Hermann Reinhard
Encyclopedia
Hermann Reinhard was a German
physician
and entomologist. He specialised in Hymenoptera
(Bees and their relatives).
Reinhard’s medical practice was in Bautzen
.In 1881 he worked with Eduard von Hofmann
on the insects of exhumed bodies making him one of the founders of forensic entomology
.
His collection is in Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
and Museum für Naturkunde.
321-336. (1862).
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and entomologist. He specialised in Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
(Bees and their relatives).
Reinhard’s medical practice was in Bautzen
Bautzen
Bautzen is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and administrative centre of the eponymous district. It is located on the Spree River. As of 2008, its population is 41,161...
.In 1881 he worked with Eduard von Hofmann
Eduard von Hofmann
Eduard von Hofmann was an Austrian physician who was a native of Prague. He was a pioneer of modern forensic pathology....
on the insects of exhumed bodies making him one of the founders of forensic entomology
Forensic entomology
Forensic entomology is the application and study of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters. It is primarily associated with death investigations; however, it may also be used to detect drugs and poisons, determine the location of an incident, and find the presence and time of the...
.
His collection is in Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000-50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can...
and Museum für Naturkunde.
Works
- Die Figitiden des mittlern Europa Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 4,. 204-264 (1860)
- Beiträge zur Kenntnis einiger Braconiden-Gattungen. I—III. Berl. ent. Z. 6:
321-336. (1862).
- Zwei seltene Giraud’sche Hymenopterengattungen, Verhandlungen der. k.-k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 34, 131-134. (1884)
- In Brischke,C.A.G.Carl Gustav Alexander BrischkeCarl Gustav Alexander Brischke was a German entomologist who worked on Diptera and Hymenoptera, mainly the Ichneumonidae and Braconidae.Briscke was from Danzig, West Prussia....
Die Ichneumoniden der Provinzen West und Ostpreußens. Sehr.naturf.Ges.Danzig, (N.F.), 5(3):121-183 (1882) - with Friedrich Moritz BrauerFriedrich Moritz BrauerFriedrich Moritz Brauer . An Austrian entomologist who was Director of the Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum, Vienna, at the time of his death...
Beiträge zur Gräberfauna. (Contributions on the fauna of graves.) Verh. k. & k. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 31 (1882) 207-210. Classic early text of forensic entomologyForensic entomologyForensic entomology is the application and study of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters. It is primarily associated with death investigations; however, it may also be used to detect drugs and poisons, determine the location of an incident, and find the presence and time of the...
.