Adolpho Hempel, US-born Brazilian agricultural entomologist (Canton, Illinois 10 April 1870 –São Paulo 04 November 1949)
World expert on Coccoidea Hemiptera
Authored 88 papers and notes
Developed a new method to combat sauba and other ants
Novo methodo para combater a saúva (Atta sexdens Fabr.) e outras formigas nocivas às plantas. Bol. Agric. Secr. Agric. Com. Obras Publ. 5(2):72-4, 1904
DESCRIBED NEW TAXA
Hemiptera
Genera
Alecanochiton 1921
Aleuronudus 1922
Apiococcus 1900
Canceraspis 1934
Ceraleurodicus 1922
Cryptokermes 1900
Diaspidistis 1900
Edwallia 1899
Luederwaldtiana 1923
Megalecanium 1920
Nealeurodicus 1923
Nealeyrodes 1923
Neocoelostoma 1932
Neolecanochiton 1932
Neoparlaspis 1934
Neotectococcus 1937
Octaleurodicus 1922
Pseudaleurodicus 1923
Pseudaleurobolus 1923
Pseudaleyrodes 1923
Pseudalichtensia 1928
Pseudischnaspis 1900
Pseudocapulinia 1932
Pseudotectococcus 1934
Pulvinella 1899
Stigmacoccus 1900
Tectococcus 1900
Species
More than 60
Others
New species of Water Rotifera and Protozoa (1896)
HONORS
Hempelia Vaz 1936 (Nematoda)