Albert John Hesse
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Albert John Hesse was a South African entomologist.
He was a curator
at the Iziko South African Museum
for fifty one years. Hesse worked primarily on Bombyliidae
and Mydidae
.
He wrote the monumental A revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 34:1-1053 (1938)
He was a curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
at the Iziko South African Museum
Iziko South African Museum
The Iziko SA Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897...
for fifty one years. Hesse worked primarily on Bombyliidae
Bombyliidae
Bombyliidae is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some...
and Mydidae
Mydas fly
The Mydidae , or Mydas flies, are a small , cosmopolitan family of rather large flies - including, in fact, the largest known fly, Gauromydas heros . Many of the species, in addition to their large size, are mimics of stinging Hymenopterans, especially wasps...
.
He wrote the monumental A revision of the Bombyliidae (Diptera) of Southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 34:1-1053 (1938)