Biography
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)