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Fritz Lukoschus

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Fritz S. Lukoschus
Born(1919-04-27)27 April 1919
Grabsten, Kreis Memel [de]
Died23 August 1987(1987-08-23) (aged 68)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forSystematics and biology of Acari
SpouseMargarethe Lukoschus-Eichmann
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsAcarology
InstitutionsUniversity of Göttingen, Catholic University of Nijmegen
Thesis (1946)

Fritz S. Lukoschus (1919–1987) was a German zoologist studying the systematics and biology of the Acari. Over the course of his career he published over 200 scientific articles,[1] describing more than 90 species new for science.[2] Lukoschus was born in April 1919 in Grabsten (Kreis Memel [de], present-day Lithuania) in April 1919. He obtained his PhD in 1946 from the University of Göttingen on a thesis on the development of castes in the European honey bee. After working at the University of Göttingen until 1953, he worked at several institutions before being recruited by the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1962 where he stayed until his retirement in 1984. Lukoschus died suddenly in August 1987.[1] The genera Lukoschus[3] and Lukoschuscoptes (which was placed in the subfamily Lukoschuscoptinae)[4] were named after him.

References

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  1. ^ a b Fain, Alex (1988). "Obituary". International Journal of Acarology. 14 (1): 43–44. Bibcode:1988IJAca..14...43F. doi:10.1080/01647958808683803.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Karl-Heinz. "Lukoschus, Fritz S." Acari base. miteresearch.org. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  3. ^ Radovsky, Frank J.; Gettinger, Donald (June 1999). "Acanthochelinae, new subfamily (Acari: Parasitiformes: Laelapidae), with redescription of Acanthochela chilensis Ewing and descriptions of a new genus and species from Argentina". International Journal of Acarology. 25 (2): 77–90. Bibcode:1999IJAca..25...77R. doi:10.1080/01647959908683619.
  4. ^ OConnor, B. M.; Klompen, J. S. H.; Lombert, H. A. P. M. (December 1987). "A new subfamily of quill-inhabiting mites (Acari: Knemidokoptidae) from Asian swifts (Aves: Apodidae) with observations on phylogenetic relationships in the Knemidokoptidae". International Journal of Acarology. 13 (4): 261–270. Bibcode:1987IJAca..13..261O. doi:10.1080/01647958708683781.