| Carl-Friedrich Roewer | |
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 Roewer from OmniPaper. | |
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Nationality |
German |
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Birthplace |
Germany, Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg. |
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Life Span |
1881-1963 |
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Publication Span |
1910-1963 |
Carl-Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist (12 October 1881, Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg - 17 June 1963), responsible for numerous species descriptions and nomenclatorial acts. The most prolific author ever in the history of Opiliones, his works span a period from 1910 to 1963.
Being so prolific, he could afford being repetitive, creating long series of unmemorable generic names. See the article Generic names by Roewer.
Notable contributions[]
Roewer created many family-group names still in use today such as Cranaidae, Manaosbiidae and Podoctidae, although most of them now have entirely different circumscriptions. <br\> Among many other works, he published "Die Weberknechte der Erde" (1923), a manual containing all known species of harvestmen at the time, as well as several addenda.
Species list by source[]
- Roewer1911a: Note XX. Niederländisch-Indische Opiliones (Gagrellini) des Leidener Museums. Notes from the Leyden Museum, Leyden, 33, 249–260.
- Roewer1911b: Opiliones aus Britisch Indien und Sarawak. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, Abt. A, Original-Arbeiten, 77(2), 160-188.
- Roewer1929d: Spolia Mentawiensia. Opiliones. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, 2, 134–136.
External resources[]
OmniPaper Article on Roewer, including opilio-publication list [1]