Kurt Wolfgang Wolffhugel, German veterinarian and parasitologist in South America (Mörlheim bei Landau 02 February 1869 – Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region, Chile 09 December 1951)

Worked in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

DESCRIBED PARASITE HELMINTHS

Genera

Cloacotaenia 1938 (Cestoda)

Fimbriariella 1936 (Cestoda)

Gastrotaenia 1938 (Cestoda)

Gurltia 1933 (Nematoda)

Profimbriaria 1936 (Cestoda)

Species

Gastrotaenia cygni 1938

Gurltia paralysans 1934

Hymenolepis tetraonis 1899

Ophiotaenia noci 1948

Stilesia hepatica 1903

HONORS

Wolffhugelia Mañé Garzón & Dei-Cas 1974 (Acanthocephala)