Odo Reuter
Odo Morannal Reuter (28 April 1850 – 2 September 1913) was a Swedo-Finnish zoologist and poet.
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Born | Åbo, Finland | 28 April 1850
Died | 2 September 1913 63) Åbo, Finland | (aged
Nationality | Finnish |
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Fields | Zoology |
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Early life
He was born in Åbo on 28 April 1850, and died there on 2 September 1913.[1] Reuter became a student at the University of Helsinki in 1867. He gained his master's degree in 1873, followed by a doctorate in 1877, when he became an associate professor of zoology.[1][2]
Career
Reuter was a hemipterist, a specialist in mirid plant bugs, becoming the world's leading expert in this group at his time.[3] He coined the term "parasitoid" to describe the way of life of species such as many wasps which feed on but do not immediately kill their prey.[4][1]
Later life
He formally retired in 1910 due to long-term health problems. His enthusiasm remained, and in 1911, despite his blindness, he published Nattens sånger (Night's Songs) describing the experiences of his latter years.[1] He died on 2 September 1913 in Turku.
Works
Reuter's many publications on entomology include:
- Revisio critica Capsinarum praecipue Scandinaviae et Fenniae, väitöskirja. 1875
- Hemiptera Gymnoceratae Europae I-V. 1878–1896
- Ad cognitionem Reduviidarum. 1881
- Monographia Anthocoridarum orbis terrestris. 1885
- Nya rön om myrornas omtviflade medlidande och hjälpsamhet. 1888 (in Swedish)
- Revisio synonymica Heteropterarum palearcticarum. 1888
- Corrodentia Fennica. 1892
- Ängsmasken, dess härjningar i Finland och medlen till deras bekämpande. Finska Hushållningssällskapet, Åbo 1892 (in Swedish)
- Monographia Ceratocombidarum orbis terrestris. 1893
- Monographia generis Holotrichius Burm. 1893
- Monographia generis Reduvius Fabr., Lam. 1893
- Ängsmasken 2, Berättelse öfver en på K. Finska hushållningssällskapets bekostnad sommaren 1892 företagen resa i och för studium af ängsmasken och de naturenliga medlen till dess utrotande. Finska Hushållningssällskapet, Åbo 1893 (in Swedish)
- Ängsmasken 3,Berättelse öfver på K. Finska hushållningssällskapet bekostnad sommaren 1893 företagna undersökningar om ängsmasken och medlen till dess utrotande. Finska Hushållningssällskapet, Åbo 1894 (in Swedish)
- Neuroptera fennica : förteckning och beskrifning öfver Finlands Neuropterer. 1894 (in Swedish)
- Species palæarcticae generis Acanthia Fabr., Latr. 1895
- Species palaearcticae generis Acanthia Fabr., Latr. dispositae. 1896
- Skadeinsekter i våra fruktträdgårdar. 1897 (in Swedish)
- Thysaunoptera Fennica : förteckning och beskrifning öfver finska Thysanoptera. 1898–1899 (in Swedish)
- Monographia generis Heteropterorum Phimodera Germ. Cum tabulis duabus. 1908
- Monographia Nabidarum orbis terrestris : pars prior : cum tabula colorata. 1910 (B. Poppiuksen kanssa)
- Insekternas levnadsvanor och instinkter intill gryningen av de sociala instinkterna. 1913 (in Swedish)
References
- Reuter, Odo Morannal. 1916.
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ignored (help) - "Obituary". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 49: 230–231. 1913. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- Gordh, G; Headrick, D. H. (2003). "Reuter, Odo Morannal". A Dictionary of Entomology (1 ed.). CABI. p. 1170.
- Reuter, O.M. (1913). Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten (Berlin: Friendlander).