Biography

Carlos Christian Hoffmann, German-born Mexican entomologist (Frankfurt 1876 – November 1942)

Authored over 100 works

Demonstrated Simulium (Eusimulium) callidum as a vector of onchocercosis

HONORS (Arachnida)

Hoffmannihadrurus Fet & Soleglad 2004

Hoffmannius Soleglad & Fet 2008   

Ana Esther Hoffmann Mendizabal, Mexican acarologist (Puebla 1919 – Cuernavaca, Morelos State 11 October 2007)

Authored 120 papers and 10 books

DESCRIBED NEW ACARI TAXA

Genera

Anahuacia 1963

Chapalania 1995 with Lopez Campos

Cordiseta 1954

Cunaxoides 1948 with Baker

Tecomatlana 1947

Tepoztlana 1973 with Mendez

Tequisistlana 1980 with Sanchez

Species

At least 60

HONORS (Acari)

Hoffmanniella Vercammen-Grandjean 1960  

Hoffmannina  Brennan & Jones 1959

Hoffmannita Pelaez 1962