Frank H. Hennemann

Frank H. Hennemann (born 1 July 1978 in Ludwigshafen) is a German entomologist and taxonomist who works in the field of biodiversity research on the systematics and biogeography of stick insects (Phasmatodea).

Biography Hennemann grew up in Bad Dürkheim and Freinsheim on the edge of the Palatinate Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve. Since his childhood, he has been interested in animals, especially the arthropods, amphibians and reptiles in his native environment. He first bred stick insects at the age of eleven with Extatosoma tiaratum and Haplopus bicuspidatus, which awakened his enthusiasm and fascination for these insects and their breeding. In 1990, for example, he acquired additional species of stick insects at a meeting of phasmid friends at the Palatinate Museum of Natural History in Bad Dürkheim, so that he soon had an entire room full of breeding cages and terrariums. In addition to keeping and breeding stick insects, he soon became interested in their taxonomy, as well as the differentiation, characterization and systematization of the different species and genera. As the number of species increased, his interest in collecting insects was awakened, which formed the basis for building his extensive, constantly growing collection of specimens.