Boris Borisovitsch Rohdendorf
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Boris Borissovich Rohdendorf (1904 – 1977) was a Russian
entomologist
and curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Moscow. He attained the position of head of the Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences
) in Moscow
. A student of Andrey Martynov, he was a prolific taxonomist
who described numerous new taxa
, including fossil Diptera
, and published important syntheses on fossil insects. His work is being extensively revised by the current generation of Russian paleoentomologists.
Russians
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entomologist
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
and curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Moscow. He attained the position of head of the Laboratory of Arthropods, Paleontological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the USSR (now Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
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) in Moscow
Moscow
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. A student of Andrey Martynov, he was a prolific taxonomist
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
who described numerous new taxa
Taxon
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, including fossil Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
, and published important syntheses on fossil insects. His work is being extensively revised by the current generation of Russian paleoentomologists.
Partial bibliography
- Rohdendorf, B.B. 1937. [Dipteran insects, Vol. 19, No. 1: Fam. Sarcophagidae (Part 1), Fauna of the USSR, New Series,] No. 12 Moscow & Leningrad, 501pp. (In Russian and German)
- Rohdendorf, B.B. 1962. Order Diptera. In B.B. Rohdendorf (editor), Fundamentals of Paleontology, vol. 9, Arthropoda-Tracheata and Chelicerata: 444–502. [1991 English translation of Russian original, Smithsonian Institution Libraries and National Science Foundation]
- Rohdendorf, B.B. 1964. [Historical development of dipterous insects]. Trudy Paleontol. Inst. 100, 311 pp.
- Rohdendorf, B.B. 1974. The historical development of Diptera. University of Alberta Press, Edmonton. 360 pp. (English translation)
- Rohdendorf, B.B. 1967. [Directions in the historical development of sarcophagids (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)] Moscow, 92pp. (In Russian)
- Rohdendorf, B.B. and Rasnitsyn, A.P.Alex RasnitsynRasnitsyn, Alexandr Pavlovich — Soviet and Russian entomologist, expert in palaeoentomology. Honored Scientist of Russian Federation ....
(Editors) 1980. [A historical development of the class of insects] Moscow, 269pp. (In Russian).