Philipp Bertkau (11 January 1849 – 22 October 1894) was a German zoologist born in Cologne.
He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn, where in 1872 he earned his doctorate. In 1873, he became an assistant at the botanical institute in Munich, and during the following spring was an assistant at the zoological institute at Bonn. In 1882 he was appointed professor at the Agricultural Academy of Poppelsdorf, and in 1890 became curator at the Institute of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy.
Bertkau is remembered for his work involving the anatomy and physiology of spiders, research on sense of smell in butterflies, and anatomical studies of hermaphroditic arthropods. At Bonn he was secretary of Bonner Gesellschaft für Naturgeschichte (Bonn Society of Natural History).
He is the taxonomic authority of the families Anyphaenidae, Hahniidae, Sparassidae and Zoropsidae, and of the genera Ancylometes, Chalcoscirtus, Comaroma and Diplocephalus.[1][2][3]
^Araneae List of families
^Platnick, Norman I. (1997): Advantages in Spider Taxonomy 1992-1995 with redescriptions 1940-1980 New York Entomological Society, New York
PhilippBertkau (11 January 1849 – 22 October 1894) was a German zoologist born in Cologne. He studied natural sciences at the University of Bonn, where...
Sparassidae species Spider wasp Table of spider families "Family: Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-04-22...
is a family of cribellate araneomorph spiders first described by PhilippBertkau in 1882. They can be distinguished from wolf spiders by their two rows...
1997 — South America List of Anyphaenidae species "Family: Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Archived from...
and South American semiaquatic wandering spiders first described by PhilippBertkau in 1880. Originally placed with the nursery web spiders, it was moved...
Diplocephalus is a genus of sheet weavers first described by PhilippBertkau in 1883. As of May 2021[update], it contains 49 widely distributed species...
is a genus of South American wandering spiders first described by PhilippBertkau in 1880. As of April 2019[update] it contains fifteen species found...
of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, first described by PhilippBertkau in 1889. As of April 2019[update] it contains six species: Comaroma...
a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by A. Förster & PhilippBertkau in 1883. As of June 2022[update] it contains thirty-eight species and...
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(Hahniidae) is a family of araneomorph spiders, first described by PhilippBertkau in 1878. Their bodies are about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long, and...
prioritized over the form of the web. Following John Blackwall in 1841 and PhilippBertkau in 1878, for a long time the majority of araneologists accepted spiders...
Chalcoscirtus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by PhilippBertkau in 1880. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek chalc-, meaning...
species to the genus Chalcoscirtus. The genus was first circumscribed by PhilippBertkau in 1880. The genus name derives from two Greek words, meaning bronze...
species to the genus Chalcoscirtus. The genus was first circumscribed by PhilippBertkau in 1880. The genus name derives from two Greek words, meaning bronze...
The Prussian Machine. Siebert 1919, p. 38. von Schlözer 1914, p. 308. Bertkau 1908, p. 257. von Priesdorff 1942, p. 38. von Witzleben 1913, p. 279. von...
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