Fritz Muller
Johann Friedrich Theodor Muller, German-born Brazilian naturalist (Windischholzhausen Village, near Erfurt 31 March 1821 – Blumenau, Santa Catarina State 21 May 1897) Authored about 260 works Discovered and described dimorphism in larvae and pupa of Blephariceridae family Demonstrated the differences between termite caste from ant caste systems Reported that larvae of certain butterflies feed out some plants and that this fact could be take account of by taxonomy Discovered tropholaxis phenomenon between a Hemiptera larva (Membracis sp.) and a bee (Melipona sp.) or some ant species (1873) Examined that orchids are self-sterile plants Discovered the symbiosis between plant Cecropia sp. and the ants Described a new nictitropic motion of leaves Formulated Muller-Haeckel law biogenetic (today discredited) Classified the sambaquis in 3 types in according to its shells and described the cranes found in it Proposed the first mathematical model of population dynamics Proposed the concept of Mullerian mimicry (1878-9) DESCRIBED VALID NEW TAXA Trichoptera Genera/Subgenera Dicaminus 1879 Grumicha 1879 Grumichella 1879 Marilia 1878 Nectopsyche 1879 Peltopsyche 1879 Rhyacophylax 1879 Rhyacopsyche 1879 Species Dicaminus ladislavii 1879 Eutonella peltopsychodes 1921 Leptonema eugnathum 1921 Marilia major 1880 Marilia minor 1880 Nectopsyche bella 1921 Nectopsyche gemma 1890 Nectopsyche modesta 1921 Oxyethira hyalina 1879 Oxyethira spirogyrae 1879 Peltopsyche maclachlani 1879 Peltopsyche sieboldi 1879 Phylloicus bromelianum 1880 Phylloicus major 1880 Phylloicus medius 1880 Rhyacopsyche hagenii 1879 Xiphocentron saltuum 1921 Annelida Genera Glycinde 1858 Hermundura 1858 Magelona 1858 Sigambra 1858 Species Cherusca nitens 1858 Glycinde multidens 1858 Halosydnella fusca 1858 Hermundura tricuspis 1858 Isolda pulchella 1858 Magelona papillicornis 1858 Magelona papilliformis 1858 Namanereis littoralis 1872 Pontoscolex corethrurus 1857 Sigambra grubii 1858 Terebellides anguicomus 1858 Platyhelminthes (with Schultze 1857) Genus Geoplana Species Geobia subterranea Geoplana (Geoplana) burmeisteri Geoplana (Geoplana) marmorata Geoplana (Geoplana) rufiventris Geoplana elegans Notogynaphalia atra Notogynaphalia octostriata Pasipha pulchella Pseudogeoplana maximiliani Pseudogeoplana nephelis Pseudogeoplana tristriata Crustacea Genera Batea 1865 Elpidium 1880 Lernaeodiscus 1862 Species Batea catharinensis 1865 Cancrion cancrorum 1864 Elpidium bromeliarum 1880 Heterias exul 1892 Lernaeodiscus porcellanae 1862 Macrobrachium potiuna 1880 Synurella ambulans 1846 Others Genera Aglauropsis 1865 (Cnidaria) Carijoa 1867 (Cnidaria) Darwinella 1865 (Porifera) Olindias 1861 (Cnidaria) Tamoya 1859 (Cnidaria) Species Aglauropsis agassizi 1865 (Cnidaria) Chiropsalmus quadrumanus 1859 (Cnidaria) Glossiphonia verrucata 1844 (Hirudinea) Lissomyema exilii 1883 (Echiura) Olindias sambaquiensis 1861 (Cnidaria) Paltostoma torrentium (Diptera) Placobdella costata 1846 (Hirudinea) Procornitermes lespesii 1873 (Isoptera) Tamoya haplonema 1859 (Cnidaria) EPONYMY Mullerian association Muller bodies (in the basis of petiole of Cecropia sp. leaves) HONORS Fritzianira Castro & Lima 1977 (Crustacea) Fritzia O.P. Cambridge 1879 (Arachnida) Fritziana Mello Leitão 1937 (Amphibia) Muelleritermes Oliveira, Rocha & Cancello 2015 (Isoptera)
Friedrich Muellerried
Friedrich Karl Gustav Muellerried, German-born Mexican geographer and paleontologist (Karlsruhe, Baden 14 August 1891 – Ciudad de Mexico 22 May 1952) Authored 108 works DESCRIBED FOSSIL MOLLUSCA TAXA Genera Chiapasia 1931 Chiapasella 1933 Species Agriopleura douvillei 1933 Apricardia mongesi 1947 Bournonia carrilloi 1947 Cardium ochoterenai 1933 Chiapasella pauciplicata 1931 Colostracon tehuacanensis 1934 Durania coahuilensis 1952 Durania mexicana 1947 Monopleura aguilerai 1933 Monopleura felixii 1933 Monopleura klinghardti 1933 Monopleura medellini 1933 Monopleura mexicana 1933 Monopleura ochoterenai 1933 Monopleura paronai 1933 Monopleura texcalensis 1933 Monopleura zapotitlensis 1933 Neoradiolites ordonezi 1946 Perna lamberti 1934 Ptychomya mexicana 1948 Tetragonites burckhardti 1933 Toucasia mexicana 1944 Toucasia neoleonesa 1948 Xylobius mexicanus 1942 Others Clypeaster chiapasensis 1951 (Echinodermata) Helicoprion mexicanus 1946 (Pisces) HONORS Muellerriedia Alencaster 1999 (Fossil Mollusca)
Friedrich Carl Muller-Melchers
Friedrich (Federico) Carl (Carlos) Müller-Melchers, German-born Uruguayan phycologist (Bremen 07 February 1890 – Montevideo 1967) Developed a rapid technique for mounting diatoms slides With Hugo J. Ferrando. Técnicas para el estudio de las diatomeas. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. 7(1-2):151-60, 1956 DESCRIBED BACILLARIOPHYCEAE SPECIES Actinocyclus atlanticus 1959 Actinocyclus brasiliensis 1957 Actinocyclus platensis 1954 Actinoptychus frenguellii 1951 Chaetoceros appendiculatus 1954 Chaetoceros confertus 1954 Chaetoceros insignis 1953 Chaetoceros uruguayensis 1953 Coscinodiscus brasiliensis 1955 Thalassiosira hustedtii 1953 HONORS Melchersiela C. Teixeira 1959 (Bacillariophyceae) LINKS http://www.mec.gub.uy/munhina/pdf/Muller_Melchers_biobiblio.pdf
Frederick Van der Merwe
Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe, South African amateur botanist (Stellenbosch 10 December 1894 – Cape Town 02 January 1968) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genera Resnova 1946 (Asparagaceae) Schizocarphus 1943 (Liliaceae) Species Ledebouria asperifolia 1941 Ledebouria rupestris 1941 Resnova maxima 1946 Resnova minor 1946 Resnova pilosa 1946 Scilla petiolata 1941 HONORS Merwilla Speta 1998 (Asparagaceae)
Francisco Pascasio Moreno
Francisco Josué Pascasio Moreno Thwaites, Argentine explorer, geographer and paleontologist (Buenos Aires 31 May 1852 – Buenos Aires 22 November 1919) From Spanish father and English grandmother Performed collections of fossils, anthropological and archaeological material in Patagonia DESCRIBED VALID FOSSIL GENERA Amphinasua 1891 with Mercerat (Mammalia) Brontornis 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) Dryornis 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) Foetopterus 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) Mesembriornis 1889 (Aves) Onohippidum 1891 (Mammalia) Palaeobalaena 1892 (Mammalia) Palaeospheniscus 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) Palaeotenthes 1882 (Mammalia) Patagornis 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) Protorhea 1891 (Mammalia) Psilopterus 1891 with Mercerat (Aves) HONORS Official, Academie de France (1883) Honorary Member, Geological Society of London (1898) Gold Medal, Societé de Geographie de Paris (1881) Crevaux Medal, Societé Geographique Commerciale de Paris (1899) GENERA Morenostrobus Del Fueyo, Archangelsky & Taylor 2009 (Fossil Plantae) Morenoella Spegazzini 1885 (Fungi) Morenoina Theissen 1913 (Fungi) Morenella Palmer 1903 (Fossil Mammalia) Morenelaphus Carette 1923 (Fossil Mammalia) Morenocetus Cabrera 1926 (Fossil Mammalia) Moreno-merceratia Lambrecht 1933 (Fossil Aves) Moreno Mello-Leitão 1940 (Arachnida) Franciscoia Orfila & Schajovskoy 1963 (Lepidoptera)
Francisco Montes de Oca
Francisco Montes de Oca y Saucedo, Mexican surgeon (Ciudad de Mexico 27 January 1837 – Apam, Hidalgo State 14 March 1885) Modified surgical method for Jimenez assessment of hepatic abscess Introduced continuous antiseptic irrigation of wounds Modified Larrey procedure for shoulder disarticulation Desarticulación de hombre (Modificaciones al procedimiento de Larrey) 1863 Modified Chassaignac procedure for testis resection Extirpación del testiculo (Modificaciones del procedimiento de M. Chassaignac) 1872 Developed a new surgical technique for amputation of third upper of leg (Montes de Oca amputation or Mexican amputation) Amputación de pierna en el lugar de elección (Incisión em raquetas) A operative procedure for treatment of phimosis Operación de la fimosis (1872) Developed a technique of total thyroidectomy (1883) Developed a lever for anaesthesia