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Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss

American entomologist · 1910–1996

3,150 specimens, collected between 1850 and 1987 on 769 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 45 specimens for others.

On the labels as Krauss, N.L.H., N. L. H. Krauss, Krauss, N. L. H., Noel L.H. Krauss, Krauss, N.H., N L H Krauss, Krauss, N. H., Noel Louis Hilmer Krauss and 15 more.

Specimens
3,150
Type specimens
438
Years in the field
138
Islands
106
Species
1,375
Identifications
45
In the Library
0
Named after
39

Where Krauss collected

Specimens by decade

1850s1980s

Earliest: Trichopria socia, 1850 (Kilauea). Latest: Echinochloa colonum, 1987.

Named for Krauss

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Krauss. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Pandanus tectoriusSyzygium sandwicenseScaevola cylindricaThunbergiaCharopaAgeratina ripariaDicranopteris linearisDodonaea viscosaCrotalaria micansPseudosuccinea columellaOpeas gracilisFicus drupacea

As a determiner

45 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: