Robert Latzel

Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes, centipedes, and allies. His collection of myriapod specimens, today housed in the Natural History Museum of Vienna, includes many type specimens.[1] His monographs on the myriapods of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the first comprehensive treatments of the large region's centipede and millipede faunas.[2] He named nearly 130 taxa of millipedes (1 genus, 2 subgenera, 69 species and 56 variations) and over 40 centipede groups (2 genera, 29 species and 12 variations), as well as four taxa each of pauropods and symphylans. His work on millipedes pioneered the use of gonopods in millipede classification and species recognition.[1] At least three authors have honored Latzel by naming a genus Latzelia (Scudder 1890, Bollman 1893, Verhoeff, 1895).

Robert Latzel
1916 oil painting of Latzel
Born(1845-10-28)October 28, 1845
Uhelná (present day Czech Republic)
DiedDecember 15, 1919(1919-12-15) (aged 74)
Klagenfurt, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forMyriapod taxonomy
Spouse(s)Hedwig Horrakh
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Scientific career
FieldsMyriapodology
Author abbrev. (zoology)Latzel

Major works
  • (1880): Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Erste Hälfte: Die Chilopoden. 1-228.
  • (1884): Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414.

Eponymous taxa

Genera and species named in honor of Latzel include:[3]

  • Latzelia Scudder 1890, type genus of Latzeliidae
  • Latzelia Bollman 1893 preoccupied, = Glomeridella
  • Latzelia Verhoeff 1895 preoccupied, = Verhoeffia
  • Heterolatzelia Verhoeff 1897
  • Cylindrus latzeli Berlese 1884
  • Ornithogona latzeli Attems 1927
  • Pycnotropis latzeli Attems 1931
  • Nanogona latzeli Verhoeff 1891
  • Escaryus latzeli Sseliwanoff 1881
  • Gravieripus latzeli Cook 1896

References
  1. Stagl, V. (2006). "Robert Latzel – His life-work and importance for Myriapodology" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 53: 223–236.
  2. Tuf, I. H., & Laška, V. (2005). "Present knowledge on centipedes in the Czech Republic: a zoogeographic analysis and bibliography 1820–2003" (PDF). Peckiana. 4: 143–161.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. Stagl, Verena; Mildner, Paul (2000). "Zum Gedenken an Robert Latzel (1845-1919) [In Memory of Robert Latzel (1845-1919)]" (PDF). Rudolfinum, Jahrbuch des Landesmuseums für Kärnten (in German): 305–309.
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