Ferdinand Rudow

Ferdinand Rudow
A black and white photograph of a man from the chest up. He is wearing a hat and sports a long white beard. His arms are crossed.
Born(1840-04-02)2 April 1840
Eckartsberga, Principality of Anhalt
Died3 September 1920(1920-09-03) (aged 80)
Naumburg, Germany
Alma materLeipzig University
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisBeitrag zur Kenntniss der Mallophagen oder Pelzfresser. Neue exotische Arten der Familie Philopterus (1869)

Ferdinand Rudow (2 April 1840 – 3 September 1920)[1] was a German entomologist best known for the poor quality of his taxonomic work.[2] He described over 200 species of wasps during his lifetime, almost all of which have been revised as synonyms of other species.

  1. ^ Krogmann, Von Knorre & Beutel 2007, p. 131.
  2. ^ Vidal 2005, p. 32.