Adolpho Hempel, US-born Brazilian agricultural entomologist (Canton, Illinois 10 April 1870 –São Paulo 04 November 1949)

World expert on Coccoidea Hemiptera

Authored 88 papers and notes

Developed a new method to combat sauba and other ants

Novo methodo para combater a saúva (Atta sexdens Fabr.) e outras formigas nocivas às plantas. Bol. Agric. Secr. Agric. Com. Obras Publ. 5(2):72-4, 1904

DESCRIBED NEW TAXA

Hemiptera

Genera

Alecanochiton 1921

Aleuronudus 1922

Apiococcus 1900

Canceraspis 1934

Ceraleurodicus 1922

Cryptokermes 1900

Diaspidistis 1900

Edwallia 1899

Luederwaldtiana 1923

Megalecanium 1920

Nealeurodicus 1923

Nealeyrodes 1923

Neocoelostoma 1932

Neolecanochiton 1932

Neoparlaspis 1934

Neotectococcus 1937

Octaleurodicus 1922

Pseudaleurodicus 1923

Pseudaleurobolus 1923

Pseudaleyrodes 1923

Pseudalichtensia 1928

Pseudischnaspis 1900

Pseudocapulinia 1932

Pseudotectococcus 1934

Pulvinella 1899

Stigmacoccus 1900

Tectococcus 1900

Species

More than 60

Others

New species of Water Rotifera and Protozoa (1896)

HONORS

Hempelia Vaz 1936 (Nematoda)