Hermann Haupt (24 January 1873, in Langensalza, Unstrut-Hainich, Thuringia – 2 June 1959, in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt) 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 worked mainly on Auchenorrhyncha and

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 ...

. He was an intermediate school ( Mittelschule) teacher. He described many new species. Haupt’s Hymenoptera and Auchenorrhyncha collections are conserved in the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Geiseltalmuseum Halle) and Biozentum),

Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden The State Museum of Zoology (german: Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde) in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000–50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war d ...

( Cicadidae) and

Naturkundemuseum Erfurt The Natural History Museum of Erfurt (german: Naturkundemuseum Erfurt) is a natural history museum in Erfurt, Germany. The museum has a permanent exhibition relating the natural history of the forests, fields, city and the geological history of ...

(other Orders).

References

*Anonym 1959 aupt, H.''Ent. News'' 70 244, V-XI *Nonveiller, G. 1999 ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia'' Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej : 1-390 183 *Sachtleben, H. 1960: aupt, H.''Beitr. Ent''. 10(1/2) 218 1873 births 1959 deaths People from Bad Langensalza German entomologists Hymenopterists {{entomologist-stub