Kempf, Walter Wolfgang (1920-1976)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Rev. Fr. Walter W. Kempf of the Franciscan Order in São Paulo, has given of his unmatched knowledge of the ants of the New World.

Convento de São Francisco, Caixa Postal 5,650, São PauIo, S. P., Brazil

Kempf's collection has been incorporated into the.

The Myrmecological News blog has a tribute to Kempf that includes details about his life and the significant contributions he made to myrmecology.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Brown & Kempf 1960.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 161-250.]]
 * [[Media:Brown & Kempf 1961.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1961 [1960]. The type species of the ant genus Eurhopalothrix. Psyche (Camb.) 67: 44.]]
 * [[Media:Brown 1968.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1968 [1967]. Tatuidris, a remarkable new genus of Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 74: 183-190.]]
 * [[Media:Brown & Kempf 1969.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1969. A revision of the neotropical dacetine ant genus Acanthognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 76: 87-109.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1949.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1949. A new species and subspecies of Procryptocerus from Espírito Santo, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 20: 423-426.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1951.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1951. A taxonomic study on the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Entomol. (Rio J.) 22: 1-244.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1952.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1952. A synopsis of the pinelii-complex in the genus Paracryptocerus (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 1: 1-30.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1953.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1953. Uma nova espécie de Paracryptocerus da Colômbia, praga do cafeeiro (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 11: 79-88.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1954.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1954. A descoberta do primeiro macho do gênero Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 1: 47-52.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1957.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1957. Sôbre algumas espécies de Procryptocerus com a descriça~o duma espécie nova (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 17: 395-404.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958a. New studies of the ant tribe Cephalotini (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 1: 1-168.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958b. Three new ants of the genus Strumigenys from Colombia (Hym. Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 8: 59-68.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958c. Sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas do gênero Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. 30: 91-102.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958d. Synonymic note on ants of the genus Paracryptocerus Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. News 69: 108-110.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958f.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958f. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. II. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 1: 433-462.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1958g.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1958g. The ants of the tribe Dacetini in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Strumigenys. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 1: 553-560.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1959a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1959a. Sôbre algumas formigas Cephalotini do Museu de Oxford (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 19: 91-98.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1959c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1959c. A revision of the Neotropical ant genus Monacis Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 225-270.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1959d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 391-432.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1959f.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1959f. Two new species of Gymnomyrmex Borgmeier, 1954 from southern Brazil, with remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 19: 337-344.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960a. Estudo sôbre Pseudomyrmex I. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 9: 5-32.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960b. Phalacromyrmex, a new ant genus from southern Brazil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 20: 89-92.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960c. Tranopeltoides Wheeler, a synonym of Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. News 71: 173-175.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960d. A review of the ant genus Mycetarotes Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 20: 277-283.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960e.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960e. Insecta Amapaensia. - Hymenoptera: Formicidae (segunda contribuiça~o). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 385-400.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1960f.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 417-466.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1961a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1961a. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. III. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 4: 369-408.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1961b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1961b. A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 4: 481-524.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1961e.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1961e. As formigas do gênero Pachycondyla Fr. Smith no Brasil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 10: 189-204.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1961g.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1961g. Remarks on the ant genus Irogera Emery, with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 21: 435-441.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1962a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1962a. Retoques à classificaça~o das formigas neotropicais do gênero Heteroponera Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 15: 29-47.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1962b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1962b. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. II. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 5: 1-38.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1963a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1963a. Additions to the Neotropical ant genus Rogeria Emery, with a key to the hitherto recorded South American species (Hym., Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 23: 189-196.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1963b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1963b. A review of the ant genus Mycocepurus Forel, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 6: 417-432.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1963c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1963c. Nota sinonímica acêrca de formigas da tribo Cephalotini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 23: 435-438.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1964a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1964a. Uma nova Platythyrea do Brasil (Hym., Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 11: 141-144.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1964b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1964b. Additions to the knowledge of the Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sa~o Paulo) 16: 243-255.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1964d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1964d. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part I: Group of strigatus Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 7: 1-44.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1964e.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1964e. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. III. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 7: 45-71.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1964f.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1964f. The ants of the genus Anochetus (Stenomyrmex) in Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 7: 237-246.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1965.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1965. Nota preliminar sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas, descritas por Frederick Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 25: 181-186.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1966.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1966 [1965]. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II: Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 8: 161-200.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1967a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1967a [1966]. New ants from southeastern and central Brazil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 9: 121-128.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1967b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1967b [1966]. A synopsis of the Neotropical ants of the genus Centromyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 9: 401-410.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1967c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1967c. Estudos sôbre Pseudomyrmex. IV (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 12: 1-12.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1967d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1967d. Three new South American ants (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 10: 353-360.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1967e.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1967e. A new revisionary note on the genus Paracryptocerus Emery (Hym. Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 10: 361-368.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1968a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1968a. A new species of Cyphomyrmex from Colombia, with further remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 28: 35-41.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1968b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1968b. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 11: 369-415.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1969.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1969. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. V. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 12: 273-296.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1970b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1970b. Levantamento das formigas da mata amazônica, nos arredores de Belém do Pará, Brasil. Stud. Entomol. 13: 321-344.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1970c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1970c. Taxonomic notes on ants of the genus Megalomyrmex Forel, with the description of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 13: 353-364.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1971.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1971. A preliminary review of the ponerine ant genus Dinoponera Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 14: 369-394.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1972a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1972a. Dedication to Fr. Thomas Borgmeier, O.F.M., Sc.D., on his 80th birthday, October 31, 1972. Stud. Entomol. 15: 1-2.]]
 * Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344
 * [[Media:Kempf 1972d.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1972d. A study of some Neotropical ants of genus Pheidole Westwood. I. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 15: 449-464.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1972g.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1972g. A new species of the dolichoderine ant genus Monacis Roger, from the Amazon, with further remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 32: 251-254.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1973a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1973a. Uma nova Solenopsis do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 17: 29-32.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1973b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Hylomyrma Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 225-260.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1973c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1973c. A new Zacryptocerus from Brazil, with remarks on the generic classification of the tribe Cephalotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 16: 449-462.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1974a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1974a. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on some Neotropical Cephalotini ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 18: 67-76.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1974b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1974b. A review of the Neotropical ant genus Oxyepoecus Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 17: 471-512.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1974c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1974c. A remarkable new Neotropical species in the ant genus Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 17: 551-553.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1975a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1975a [1974]. Report on Neotropical Dacetine ant studies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 34: 411-424.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1975b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1975b. A revision of the Neotropical ponerine ant genus Thaumatomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 18: 95-126.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1975c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 18: 341-380.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1976a.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1976a. Discovery of a major worker in Camponotus branneri (Mann), a new combination (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 83: 106-111.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1976c.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1976c. A new species of Strumigenys from the lower Amazon, Brazil (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 19: 39-44.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf 1978b.pdf|Kempf, W. W. 1978b. Five new synonyms for the Argentine ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). 112. Stud. Entomol. 20: 35-38.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf & Brown 1968.pdf|Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1968. Report on some Neotropical ant studies. Pap. Avulsos Zool. (Sao Paulo) 22: 89-102.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf & Brown 1969.pdf|Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1969. Two new Strumigenys ants from the Amazon valley in Brasil (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Biol. 29: 17-24.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf & Brown 1970.pdf|Kempf, W. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1970. Two new ants of tribe Ectatommini from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 13: 311-320.]]
 * [[Media:Kempf & Lenko 1976.pdf|Kempf, W. W.; Lenko, K. 1976. Levantamento da formicifauna no litoral norte e ilhas adjacentes do Estado de Sa~o Paulo, Brasil. I. Subfamilias Dorylinae, Ponerinae e Pseudomyrmecinae (Hym., Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 19: 45-66.]]