Rudolph Dittrich (23 December 1850 in Breslau – 19 December 1922 in Breslau ) 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 ...

specialising in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

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 ...

. His Hymenoptera collection is in the

Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Works

Partial List * Verzeichnis der bisher in Schlesien aufgefunden Hymenopteren. I. Apidae. ''Zeitschr. Entom. N.F (Breslau)'' 28: 19-54 (1903) *Hymenopterologische Bemerkungen. III. Ein Beitrag zum Wirtzeichnis derIchneumoniden. ''Jahresh. Schles. Insektenkunde''.2,38-46 (1909) *Verzeichnis der bisher in Schlesien aufgefunden Hymenopteren. III. Rapacia. ''Jahr. Ver. Schles. Ins. Breslau'', 4: 15-34 * Verzeichnis der bisher in Schlesien aufgefunden Hymenopteren. I. Apidae. ''Zeitschr. Entom. N.F (Breslau)'' 28: 19-54 (1911) *Chalicodoma muraria F. in einem Steinbuch der Umgegend von Frankenstein. ''Jahr. Ver. Schles. Ins. Breslau'', 14: 6 * Verzeichnis der bisher in Schlesien aufgefunden Hymenopteren. I. Apidae. ''Zeitschr. Entom. N.F'' (Breslau) 28: 19-54 (1924) {{DEFAULTSORT:Dittrich, Rudolph German entomologists Hymenopterists 1850 births 1922 deaths