Abraham Willink
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Abraham Willink was a Dutch
-Argentine
entomologist
. His main contributions were made on the Hymenoptera
n families Vespidae, Sphecidae
and Crabronidae
.
He also contributed to the classification of biogeographical provinces of Latin America
.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
-Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
entomologist
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
. His main contributions were made on the Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
n families Vespidae, Sphecidae
Sphecidae
Sphecidae is a cosmopolitan family of wasps that include digger wasps, mud daubers and other familiar types that all fall under the category of thread-waisted wasps.The are predominently solitary wasp,distributed world wide.At present this family consist of eight subfamilies and three tribes...
and Crabronidae
Crabronidae
Crabronidae is a large family of wasps, that includes nearly all of the species formerly comprising the now-defunct superfamily Sphecoidea. It collectively includes well over 200 genera, containing well over 9000 species. Crabronids were originally a part of Sphecidae, but the latter name is now...
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He also contributed to the classification of biogeographical provinces of Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
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Selected works by Abraham Willink
- Willink, A. 1969. Las especies del género Incodynerus Willink (Hym., Eumenidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 24: 65-88.
- Cabrera, A.L. & A. Willink. 1980. Biogeografía de América Latina. Segunda edición. Monografía 13, serie biología. Programa Regional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico, Organización de los Estados Americanos. 122 pp. + 1 map.
- Willink, A. 1982. Revisión de los generos Montezumia Saussure and Monobia Saussure (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae). Bol. Acad. Nac. Cienc., Cordoba 55: 3-321.
- Willink, A. and A. Roig-Alsina. 1998. Revisión del genero Pachodynerus Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Eumeninae). Contrib. Am. Entomol. Inst. 30 (5): 1-117.