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Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch | |
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Died | 9 March 1964 | (aged 88)
Known for | Description of over 130 spider species |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Arachnology, Biology |
Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (Russian: Александр Иванович Петрункевич, December 22, 1875 in Plysky near Kyiv, now Ukraine – March 9, 1964 in New Haven) was a Russian arachnologist. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species. One of his most famous essays was "The Spider and the Wasp." In it he uses effective word choices and some comic touch.