Hendrik Coenraad Blöte

Hendrik Coenraad Blöte (12 February 1900 – 20 January 1990) was an entomologist, malacologist and crustaceologist. As an entomological authority he is cited as Blöte.

Biography

Early years

Blöte was born in the Dutch city of Leiden, the son of Catharina Brüggeman and the physician Hendrik Willem Blöte. He obtained his degree from Leiden University in 1927.

Career

After graduating in October 1927, Blöte was appointed as a curator of Crustaceae and Mollusca in November the same year and was also responsible for part of the entomological collections, the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. In 1929 he was promoted to second curator in entomology and continued in a supervisory capacity until September 1929. He obtained his PhD in 1935 with a dissertation titled, "Remarks on Biogeography". Blöte continued to specialise in entomology, focusing on the Hemiptera collection.

Legacy

Blöte worked on multiple groups during his career and described more than 200 species new to science including many Coreoidea.

Works

This is an incomplete list:
* Blöte H. C., 1933. New Pyrrhocoridae in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 10 11: 588-602
* Blöte H. C., 1934. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I. Corizinae, Alydinae. ''Zoölogische Mededeelingen'' 17: 253-285
* Blöte H. C., 1935. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part II. Coreinae, First Part. ''Zoölogische Mededeelingen'' 18: 181-227
* Blöte H. C., 1936. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part III.Coreinae, Second Part. ''Zoölogische Mededeelingen'' 19: 23-66
* Blöte H. C., 1937. On African species of Leptocorixa Berthold. ''Temminckia'' 2: 281-296
* Blöte H. C., 1938. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van natuurlijke Historie. Part IV. Coreinae, Third part. ''Zoölogische Mededeelingen'' 20(25): 275-308

Gallery

Species described

* ''Acanthocoris acutus'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Acanthocoris declivicollis'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris elegans'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Acanthocoris erythraeensis'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris liberiensis'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris lineatus'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris major'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris mamillatus'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Acanthocoris rudis'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Acanthocoris speyeri'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Acanthotyla distinguenda'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Acanthotyla flexuosa'' (Blöte, 1936)
* '' Acidomeria brunnea'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Acidomeria dentipes'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Acidomeria tuberculicollis'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Amblypelta manihotis'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Anasa marginella'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Anasa sinuaticollis'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Aspilosterna elegantula'' (Blöte, 1938)
* '' Bloeteocoris inflexigena'' (Blöte, 1934)
* '' Brachylybas dimorpha'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Brachylybas inflexa'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Calyptohygia brevicollis'' (Blöte, 1933)
* ''Catorhintha bos'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cebrenis cinnamomea'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cletomorpha affinis'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cletomorpha unifasciata'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cletus angustus'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cletus minutus'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cletus similis'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Cloresmus boops'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Cloresmus jacobsoni'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Cosmoleptus sumatranus'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Cossutia validispina'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Daclera opaca'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Dalader distanti'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Dalmatomammurius cebrenoides'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Dasynus fumosus'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Dasynus kalshoveni'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Dasynus puncticeps'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Dasynus striatellus'' Blöte, 1935
* ''Elasmopoda elata'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Harmostes (Harmostes)'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Homalocolpura annulata'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homalocolpura binotata'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homalocolpura borneana'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homalocolpura nitida'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homalocolpura subopaca'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homalocolpura vorax'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Anacanthocoris) adustus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Anacanthocoris) nota'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Anacanthocoris) ochraceus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Anacanthocoris) rufulus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Anacanthocoris) tangens'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) dallasi'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) laterinotatus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) marginepunctatus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) pallescens'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) pallidulus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Homoeocerus (Tliponius) sumbawensis'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Colpura) simalurensis'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Hygia) pedestris'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Microcolpura) flavitarsis'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Pterocolpura) montana'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Sphinctocolpura) forsteniana'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Hygia (Sphinctocolpura) minahassae'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Kennetus transversus'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Latimbus angulicollis'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Leptocoris minusculus'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Leptoglossus flavosignatus'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Leptoscelis flaviventris'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Mictis dilatipes'' (Blöte, 1938)
* '' Mictis tridentifer'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Molchina obtusidens'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Notobitus humeralis'' Blöte, 1936
* '' Oxypristis modestus'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Paradasynus acutispinus'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Physomerus flavicans'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Piezogaster herrichi'' (Blöte, 1938)
* '' Placophyllopus colthurnatus'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Prionolomia rudis'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Pternistria cerboides'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Pternistria waigeuensis'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Riptortus distinguendus'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Riptortus fuliginosus'' Blöte & Hagenbach, 1934
* '' Riptortus rubronotatus'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Salapia pretiosa'' Blöte, 1938
* '' Sciophyrella annulipes'' (Blöte, 1936)
* '' Sciophyroides flavoguttatus'' (Blöte, 1936)
* '' Sciophyropsis rugulosus'' (Blöte, 1936)
* '' Sphictyrtus similis'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Stenocoris (Erbula) elegans'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stenocoris (Erbula) similis'' Blöte, 1937
* '' Stenocoris (Pseudoleptocorisa) erraticus'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stenocoris (Stenocoris) maculosus'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stenocoris (Stenocoris) pallidus'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stenocoris (Stenocoris) sordidus'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stenocoris (Stenocoris) v-nigrum'' (Blöte, 1937)
* '' Stictopleurus brevicornis'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Stictopleurus minutus'' Blöte, 1934
* '' Tachycolpura elongata'' (Blöte, 1936)
* '' Trematocoris acutangulus'' (Blöte, 1938)
* '' Trematocoris compactus'' (Blöte, 1938)
* '' Tuberculiformia subinermis'' (Blöte, 1934)
* '' Typhlocolpura vandervechti'' (Blöte, 1932)
* ''Vazquezitocoris inflexicollis'' (Blöte, 1935)
* '' Vittorius sumatranus'' Blöte, 1936
* ''Zicca impicta'' Blöte, 1935
* '' Zygometapodus castaneus'' (Blöte, 1938)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blote, Hendrik Coenraad
1900 births
1990 deaths
Leiden University alumni
Dutch entomologists
20th-century Dutch zoologists