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Hermann Stitz

1868 – 1947

German biologist and entomologist

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Lived 1868 – 1947 (aged 78). Hermann Stitz was a German entomologist, zoologist, teacher and biologist.

Hermann Stitz (24 December 1868 – 6 February 1947) was a German biologist and entomologist. He was a specialist in Hymenoptera especially ants and Neuroptera. He worked mainly on the collections of the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität including insects collected on the German Central Africa Expedition 1910-11, and the German-Soviet Alay-Pamir Expedition of 1928

Publications Selected Stitz H., 1909 Zur Kenntnis des Genitalapparats der Neuropteren. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 27: 377–448. pdf] Hermann Stitz, 1912 Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin – 1912: 498 - 514.pdf 1914-. with Otto Schmiedeknecht, Jean-Jacques Kieffer, Heinrich Friese, Christoph Wilhelm Marcus Schroder and Eduard Enslin Die insekten Mitteleuropas insbesondere Deutschlands. Stuttgart, Franckhsche verlagshandlung Stitz, H. 1927. Ordnung: Netzflügler, Neuróptera. Pp. XIV,1 - XIV, 24 in Brohmer, P.; Ehrmann, P.; Ulmer, U. (eds.). Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Band VI [=6] (Insekten), Teil 3, Lieferung 1 (Neuróptera, Trichóptera). Quelle and Meyer, Leipzig. Stitz, H. (Hermann), 1932. The Norwegian Zoological Expedition to the Galapagos Islands 1925, conducted by Alf Wollebaik. 5. Formicidae. Meddelelser fra det Zoologiske Museum Oslo, 31: 367–372. Hermann Stitz, 1939. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae. Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp.

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Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
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Stitz, H. Stitz

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Who was Hermann Stitz?

German biologist and entomologist

When was Hermann Stitz born?

Hermann Stitz was born on 24 December 1868.

When did Hermann Stitz die?

Hermann Stitz died on 6 February 1947.

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Hermann Stitz was an entomologist, zoologist, teacher and biologist.

What nationality was Hermann Stitz?

Hermann Stitz was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hermann Stitz

· Wikidata: Q21340999

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