- Source: Richard Froeschner
Richard Charles Froeschner (March 8, 1916 – May 2, 2002) was an American entomologist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He married Elsie Herbold Froeschner, a scientific illustrator, on October 6, 1940. He attended the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
His works on insects included:
Heteroptera or True Bugs of Ecuador: A Partial Catalog. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 322. 1981. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.322.
Lace Bug Genera of the World, I: Introduction, Subfamily Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 574. 1996. pp. 1–43. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.574.
Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 407. 1985. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.407.
True Bugs (Heteroptera) of Panama: A Synoptic Catalog as a Contribution to the Study of Panamanian Biodiversity. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. Vol. 61. 1999. ISBN 1-887988-05-X.
Lace Bug Genera of the World, II: Subfamily Tinginae: Tribes Litadeini and Ypsotingini (Heteroptera: Tingidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 611. 2001. pp. 1–28. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.611.
Legacy
Taxa named in his honor include:
Froeschneriella Carvalho, 1986
Froeschnerisca Coscarón, 1997
(Replacement name for Froeschneriella Coscarón, 1996)
Froeschneropsidea Henry & Ferreira, 2005
(Replacement name for Froeschnerisca Henry & Ferreira, 2003)
References
Further reading
Froeschner, Elsie Herbold (1986). "Richard C. Froeschner: a wife's view". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94 (2): 137–140. JSTOR 25009522.
Froeschner, P.; Froeschner, R. & Froeschner, W. (1986). "The young Richard Charles Froeschner: emergence of a professional entomologist". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94 (2): 141–144. JSTOR 25009523.
Eneboe, Paul L. (1986). "A Student's Remembrance of Dick Froeschner". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 94 (2): 145–147. JSTOR 25009524.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Richard Froeschner
- Elsie Herbold Froeschner
- Telamona archboldi
- Acanthocephala declivis
- Hyalymenus tarsatus
- Aidoneus (bug)
- Copium
- Sinea spinipes
- Sephora (bug)
- Stictopleurus punctiventris