Erich Martin Hering (10 November 1893,

Heinersdorf Heinersdorf () is a locality in the borough of Pankow in Berlin, Germany. It is located close to the centre of Pankow. History Heinersdorf was first mentioned in a 1319 document when it was sold by Margrave Waldemar of Brandenburg to the Hosp ...

– 18 August 1967, Berlin) was a German

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 ...

who specialised in leafmining insects, He was a curator in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, where his collections of

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

are conserved. His collections of Agromyzidae are shared between MfN and the Agricultural School at Portici now part of the University of Naples Federico II. He also discovered a species of

fly Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

Acanthonevra scutellopunctata ''Acanthonevra scutellopunctata'' is a species of fly described by German entomologist Erich Martin Hering Erich Martin Hering (10 November 1893, Zielona Góra, Heinersdorf – 18 August 1967, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in ...

in 1952.Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (6 September 2011). ”Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.”. Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Selected works

*(1926) Die Ökologie der blattminierenden Insektenlarven. pp 253, 2 pl. Borntraeger, Berlin. *(1951) ''Biology of leaf-miners''. Junk, The Hague. *(1957) ''Bestimmungstabellen der Blattminen von Europa einschliesslich des Mittelmeerbeckens und der Kanarischen Inseln'', vol. 1–3. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, 's-Gravenhage.

References

*Anonym 1967: ering, E. M.''Bull. Soc.ent. France'' Paris 72 221 *Anonym 1968: ering, E. M.''Mem. Ent. Soc. Amer''. 61 555 *Hannemann 1968: ering, E. M. ''J. Lepidopt. Soc.'' 22 123–125 *Hering, E. M. 1968: ''Briefe über Blattminierer''. The Hague, Junk *Kutzscher, C. & Taeger, A. 1998: ''Portraits und biographische Daten''. In: Taeger, A. & Blank, S. M. 1998 (Hrsg.): ''Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Kommentierte Bestandsaufnahme''.Goecke & Evers, Keltern : 331–336 333, Portr. *Poggi, R. & Conci, C. 1996: ering, E. M.''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital''. 75 60 (Sammlungsverbleib) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hering, Erich Martin 1893 births 1967 deaths Dipterists Hymenopterists German lepidopterists 20th-century German zoologists