Rodolpho von Ihering

Rodolpho Theodor Wilhelm Gaspar von Ihering (born Taquara, 17 July 1883; died 15 September 1939) was a Brazilian zoologist and biologist, who is considered to be one of the founders of pisciculture in Brazil.

von Ihering was the son of German zoologist Hermann von Ihering and Anna Maria Clara Belzer, and grandson of Rudolf von Jhering. He married Isabel de Azevedo, daughter of Colonel Luis Gonzaga de Azevedo, with whom he had two daughters, Maria and Dora, and a son, who died at the age of four. As a child he spent a lot of time in his father's laboratory and this gave him a grounding in Zoology and when he graduated from the University of São Paulo in 1901 with a Bachelor of Science and Letters in 1901 his father, who was Director of the Museu Paulista, appointed him as deputy director for finance of the museum that year. He published his first scientific paper in 1903 and he mainly published in the Magazine of the Paulista Museum, often on systematics. During this period he oversaw the establishment of fish farms in Pirassununga and Porto Alegre.

Insects The mite Periglischrus iheringi Oudemans, 1902

The spider wasp Entypus iheringi (Fox, 1899)

The ant Octostruma iheringi (Emery, 1888)

The beetle, Hoplistocerus iheringi Gounelle, 1906

The South American tarantula Grammostola iheringi (Keyserling, 1891)

The ant, Wasmannia iheringi Forel, 1908

The intertidal spider from Brazil and Argentina, Metaltella iheringi (Keyserling, 1891)

The beetle, Stenoeme iheringi Gounelle, 1909

The moth, Ormetica iheringi (Schaus, 1921)

The beetle, Cauarana iheringi (Gounelle, 1910)

Fish The catfish Pareiorhina rudolphi (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1911)

The catfish Cetopsorhamdia iheringi Schubart & A. L. Gomes, 1959

The catfish Hypostomus iheringii (Regan, 1908)

Birds The Narrow-billed antwren Formicivora iheringi Hellmayr, 1909

Reptiles The reptile is Ihering's snake, Lioheterophis iheringi Amaral, 1935

Other A land planarian, Choeradoplana iheringi Graff, 1899

Potamolithus iheringi Pilsbry, 1896 is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Tateidae.

The freshwater ostracod, Chlamydotheca iheringi (Sars, 1901) Klie, 1931

The land snail Gastrocopta iheringi (Suter, 1900)

The freshwater snail, Felipponea iheringi (Pilsbry, 1933)

The saltwater clam, Trinitasia iheringi (Dall, 1897)

The marine bivalve mollusc, Tellina iheringi Dall, 1908

The Land Snail, Radiodiscus iheringi (Ancey, 1899)

The sea snail, Retigyra iheringi (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)

Legacy The Brazilian Society of Zoology, instituted the Rodolpho von Ihering Prize for the best zoology article, book or book chapter published in Brazil in each year. The Rodolpho von Ihering Ichthyology Research Center in Pentecoste, Ceará is named after him; while the Rodolpho von Ihering Library, remains in the collection of the Experimental Station of Biology and Fisheries of Pirassununga, in 1981.

Publications The principal published works of Ihering are:

O Livrinho das Aves (1914). Fauna do Brasil (1917). Da Vida Dos Peixes (1923). Contos de um Naturalista (1924). No Campo e na Floresta (1927). Da Vida dos Nossos Animais (1934). Dicionário dos animais do Brasil (1940).

Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Rodolpho von Ihering