Below is a list of

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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 ...

s. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within H ...

– 17 March 1948

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) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million insect specimens during his career. *

Hans Kauri Hans Kauri (until 1935, Hans Mühlberg; May 30, 1906 – January 30, 1999) was an Estonian entomologist, zoologist, and politician. He also worked with other groups of fauna, especially arachnids. He had a strong impact on zoological studies at ...

(until 1935, Hans Mühlberg; May 30, 1906 – January 30, 1999), among other things, studied horse-flies, daddy longlegs (

Opiliones The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of ext ...

), and spiders. He wrote several publications. In 1985 he worked on material from central Africa, which resulted in 61 new species, 12 new genera, and three new sub-families for science. As late as 1998 he produced an overview of spiders on the Hardanger Plateau, edited by Erling Hauge and Torstein Solhøy. * Tõnu Kesküla (

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1997), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Parnassius mnemosyne viidaleppi'' Kesküla & Luig, 1997. * Olavi Kurina (born 10 September 1966) described the taxon '' Neuratelia jabalmoussae'' Kurina, Õunap & Põldmaa, 2015. Teadusfoto 2019 auhindamine - 08

* Lennart Lennuk (born 27 October 1985) described the taxon '' Dioscore kirke'' Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, 2017 * Aare Lindt (fl. 2014) described the taxa '' Haruchlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014 (''Haruchlora maesi'') and '' Vallichlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (''Vallichlora rara'', ''Vallichlora selva''). * Jaan Luig (born 23 June 1959), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Parnassius mnemosyne viidaleppi'' Kesküla & Luig, 1997. * Erki Õunap (born 5 July 1977) described the taxon '' Neuratelia jabalmoussae'' Kurina, Õunap & Põldmaa, 2015. * Aleksander Pototski (born on 8 October 1958), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Archedontia'' Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020 (and the species ''Archedontia agnesae'' Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020). * Villu Soon (born 20 February 1979) described the taxon '' Chrysis borealis'' Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, 2015. *

Toomas Tammaru Toomas Tammaru (born 3 May 1968 in Tartu) is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the University of Tartu. Together with Andro Truuverk Below is a list of Estonian entomologists. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hi ...

(born 3 May 1968 in

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), a lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; et, Tartu Ülikool; la, Universitas Tartuensis) is a university in the city of Tartu in Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is the only classical university in the country, and also its biggest ...

, as well as the editor of the

Estonian Naturalists' Society Estonian Naturalists' Society ( et, Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts, ELUS) is the oldest Estonia-based society of naturalists. It was founded in 1853, and since establishing has been the major scientific organisation focusing on natural history of E ...

publication ''Lepinfo'', worked with

Andro Truuverk Below is a list of Estonian entomologists. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hiiumaa – 17 March 1948 Mexico City) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million inse ...

and

Erki Õunap Below is a list of Estonian entomologists. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hiiumaa – 17 March 1948 Mexico City) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million insec ...

to transfer the butterfly '' Epirrita pulchraria'' to the genus ''

Malacodea ''Malacodea'' is a monotypic genus in the family Geometridae. Its only species, ''Malacodea regelaria'', is found from Fennoscandia and Estonia to northern Siberia. Both the genus and species were first described by Johan Martin Jakob von Tengst ...

''; the butterfly ('' Manota toomasi'' Hippa & Kurina, 2012) is named after him. *

Urmas Tartes Urmas Tartes is an Estonian biologist and nature photographer. Life and work Tartes ended his studies in Nõo Secondary school in 1982 with a gold medal and graduated from University of Tartu in 1989 with ''cum laude'' as biologist-zoologist. He ...

(born September 19, 1963), an

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biologist and nature photographer, was the recipient of the Fourth Class of

Order of the White Star The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic ...

in 2001 and in 2009 won Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the category "Animals in their Environment" with a photo of a

springtail Springtails (Collembola) form the largest of the three lineages of modern hexapods that are no longer considered insects (the other two are the Protura and Diplura). Although the three orders are sometimes grouped together in a class called Ento ...

on a

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. * Tõnis Tasane (born 13 December 1986 in

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet o ...

), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Lissochlora janamariae'' Lindt & Tasane, 2014 . * Andro Truuverk (born on 23 January 1986), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Lasianobia dvoraki'' Saldaitis, Volynkin & Truuverk, 2018. * Jaan Viidalepp (born 27 December 1939) described the taxon '' Haruchlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014, ''

Pasiphila hyrcanica ''Pasiphila hyrcanica'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It was described by Jaan Viidalepp and Vladimir Mironov in 2006. It is found in Azerbaijan and Iran. The wingspan is . Adults have been recorded on wing from mid-May to late June. The ...

'' Viidalepp & Mironov, 2006, and '' Vallichlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt 2019.

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