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Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and arachnologist. [1] At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the Richard Gilder Graduate School and Peter J. Solomon Family Curator Emeritus of the invertebrate zoology department of the American Museum of Natural History.
The establishment of the International Society of Arachnology goes back to Wiehle, who gave the impetus in 1960 at an international meeting of arachnologists. Wiehle died on 7 July 1966 in Dessau of the consequences of a heart attack that he suffered at a conference of arachnologists in June 1966 in Frankfurt.
Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists .
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The International Society of Arachnology offers a Simon Award recognising lifetime achievement. [ 3 ] The Eocene fossil spider species Cenotextricella simoni was named in his honor.
Levi received the 2007 Eugene Simon Award from the International Society of Arachnology "for his immense influence on US spider research". [3] He was an elected honorary member of the American Arachnological Society. [4] Levi was an editorial board member for the Journal of Arachnology. [5]
Harvey was presented with the 1991 Edgeworth David Medal by the Royal Society of New South Wales. [3] He was awarded the Bonnet Award by the International Society of Arachnology in 2013. [4] In 2017, he was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists. [5]
The specific epithet of the spider species Palaeoperenethis thaleri was designated by P. Selden and D. Penney in honor of the late Dr. Konrad Thaler, [1] past president of the International Society of Arachnology. [2]