Embrik Strand (1876 Ål – 1947 Riga) was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ål is a municipality in the county of Buskerud, Norway The parish of Aal was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Riga (Rīga riːga) the Capital of Latvia, is situated on the Baltic Sea coast on the mouth of the river Daugava. Arachnology (from Greek grc ἀράχνη arachnē, "spider" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The greenbottle blue tarantula, a native of Venezuela, has some of the most dramatic coloring of any Spider species
He studied at the University of Kristiania (now University of Oslo). The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo Universitas Osloensis is the oldest and largest University in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital Around 1900 he focused on collecting insect specimens from Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional These are now deposited at the university's museum, where he worked as a curator from 1901 to 1903.
After studying at the University of Oslo Strand traveled in Norway from 1898 to 1903 collecting a great number of insects. The University of Oslo (Universitetet i Oslo Universitas Osloensis is the oldest and largest University in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described For part of this time (1901-1903) he was a conservator in the museum of zoology of the university. He then left for Germany where he continued his studies of zoology at the University of Marburg (1903), then he worked with Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart [1](1905) and, later, that of Tübingen and then with Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg 'Philip's University Marburg' was founded in 1527 by Landgrave Philip I of Hesse (usually Tübingen, a traditional University town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is situated 30 km (19 miles southwest of Stuttgart, on a ridge between The Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt is the largest museum of natural history in Germany. From 1907, he worked with Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The Museum für Naturkunde (in English, the Museum of Natural History) widely known as the Naturkundemuseum, occasionally as the Humboldt Museum In 1923, he accepted the post of professor of zoology at the University of Riga and where he directed the Institute of zoology and hydrobiology. University of Latvia (LU (Latvijas Universitāte is the oldest University in Latvia located in Riga, Latvia.
Strand was the author of many publications, mainly on insects and spiders and was the descriptor of several hundred new species. Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. He edited, 1910 to 1929, the review Archiv für Naturgeschichte and was the founder, in 1928, of Folia zoologica and hydrobiologica. Pierre Bonnet (naturalist) indicates, in his Bibliographia araneorum (pages 150-153), that a record number of new taxa were dedicated to Strand. Pierre Bonnet (1 September 1897 Villefranche-de-Rouergue - 16 August 1990) was a French arachnologistwho wrote Bibliographia Araneorum Strand himself was the editor of a book in three volumes listing these, to celebrate his jubilee. There are indeed several hundreds of species which bear his name in all the possible forms: Strandi, Strandella, Embriki, Embrikiellus, Embrik-Strandella, etc. In the same way, Bonnet reproached Strand renaming already described species, but of which he, Strand, considered the name incorrect: Strand draws up a list of these, in 1926, where he renames nearly 1, 700 taxa of spiders. A taxon (plural taxa) or taxonomic unit, is a name designating an organism or a group of Organisms In Biological nomenclature according to
He was a prolific author, the list of his publications which he published in 1918 (after only twenty years of activity) is 1, 200 titles.
Strand's collection of insects and spiders from Norway is in the Zoological Museum of the University of Oslo [2]. His types are in the German Entomological Institute and the Museum für Naturkunde. A holotype is one of several possible Biological types A type is what fixes a name to a Taxon. The German Entomological Institute (Deutsches Entomologisches Institut or DEI is a German entomological society devoted to the study of Insects. The Museum für Naturkunde (in English, the Museum of Natural History) widely known as the Naturkundemuseum, occasionally as the Humboldt Museum
Sources
- Natvig, L. R. 1943 [Strand, E. ] Norsk ent. Tidsskr. 7(1/2) 58-61, Portr. + Schr. verz.
- Pfaff, G. & Wrede, O. H. 1934 [Strand, E. ] Festschrift, 50jähriges Bestehen I. E. V. 11, Portrait.
- Bonnet, P. 1945) Bibliographia araneorumthe brothers Doularoude (Toulouse): 62.
External Links
- University of Oslo
- DEI ZALF Portrait
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