Kjell Ernst Viktor Ander

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Kjell Ernst Viktor Ander (born 1902 - died 1992) was a Swedish entomologist. [1] Ander was admitted as Doctor of Philosophy at Lund University in 1939. [2] Ander worked as a docent at Lund University from 1937 to 1951. [1]

In 1938 Ander described the New Zealand genus Hemiandrus [3] [4] (Orthoptera; Anostostomatidae) and made considerable progress sorting the genera from Australia, Africa and America within the family Anostostomatidae. [5] [6] In 2024 a genus of orthoptera endemic to New Zealand was named for Ander: Anderus . [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nationalencyklopedin - Kjell Ander". Nationalencyklopedin . Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ander, Kjell Ernst Viktor". Svensk uppslagsbok . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Hemiandrus Ander, 1938". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  4. ↑ Ander, K (1938). "Diagnosen neuer Laubheuschrecken". Opuscula Entomologica. 3: 50–56.
  5. ↑ Johns, P. M. (1997). "The Gondwanaland Weta: Family Anostostomatidae (Formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): Nomenclatural Problems, World Checklist, New Genera and Species" . Journal of Orthoptera Research (6): 125–138. doi:10.2307/3503546. ISSN   1082-6467. JSTOR   3503546.
  6. ↑ Ander, K (1939). "Vergleichend anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria)". Opuscula Entomologica. Supplement 2: 1–306.
  7. ↑ Trewick, Steven A.; Taylor-Smith, Briar L.; Morgan-Richards, Mary (2024). "Wētā Aotearoa—Polyphyly of the New Zealand Anostostomatidae (Insecta: Orthoptera)". Insects. 15 (10): 787. doi: 10.3390/insects15100787 . ISSN   2075-4450. PMC   11508991 . PMID   39452363.
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