Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch

Wolfgang Karl Weyrauch (1907–1970) was a German-Peruvian malacologist and entomologist.

Life Weyrauch was born on December 7, 1907, in Elberfeld, Germany. He received his PhD in Zoology in 1929 from the University of Berlin with a thesis on insect neurophysiology. From 1928 to 1929, he was an assistant of Richard Hesse, and from 1931 to 1943 he worked for the German Council of Scientific Research doing field studies in entomology and ecology. and the Auckland War Memorial Museum, New Zealand. He was the author of 198 molluscan names.

Species named in his honor The following gastropod species were named after Weyrauch:

Also, a species of snake is named after Weyrauch: Leptotyphlops weyrauchi

A species of wasp is also named after Weyrauch: Polistes weyrauchorum Willink, 1964

Two species of harvestmen are also named after Weyrauch: Chusgonobius weyrauchi Roewer, 1952 Andrescava weyrauchi Roewer, 1957