Alvaro Wille Trejos, Costa Rican entomologist (San Jose 17 May 1928 – San Jose 11 June 2006)
From German ancestry
A technique for collecting stingless bees under jungle conditions. Insectes Sociaux 9(3):291-3, 1962
With C.D. Michener, E.A. Cross, H.V. Daly & C.W. Rettenmeyer. Additional techniques for studying the behaviour of wild bees. Insectes Sociaux 2:237-46, 1955
Coauthored a monumental work on the nest architecture of stingless bees
With C.D. Michener. The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Rev.Biol. Trop. 21(Suppl1):1-278, 1973
DESCRIBED HYMENOPTERA TAXA
Species
Fossil
Proplebeia silacea 1959
Trigonia (Liotrigonia) dominicana 1964 with Chandler
Living
Plebeia tica 1969
Tetragonisca costaricensis 1962
Trigonia (Plebeia) intermedia 1960
Trigonisca discolor 1965
HONORS
Meliwillea Camargo, Lobo & Roubik 1997 (Hymenoptera)
LINKS
www.ots.ac.cr/tropiweb/attachments/volumes/vol54-4/00-4-Obituario%20A.%20Wille.pdf