Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister, German-born Argentine naturalist (Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State 05 January 1807 – Buenos Aires 02 May 1892)

Authored about 300 works

Performed important studies on paleontology and entomology  

Decribed spiracular valves in insects (1832)

Created terms like Cirripedia, Atlantic Forest (1853), metaboles and ametaboles

DESCRIBED TAXA  

Plants  

6 subfamilies and 2 species in Plant Kingdom  

Vertebrates

2 genera (Metachirus & Lycalopex), 7 species and 5 subspecies in living Mammalia

4 valid genera in Aves (Coryphistera, Nothocrax, Pygarrhichas & Saltatricula) and many species  

5 valid species in Reptilia

4 valid species in Amphibia

5 valid species in Fishes

Invertebrates

205 genera in Coleoptera

54 genera in Hemiptera

44 genera in Orthoptera

10 genera in Lepidoptera

5 genera in Odonata

4 genera in Hymenoptera

4 genera in Neuroptera

4 genera in Crustacea

4 genera in Trilobita

2 genera in Trematoda

2 genera in Ephemeroptera

2 genera in Psocoptera

1 genus in Trichoptera

1 genus in Collembola

1 genus in Dermaptera

1 genus in Mallophaga

HONORS 

Burmeistera Triana 1855 (Campanulaceae)

Burmeisteriellus Berg 1898 (Coleoptera)

Burmeisteria Salter 1865 &  Burmeisterella Reed 1918 (Trilobita)