Alfonso Dampf
Alfons Alexis Ernst Michael Dampf, German-born Mexican entomologist (Dagö Island, Kerthell Village, Estonia 03 December 1884 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 March 1948) DESCRIBED SIPHONAPTERA TAXA Family Ceratophyllidae 1908 Genera Archaeopsylla 1908 Mesopsylla 1910 Sciuropsylla 1942 Species At least 15 new species Described Palaeopsylla klebsiana, the first fossil flea (1910) Others At least 10 new species of Diptera and a new species of Acari HONORS Genera Dampfia Smit 1954 (Siphonaptera) Dampfiella Sellnick 1931 (Acari) Dampfaria Verhoeff 1932 (Myriapoda) Dampfius Pacheco 1964 (Coleoptera) Dampfiana DeLong & Hershberger 1948 & Alfonsiella Waterston 1920 (Hemiptera) Subgenera Dampfomyia Adis 1945 (Diptera) Dampfitrichia Mosely 1937 (Trichoptera)
Alex Du Toit
James Alexander Logie Du Toit, South African hydro-geologist and paleobotanist (Newlands, Rondebosch, near Cape Town 14 March 1878 – Pinelands, Cape Town 25 February 1948) Authored 86 works Most known as main supporter of Wegenerian continental drift theory in the early 1900s DESCRIBED FOSSIL PLANTAE TAXA Genera Eretmonia 1932 Moltenia 1927 Species Dicroidiopsis incisa Eretmonia natalensis Glossopteris longicaulis Lepidopteris africana Moltenia dentata Nilssonia brownii Pseudoctenis capensis Pseudoctenis fissa Pseudoctenis lanciformis Pseudoctenis spatulata HONORS Du Toit crater (on Mars) Genus Dutoitia Hoeg 1930 (Fossil Plantae) Genus Alexia Anderson & Anderson 2003 (Fossil Plantae) Genus Dutoitella Dingle 1981 (Ostracoda)
Alejandro Dalma Kende
Alejandro Dalma Kende, Jewish Mexican ophthalmologist (Ciudad de Mexico 06 January 1934 – From Hungarian parentage DEVELOPED METHODS With J. Dalma Weiszhausz & V. Franco Cardenas. Subretinal perfluorocarbon liquid for dissection of proliferative vitreoretinopathy. J. Ophthalm. Vis. Res. 7(4):350-4, 2012 With J. Dalma Weiszhausz & V. Franco Cardenas. A modified technique for extracting a dislocated lens with perfluorocarbon liquids and viscoelastics. Ophthalmic Surg. Lasers Imaging 41(5):572-4, 2010 With L. Sanchez Bulnes. Surgical treatment of retinal detachment. New developments in the technique of radial sclera resections. Am. J. Ophthalm. 61(5 Pt.2):1038-44, 1966 HONOURS Honor Award & Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Ai-yun Dai
Ai-Yun Dai, Chinese carcinologist (Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province 06 February 1930 – 02 May 2005) Authored about 100 publications DESCRIBED CRUSTACEA GENERA Acartiapotamon 1999 Aparapotamon 1985 with Chen Apotamonautes 1993 Artopotamon 1985 with Chen Bottapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Chinapotamon 1994 with Naiyanetr Hainanpotamon 1995 Heterochelamon 1997 with Tuerkay Lacunapotamon 1975 with Song, He, Cao, Zu & Zhong Latopotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Lophopotamon 1999 Mediapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Minpotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Neilupotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Neotiwaripotamon 1994 with Naiyanetr Paracyclestheria 1987 with Shen Pararanguna 1985 with Chen Parapotamonoides 1990 Parvuspotamon 1995 with Bo Qianpotamon 1995 Tenuilapotamon 1984 Trichopotamon 1985 with Chen Vadosapotamon 1997 with Tuerkay Xestopilumnus 1997 with Ng Yarepotamon 1997 with Tuerkay SPECIES More than 200 HONORS Daipotamon Ng & Trontelj 1996 (Crustacea)
Adolpho Ducke
Walter Adolpho Ducke, Austro-Hungarian-born Brazilian botanist, entomologist and etnographer (Trieste, Italy 19 October 1876 – Fortaleza 05 January 1959) Authored about 180 papers and monographs DESCRIBED TAXA Plants Adiscanthis 1922 (Rutaceae) Aguiaria 1935 (Bombacaceae) Ampelozizyphus 1935 (Rhamnaceae) Anomalocalyx 1932 (Euphorbiaceae) Botryarrhena 1932 (Rubiaceae) Bracteanthus 1930 (Monimiaceae) Cedrelinga 1922 (Mimosaceae) Chromolucuma 1925 (Sapotaceae) Ctenardisia 1930 (Myrsinaceae) Dendrosipanea 1935 (Rubiaceae) Dinizia 1922 (Mimosaceae) Dodecastigma 1932 (Euphorbiaceae) Elaeophora 1925 (Euphorbiaceae) Glycydendron 1922 (Euphorbiaceae) Huberodendron 1935 (Bombacaceae) Jacqueshuberia 1922 (Fabaceae) Lacunaria 1925 (Ochnaceae) Lecointea 1922 (Fabaceae) Lepidocordia 1925 (Boraginaceae) Lorostemon 1935 (Clusiaceae) Nycticalanthus 1932 (Rutaceae) Parachimarrhis 1922 (Rubiaceae) Parahancornia 1922 (Apocynaceae) Paramachaerium 1925 (Fabaceae) Petaladenium 1938 (Fabaceae) Podandrogyne 1930 (Capparaceae) Polygonanthus 1932 (Anisophyllaceae) Recordoxylon 1934 (Fabaceae) Rinoreocarpus 1925 (Violaceae) Striolaria 1945 (Rubiaceae) Tovomitidium 1935 (Clusiaceae) Vataireopsis 1932 (Fabaceae) Species 762 new plant species Hymenoptera Genera Anthrenoides 1907 Gastrohalictus 1902 Gymnopolybia 1914 Halictanthrena 1907 Huberia 1907 Megacanthopus 1904 Metapolybia 1905 Microstigmus 1907 Monacanthocnemis 1905 Pachyosmia 1900 Parepeolus 1912 Protomeliturga 1912 Protonectarina 1910 Protopolybia 1905 Protosmia 1900 Pseudepyris 1902 Pseudochartergus 1905 Rhophitulus 1907 Stelopolybia 1910 Synoecoides 1905 Species 271 new Insect species HONORS Duckea Maguire 1958 (Rapateaceae) Duckeanthus Fries 1934 (Annonaceae) Duckeella Campos Porto & Brade 1940 (Orchidaceae) Duckeodendron Kuhlmann 1925 (Solanaceae) Duckesia Cuatrecasas 1961 (Humiriaceae) Duckemyia Kano & Souza Lopes 1969 (Diptera) Duckecylaphus Carvalho 1982 (Hemiptera) Duckeana Malaise 1944 (Hymenoptera) Duckeia Costa Lima 1936 (Hymenoptera) Duckeanthidium Moure & Hurd 1960 (Hymenoptera) Subgenus Duckeola Moure 1944 (Hymenoptera)
Adolfo Doering
Adolfo Doering, German-born Argentine geologist, chemist and zoologist (Neuwaake, Hannover 22 January 1848 – Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Córdoba Province 19 February 1925) Authored over 20 papers Described the mineral species brackebuschite (1880) DESCRIBED MOLLUSCA/BRACHIOPODA TAXA Genera Adelopoma 1885 Clessinia 1874 Epiphragmophora 1874 Lyrodes 1885 Plagiodontes 1875 Scolodonta 1874 Species Agriolimax meridionalis 1875 Augochloropsis anesidora 1875 Austroborus cordillerae 1876 Bostryx conospirus 1879 Bostryx famatinus 1879 Bostryx peristomatus 1879 Bostryx tortoranus 1879 Bulimus dorbignii 1876 Bulimus lorentzianus 1876 Bulimulus centralis 1879 Bulimulus monticola 1879 Discoleus aguirrei 1884 Discoleus azulensis 1884 Epiphragmophora monographa 1878 Eudioptus avellanedae 1881 Eurycampta hidalgonis 1876 Helix hieronymi 1875 Helix tucumanensis 1878 Helix yocotulana 1875 Littoridina occidentalis 1884 Lyrodes guaranitica 1884 Naesiotus oxylabris 1879 Naesiotus centralis 1879 Odontostomus riojanus Omalonyx patera 1873 Patula stelznerae 1876 Peronaeus calchaquinus 1879 Plagiodontes brackebuschi 1876 Plagiodontes rocae 1881 Plagiodontes strobelii 1876 Plagiodontes weyenberghii 1876 Scalarinella stelzneri 1875 Scolodonta semperi 1875 Spixia achalana 1876 Spixia aconjigasta 1876 Spixia berghi 1877 Spixia chanpaquiana 1876 Spixia martensii 1874 Spixia multispirata 1876 Spixia philippii 1874 Spixia popana 1876 Spixia profundidens 1874 Spixia pseudosextentata Spixia pucarana 1874 Spixia reticulata 1876 Spixia riojana 1874 Spixia salinicola 1876 Spixia subsexdentata 1874 Spixia tumulorum 1874 Strophocheilus lorentzianus Succinea rosarinensis HONORS Doeringiella Holmberg 1886 (Hymenoptera) Doringina Ihering 1929 (Mollusca Gastropoda)