Gustaaf Hulstaert (1900–1990) was a Belgian

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

who served with the Missionaries of Scheut in the

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from 1925. A keen

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 ...

, Hulstaert was interested in the

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 ...

and before his posting to the Congo studied insects from the

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(including

Dutch New Guinea Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea ( nl, Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, id, Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdo ...

) sent to him by other missionaries. His collection is held by

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in Leiden. His contributions also extend to anthropologic fields, such as

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and

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of peoples living in the

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, especially those pertaining to

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Works

Biology: *Hulstaert, G. 1923. On Lepidoptera from New Guinea, Kei, Tenimber, the Philippines, and Australia. ''

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'' (9)11: 178–190. *Hulstaert, G., 1924 New Indo-Australian Noctuidae. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (9)13: 97–127. *Hulstaert, G., 1924 New moths from New Guinea, Kei, and Tenimber. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (9)13: 127–139. *Hulstaert, G., 1924 Heteroceres indoaustraliens nouveaux. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 64: 85–101. *Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924 Pieridae nouveaux de l'Afrique Central. ''Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine'' 12:90–99. *Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924 Lycaenidae nouveaux des collections du Musee du Congo Belge. ''Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine'' 12:112–122; 173–194. *Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1924 Rhopaloceres nouveaux du Congo Belge. ''Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine'' 12:476–481. *Hulstaert, R.P.G. 1926 Rhopaloceres nouveaux du Musee du Congo Belge. ''Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine'' 14:60–63. *Hulstaert, R.P.G. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, Fam. Danaidae, Subfam. Danaidinae and Tellervinae. '' Genera Insectorum'' (1931) i+ Linguistics: * Hulstaert, G. 1965. ''Grammaire du lɔmɔ́ngɔ, II: la morphologie''. (Annales du MRAC (Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale), sciences humaines, 57.) Tervuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (MRAC). viii+680pp.
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Taxon named in his honor

*The butterfly barb, ''Enteromius hulstaerti'' (

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, 1945) is a species of

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in the genus ''

Enteromius ''Enteromius'' is a genus of small to medium-sized cyprinid fish native to tropical Africa. Most species were placed in the genus ''Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is ...

''.

References

Early entomologists The Papua Insects Foundation
Portrait
Archive Gustaf Hulstaert
Royal Museum for Central Africa

Works

Taxon named in his honor

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See also