Árpád Soós (20 September 1912, in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

– 1 June 1991, in Budapest) was a Hungarian

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

and

museologist Museology or museum studies is the study of museums. It explores the history of museums and their role in society, as well as the activities they engage in, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education. Terminology The w ...

. He is best known for his work on

leech Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodie ...

es and flies (Diptera) and, as co-editor with László Papp, for the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 1986-1993.

Main works

*Identification key to the leech (Hirudinoidea) genera of the World, with a catalogue of the species. I. Family: Piscicolidae; II. Families: Semiscolecidae, Trematobdellidae, Americobdellidae, Diestecostomatidae; III. Family: Erpobdellidae; IV. Family: Haemadipsidae; V. Family: Hirudinidae; VI. Family: Glossiphoniidae (''Acta zoologica hungarica'', 11, 1965, 417-463; 12, 1966, 145-160, 371-407; 13, 1967, 417-432; 15, 1969, 151-201, 397-454) *''Spenidius horvathi'' gen. n., sp. n. aus Spanien (Homoptera: Issidae) (''Folia entomologica hungarica'' 29(1), 1976, 87-91) *Poloskák VIII. -

Heteroptera The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...

VIII. (''Magyarország Állatvilága'', 17(8), Bp., 1963, 1-48) *Bábtojó legyek - Muscidae pupiparae (''Magyarország Állatvilága'', 15(17), Bp., 1955, 1-20); Torpikkelynélküli legyek I. - Muscidae acalyptratae. I. (Magyarország Állatvilága, 15(1), Bp., 1959, 1-88) *Csupaszlegyek - Laposfejű legyek. Psilidae - Platystomatidae (Magyarország Állatvilága, 15(2), Bp., 1980, 1-100) * Family Micropezidae (Tylidae); Family Neriidae; Family Tanypezidae; Family Psilidae; Family Pyrgotidae; Family Platystomatidae (Platystomidae); Family Otitidae (Ortalidae) All in : Soós, Á. and Papp, L. (ed.): ''Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera'', Bp., 9, 1984, 19-59) *70 Clusiidae (In: McAlpine, J. F. et al. (ed.): ''Manual of Nearctic Diptera'', 2. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph No. 28, Ottawa, 1987, 853-857). 1912 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Hungarian zoologists Hungarian entomologists Dipterists {{entomologist-stub Museologists