According to Wikipedia, Otto Kraus was a German arachnologist and myriapodologist. He was director of the Zoological Institute and Zoological Museum at the University of Hamburg from 1969 to 1995, where he also served as professor. He was a commissioner and president of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature . He published nearly 200 scientific papers and described nearly 500 species of myriapods and over 80 species of spiders. His works include contributions to the encyclopedia Grzimeks Tierleben and the German translation of Ernst Mayr's Principles of Systematic Zoology.
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Phylogenetic system of the Tracheata (Mandibulata) on "Myriapoda"-Insecta, interrelationships, phylogenetic age and primary ecological niches (1994) (68)
Myriapoda and the ancestry of the hexapoda (2001) (43)
Fossil giants and surviving dwarfs. Arthropleurida and Pselaphognatha (Atelocerata, Diplopoda): characters, phylogenetic relationships and construction (2003) (27)
On myriapod / insect interrelationships (1996) (18)
Divergent transformation of chelicerae and original arrangement of eyes in spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) (1993) (14)
Names based on trace fossils (ichnotaxa); request for a recommendation (1972) (10)
On the structure and biology of Arthropleura species (Atelocerata, Diplopoda; Upper Carboniferous/Lower Permian) (2005) (9)
Comment on the proposed emendation of the current spelling of METINAE Simon, 1894 (Arachnida, Araneae, TETRAGNATHIDAE) to METAINAE to remove homonymy with METIDAE Boeck, 1872 (Crustacea, Copepoda) (2012) (0)
Comments on the proposed conservation of usage of Testudo gigantea Schweigger, 1812 (currently Geochelone (Aldabrachelys) gigantea; Reptilia, Testudines) 8 (2009) (0)
Comments on the proposed use of the plenary powers in order to preserve the accustomed usage of the generic names Argyrodes Simon, Dipoenura Simon, Bobertus O.P.-Cambridge and Theonoe Simon Z.N. (S.) 1481 (1962) (0)
Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Cambalida coriacea Simon, 1909 (Arachnida, Araneae) by the suppression of Castianeira fulvipes Simon, 1896 (Case 3331) (2006) (0)
Comments on the proposed conservation of ARANEIDAE Clerck, 1758, Araneus Clerck, 1758 and Tegenaria Latreille, 1804 (Arachnida, Araneae) 2 (Case 3371) (2008) (0)
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