Borgmeier, Thomas (1892-1975)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Cidade: Adrogué

Estado/Província: Buenos Aires

País: Argentina

Nacionalidade: Alemão

Father Thomas Borgmeier of Jacarepagua, Brazil.

Between the years of 1961 and 1971, he published 44 papers; 34 of these deal with the taxonomy of Phoridae, total over 2000 pages and contain the description of over 650 new species and 23 new genera in this family. Fr. Borgmeier completes his 52nd year of highly productive activity in entomology, starting with his first publication in 1920. He has published, so far, nearly 250 scientific papers which fill more than 5000 pages. He has authored over 1000 new species and about 75 valid genera of Phoridae, about 100 new species and several genera of ants, several decades of new species and a few new genera of myrmecophilous coleoptera. This accomplishment alone ranks him among the foremost entomologists of our time. But in addition, he started and maintained all by himself two entomological journals, first the Revista de Entomologia, which grew up to 22 Volumes in the years between 1931 and 1951, and had to be discontinued due to adverse circumstances.

Then came Studia Entomologica, which began as a series of monographs (1952 to 1955), but, with the help of the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas of Brasil, was transformed into a journal, in 1958, and is now in its 15th year. Fr. Borgmeier's remarkable activity, no doubt, deserves recognition by all entomologists. The dedication of the present volume to his name is but a small token of our gratitude and admiration. We wish him a happy birthday, good health and still many years of enjoyable work with his beloved insects.

Kempf 1976 Obituary

Bill Brown (1976) dedicated a revision of the genus Odontomachus to his friend, stating the following: Dedicated to the memory of Father Thomas Borgmeier, O.F.M., a longtime colleague and friend, whose prodigious entomological labors included many fine studies of ants, among them the classics on the New· World army ants and on the fungus-growers of the genus Atta. The approach of Father Thomas to his work, to his environment and to the people whose lives touched his was direct and simple, full of good will and innocent enthusiasm. In these troubled times, it is somehow comforting to contemplate a life so well and usefully lived, through pain and joy, as was Thomas Borgmeier's.

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TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Borgmeier, T. 1920. Zur Lebensweise von Odontomachus affinis Guérin. Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Wissenschaft und Kunst in São Paulo 1:31-38. [1920]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1923.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Arch. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 24: 33-103.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1927a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1927a. Um caso de trophobiose entre uma formiga e um parasita do caféeiro. Bol. Mus. Nac. Rio J. 3: 285-289.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1927b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1927b. Algumas novas formigas brasileiras. Arch. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 29: 57-65.]]
 * Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Arch. Mus. Nac. (Rio J.) 29: 69-164
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1928a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1928a. Einige neue Ameisen aus Brasilien. Zool. Anz. 75: 32-39.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1928b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1928b. Algumas formigas do Museo Paulista. Bol. Biol. Lab. Parasitol. Fac. Med. Sa~o Paulo 12: 55-70.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1929.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1929. Zur Kenntnis der brasilianischen Ameisen. EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 5: 195-214.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1930.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1930. Duas rainhas de Eciton e algumas outras formigas brasileiras. Arch. Inst. Biol. (Sa~o Paulo) 3: 21-40.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1932a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1932a. A proposito de Acropyga pickeli Borgm. (1927) (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 2: 238-239.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1932b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1932b. Leptogenys crudelis Fr. Smith, 1858 (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 2: 485.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1933a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1933a. A rainha de Eciton rogeri Dalla Torre (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3: 92-96.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1933b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1933b. Uma nova especie do genero Leptogenys (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3: 226-227.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1933c.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1933c. Nota prévia sobre Acropyga paramaribensis n. sp. (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 3: 263.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1933d.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1933d. Sobre algumas especies de formigas do genero Eciton Latreille. Arch. Esc. Super. Agric. Med. Vet. Nictheroy 10: 161-168.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1934.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1934. Contribuiça~o para o conhecimento da fauna mirmecológica dos cafezais de Paramaribo, Guiana Holandesa (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 1: 93-111.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1936b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1936b. Sobre algumas formigas dos generos Eciton e Cheliomyrmex (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 51-68.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1937a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1937a. Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel no Brasil, e a descoberta do macho ergatoide desta especie (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 7: 129-134.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1937b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. (Rio J.) 3: 217-255.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1939.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1939. Nova contribuiça~o para o conhecimento das formigas neotropicas (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 10: 403-428.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1940.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1940. Duas notas myrmecologicas. Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 11: 606.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1948a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1948a. Die Geschlechtstiere zweier Eciton-Arten und einige andere Ameisen aus Mittel- und Suedamerika (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19: 191-206.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1948b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1948b. Einige Ameisen aus Argentinien (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 19: 459-471.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1949.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1949. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Costa Rica e da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 9: 201-210.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1950a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1950a. A fêmea dichthadiiforme e os estádios evolutivos de Simopelta pergandei (Forel), e a descriça~o de S. bicolor, n. sp. (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 21: 369-380.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1950b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1950b. Bemerkungen zu Dr. Creighton's Werk "The ants of North America". Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 21: 381-386.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1950c.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1950c. Uma nova espécie do gênero Neivamyrmex Borgmeier (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 21: 623-624.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1950d.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1950d. Estudos sôbre Atta (Hym. Formicidae). Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz Rio J. 48: 239-263.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1953.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Stud. Entomol. 2: 1-51.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1954a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1954a. Uma nova Discothyrea com seis articulos antenais (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 1: 191-194.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1954b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1954b. Two interesting dacetine ants from Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 14: 279-284.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1954c.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1954c. Aenictini n. trib. und die Tribus-Einteilung der Dorylinen (Hym. Formicidae). Zool. Anz. 153: 211-214.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1955.pdf| Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Stud. Entomol. 3: 1-720.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1957a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1957a. Myrmecologische Studien, I. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 29: 103-128.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1957b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1957b. Die Maxillar- und Labialtaster der neotropischen Dorylinen (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 17: 387-394.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1958a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1958a. Nachtraege zu meiner Monographie der neotropischen Wanderameisen (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 1: 197-208.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1959a.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1959a. Myrmecologische Studien. II. An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 31: 309-319.]]
 * [[Media:Borgmeier 1959b.pdf|Borgmeier, T. 1959b. Revision der Gattung Atta Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 321-390.]]

REFERENCE

 * Kempf, W.W. 1972, "Dedication to Fr. Thomas Borgmeier, O.F.M., Sc.D. on his 80th birthday, October 31, 1972."Studia Entomologica (N.S.), Volume: 15, Pages: 1-2