Johan George Betrem (1899 in
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
– 1980) was a
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
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Dutch may also refer to:
Places
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People E ...
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 ...
and
phytopathologist
Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...
who worked in
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...
from 1930–1945.
He is best known for his work on
Scoliidae
The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of about 560 species found worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than females, wi ...
(Betrem J.G., 1928. ''Monographie der Indo-Australischen Scoliiden mit zoogeographischen Betrachtungen''. Treubia 9 (suppl. Vol.) 388 pp., 5 pls.)
External links
GAP
References
* Achtenberg, K (1982). Johan George Betrem (1899–1980). Sphecos 5: 15-18.
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Dutch entomologists
1980 deaths
1899 births
20th-century Dutch zoologists
Dutch people of the Dutch East Indies