Johann
Friedrich Theodor Muller, German-born Brazilian naturalist (Windischholzhausen
Village, near Erfurt 31 March 1821 – Blumenau, Santa Catarina State 21 May 1897) Authored
about 260 works Discovered and described dimorphism in larvae and pupa of Blephariceridae family Demonstrated the differences between termite caste from ant caste systems Reported that larvae of certain butterflies feed out some plants and that this fact could be take account of by taxonomy Discovered tropholaxis phenomenon between a Hemiptera larva (Membracis sp.) and a bee (Melipona sp.) or some ant species (1873) Examined that orchids are self-sterile plants Discovered the symbiosis between plant Cecropia sp. and the ants Described a new nictitropic motion of leaves Formulated Muller-Haeckel law biogenetic (today discredited) Classified the sambaquis in 3 types in according to its shells and described the cranes found in it Proposed the first mathematical model of population dynamics Proposed
the concept of Mullerian mimicry (1878-9) DESCRIBED VALID NEW TAXA Trichoptera Genera/Subgenera Dicaminus 1879 Grumicha 1879 Grumichella 1879 Marilia 1878 Nectopsyche 1879 Peltopsyche 1879 Rhyacophylax 1879 Rhyacopsyche 1879 Species Dicaminus ladislavii 1879 Eutonella peltopsychodes 1921 Leptonema eugnathum 1921 Marilia major 1880 Marilia minor 1880 Nectopsyche bella 1921 Nectopsyche gemma 1890 Nectopsyche modesta 1921 Oxyethira hyalina 1879 Oxyethira spirogyrae 1879 Peltopsyche maclachlani 1879 Peltopsyche sieboldi 1879 Phylloicus bromelianum 1880 Phylloicus major 1880 Phylloicus medius 1880 Rhyacopsyche hagenii 1879 Xiphocentron saltuum 1921 Annelida Genera Glycinde 1858 Hermundura 1858 Magelona 1858 Sigambra 1858 Species Cherusca nitens 1858 Glycinde multidens 1858 Halosydnella fusca 1858 Hermundura tricuspis 1858 Isolda pulchella 1858 Magelona papillicornis 1858 Magelona papilliformis 1858 Namanereis littoralis 1872 Pontoscolex corethrurus 1857 Sigambra grubii 1858 Terebellides anguicomus 1858 Platyhelminthes (with Schultze 1857) Genus Geoplana Species Geobia subterranea Geoplana (Geoplana) burmeisteri Geoplana (Geoplana) marmorata Geoplana (Geoplana) rufiventris Geoplana elegans Notogynaphalia atra Notogynaphalia octostriata Pasipha pulchella Pseudogeoplana maximiliani Pseudogeoplana nephelis Pseudogeoplana tristriata Crustacea Genera Batea 1865 Elpidium 1880 Lernaeodiscus 1862 Species Batea catharinensis 1865 Cancrion cancrorum 1864 Elpidium bromeliarum 1880 Heterias exul 1892 Lernaeodiscus porcellanae 1862 Macrobrachium potiuna 1880 Synurella ambulans 1846 Others Genera Aglauropsis 1865 (Cnidaria) Carijoa 1867 (Cnidaria) Darwinella 1865 (Porifera) Olindias 1861 (Cnidaria) Tamoya 1859 (Cnidaria) Species Aglauropsis agassizi 1865 (Cnidaria) Chiropsalmus quadrumanus 1859 (Cnidaria) Glossiphonia verrucata 1844 (Hirudinea) Lissomyema exilii 1883 (Echiura) Olindias sambaquiensis 1861 (Cnidaria) Paltostoma torrentium (Diptera) Placobdella costata 1846 (Hirudinea) Procornitermes lespesii 1873 (Isoptera) Tamoya haplonema
1859 (Cnidaria) EPONYMY Mullerian association Muller
bodies (in the basis of petiole of Cecropia
sp. leaves) HONORS Fritzianira Castro & Lima 1977 (Crustacea) Fritzia O.P. Cambridge 1879 (Arachnida) Fritziana Mello Leitão 1937 (Amphibia) Muelleritermes Oliveira, Rocha & Cancello 2015 (Isoptera) |
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