Odo Reuter

Odo Morannal Reuter (28 April 1850 – 2 September 1913) was a Swedo-Finnish zoologist and poet.

Odo Morannal Reuter
Born(1850-04-28)28 April 1850
Åbo, Finland
Died2 September 1913(1913-09-02) (aged 63)
Åbo, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Scientific career
FieldsZoology
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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
  1. Reuter, Odo Morannal. 1916. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "Obituary". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 49: 230–231. 1913. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. Gordh, G; Headrick, D. H. (2003). "Reuter, Odo Morannal". A Dictionary of Entomology (1 ed.). CABI. p. 1170.
  4. Reuter, O.M. (1913). Lebensgewohnheiten und Instinkte der Insekten (Berlin: Friendlander).
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