Gustav Mayr
Gustav Mayr
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
- ↑ 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