Gustav Mayr

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Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830, Vienna – 14 July 1908, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna. He specialised in Hymenoptera, being particularly known for his studies of Formicidae.^[1]

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).

References

Portrait Obits.

↑ 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

Persondata
Name	Mayr, Gustav
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian entomologist
Date of birth	12 October 1830
Place of birth	Vienna
Date of death	14 July 1908
Place of death	Vienna

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