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Günter Schmidt
German arachnologist (1926–2016) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Günter E. W. Schmidt (born 10 May 1926 in Lübeck; died 23 December 2016 in Deutsch Evern)[1] was a German arachnologist and author of a standard German work on tarantulas, Die Vogelspinnen ("bird-eating spiders"). He has been described as one of the fathers of German arachnology.[2]
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He studied biology and mostly worked in the pharmaceutical industry until his retirement.[3] In 1975, he graduated with a PhD thesis on the arachnid fauna of the Canary Islands.[3] From 1986, his scientific work was concentrated mainly on tarantulas. The World Spider Catalog lists 234 species names of which he is the author or co-author (not all currently accepted),[4] of which 69 are in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).[5]
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Books
His books include:
- Schmidt, Günter (1986), Vogelspinnen : Lebensweise, Bestimmungsschlüssel, Haltung und Zucht, Minden: A. Philler, ISBN 978-3-7907-5001-0; followed by further editions, including Schmidt, Günter (1993), Vogelspinnen : Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Hannover: Landbuch, ISBN 978-3-7842-0484-0
- Schmidt, Günter (2000), Giftige und gefährliche Spinnentiere, Westarp Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-89432-405-6
- Schmidt, G. (2003), Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht, Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben: Westarp Wissenschaften, ISBN 978-3-89432-899-3
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Species names
Several species names of spiders honour Günter Schmidt, including:
- Haplopelma schmidti von Wirth, 1991[6] (now Cyriopagopus schmidti)
- Aphonopelma schmidti Smith, 1995[7] (now a synonym of Aphonopelma chalcodes)
- Cyrtopholis schmidti Rudloff, 1996[8]
References
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