*Mell, R.E. 1937 Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. XIV. Ergänzungen zur Sphingiden-, Brahmaeiden- und Eupterotidenfauna Chinas (Lep.). ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1937(1-2): 1–19.
*Mell, R., 1938. Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. XVII. Inventur und ökologisches Material zu einer Biologie der südchinesischen Lepidopteren. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1938 (2) : 197-345. including Die Papilioniden Südchinas
*Mell, Rudolf Emil 1939 Beiträge zur Fauna sinica. XVIII. Noch unbeschriebene chinesische Lepidopteren (V). ''Deut. ent. Zeit''.
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52(3/4), pp.
35-152*Mell, Rudolf Emil, 1943 Inventur und ökologisches Material zu einer Biologie der südchinesischen
Pieriden. ''Beiträge zur Fauna sinica'' 21:-
*Rudolf Mell,1947 ''Mussestunden am Tropenrande - Ein Biologe erlebt China'' (1947) Condor-Verlag
*Mell, Rudolf Emil (1950): Artbildung durch physiologische Differenzierung (chemotaktische Antizipation) in der Gattung ''
Rhopalocampta'' Wall. (Lepidopt. Hesperiidae). ''Bonn. zool. Beitr.'' 1, pp.
6-91, 1 pl, 1 fig*Rudolf Mell, 1951 ''Der
Seidenspinner''
Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig, Leipzig
*Rudolf Mell, 1955 ''Wochenend am Wendekreis.Begegnungen mit Tieren im Reiche des Drachen'' (Encounters with animals in the Kingdom of the Dragon) Franckh'sche Verlagshandlg., Stuttgart
*Mell, R. 1958. Zur Geschichte der ostasiatischen Lepidopteren I. Die Hebing Zentralasiens, das westchinesische Refugium zentralasiatischer Abkömmlinge und die Verbreitungsachse Sikkim/Kashiaberge - Zentralformosa (Achse V). Beiträge zur Fauna sinica XXV. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'', Berlin (N.F.), 5: 185-213.
*Rudolf Mell,1960 ''Bergwaldtiere am Tropenrand''
ountain forest animals at the edge of the tropicsStuttgart Franckh'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung
References
*R. Mell, 1932, ''Hong Kong Naturalist'', 3: 289.
*Alberti, B. 1970:
ell, R. E.Mitt. Ent. Ges. BRD. 29, S. 3-4
*Anonym 1963:
ell, R. E.Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, Berlin 22, S. 4
Der Thüringer Literaturrat
See also
*
Sino-German cooperation (1926–1941)
Cooperation between China and Germany was instrumental in modernizing the industry and the armed forces of the Republic of China between 1912 and 1941.
At the time, China was fraught with factional warlordism and foreign incursions. The Nort ...
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German entomologists
1970 deaths
1878 births