Gustav Mayr
Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830 in Vienna – 14 July 1908 in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna. He specialised in Hymenoptera, being particularly known for his studies of Formicidae.[1]
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Gustav Mayr
In 1868, he was the first to describe the Argentine ant.[2] He is credited with naming the harvesting ant species, Aphaenogaster treatae, for naturalist Mary Davis Treat in honor of her research on the species.[3]
Works
- Formicidae [der Novara-Expedition]. Vienna 1865.
- Die Ameisen des baltischen Bernsteins. Königsberg: Koch, 1868.
- Feigeninsecten. Vienna: Hölder, 1885.
- Hymenopterologische Miscellen. Vienna: Hölder, 1902.
- Formiciden aus Ägypten und dem Sudan. (1903).
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References
- 1908. Obituary. Prof. Gustav Mayr. Entomological News 19:396 Bibliography
- Managing Linepithema Humile (Mayr), the Argentine Ant, in South Carolina by Brittany Russ Ellis
- Early American Nature Writers: A Biographical Encyclopedia edited by Daniel Patterson, Roger Thompson, J. Scott Bryson
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