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In Memoriam Zdenek Boucek (1924-2011) 09B. Necrológica_Boucek 20/12/11 19:09 Página 245 Graellsia, 67(2): 245-250 julio-diciembre 2011 ISSN: 0367-5041 Necrológica / Obituary In memoriam Zdenek Boucek (1924-2011) J. L. Nieves-Aldrey* & I. Izquierdo Moya* El Dr Boucek, uno de los más prestigiosos calci- con Tatiana Rydlova y deja una hija Jitka. Desarrolló dólogos del mundo, fallecía en Praga el día 17 de su primera actividad laboral y publicó sus trabajos julio, a los 87 años de edad. La taxonomía moderna iniciales en la Universidad Charles de Praga, poste- de insectos himenópteros, particularmente la del riormente en un centro de investigación agraria y, enorme grupo de la superfamilia Chalcidoidea, le finalmente, en el Museo de Historia Natural de debe mucho a este incansable investigador quien, Praga, donde en 1969 obtuvo el doctorado por la junto a otros destacados especialistas en calcidoideos Academia de Ciencias Checoslovaca, con un trabajo como Marcus Graham y Richard Askew, sentaron las de revisión de los Chalcidoidea de Europa. Un acon- bases en la segunda mitad del siglo XX del conoci- tecimiento crucial en su vida fue la invasión soviéti- miento de la Sistemática actual de este difícil y enor- ca de Checoslovaquia, cuyas consecuencias políticas me grupo de himenópteros. Baste decir que a lo largo le impulsaron a emigrar al reino Unido, donde obtu- de su vida describió un total de 1100 táxones de vo puestos de trabajo primero en la Universidad de Hymenoptera, de los cuales 1094 son de Oxford (Hope Department) y más tarde en el Chalcidoidea, incluyendo 281 nombres de nivel Commonwealth Institute of Entomology del Natural género y 47 dentro de la cate- History Museum, institución goría taxonómica de familia. en la que permaneció hasta Su rigor, minuciosidad e su jubilación en 1989. Sin incansable capacidad de tra- embargo no cesó en su bajo ha sido reconocida por incansable labor, realizando la legión de calcidólogos estancias de trabajo en modernos que se beneficia- Australia, Canadá y Francia ron extraordinariamente de y publicando artículos y su labor seminal y su magis- libros hasta la edad de 80 terio, y se sintieron realmen- años. Con la caída del muro te aupados a hombros de este de Berlín, Boucek y su espo- gigante de la taxonomía de sa regresaron a su patria, la himenópteros. república Checa, donde El Dr Boucek nació en Zdene˘ k Bouc˘ ek (en el centro) en el 2º Congreso de la finalmente establecieron su 1924 en la república Checa; International Society of Hymenopterist´s, en 1991 en residencia en 1992. Entre estaba casado desde 1949 Sheffield. sus muchas publicaciones * Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC). Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva. C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 09B. Necrológica_Boucek 27/12/11 09:28 Página 246 246 Necrológica / Obituary destaca su magna obra publicada en 1988 Relación de trabajos de Z. Bouc˘ek, en orden alfabético “Australasian Chalcidoidea” que sintetiza a la per- de autores y en orden cronológico. fección la exhaustividad y rigor de su trabajo. Para 1. AUSTIN A. D., BOLTON B., BOUCEK Z., FERGUSSON N. D. dar una idea de la monumentalidad de la obra baste M., FITTON M. G., GAULD I. D., HUDDLESTON T., NOYES, J.S., QUINLAN, J. & SUBBA RAO B. R. 1983: Comment on the decir que el número de novedades taxonómicas y proposed conservation of Aphytis mytilaspidis LeBaron, 1870. nomenclaturales que incluía era tan elevado que, Z.N.(S.) 2320. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 40: 70–71. según comenta su amigo el Dr. John Noyes, su reco- 2. BACHMAIER F. & BOUCEK Z. 1969: Bibliographie sure la sys- tématique des insectes et acariens entomophages (1964–1965). pilación para el Zoological Record consumió más de Paris: OILB, 12pp. tres semanas exhaustivas de trabajo de una persona. 3. BAUR H. & BOUCEK Z. 2000: Coelopisthia Förster versus En reconocimiento de su labor de toda una vida fue Kranophorus Graham (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Entomologist’s distinguido en 2005, con ocasión de su 80 cumplea- Gazette 51: 69–72. 4. BOUCEK Z. 1949: Lasiochalcidia differens n. sp. (Hymenoptera, ños, con la “Distinguished Research Medal” otorga- Chalcididae). Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické da por la International Society of Hymenopterists. 46: 143–148. La relación del Dr. Boucek con el Museo 5. BOUCEK Z. 1952: The first revision of the European species of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera). Sborník Entomologického Nacional de Ciencias Naturales se inicia en 1968 Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 27(Supplement 1): 1–108. durante la celebración del 13 Congreso Internacional 6. BOUCEK Z. 1952: Novyskudce kmínu, vosicka Systole albipen- de Entomología, celebrado en Moscú. Coincide allí nis Walk. (Eurytomidae, Chalc., Hym.) [A new pest of cummin [sic], Systole albipennis Walk. (Eurytomidae, Chalc., Hym.)]. con la Dra. Elvira Mingo, himenopteróloga del Zoologické a Entomologické Listy 1: 4–9 (in Czech). entonces Instituto Español de Entomología, estable- 7. BOUCEK Z. 1952: Results of the Zoological Scientific Expedition ciéndose entre ambos una cordial relación profesio- of the National Museum in Praha to Turkey. 7. Hymenoptera I Chalcidoidea (first part). Sborník Entomologického Oddelení nal que se mantuvo durante muchos años, Národního Musea v Praze 27: 47–57. continuándose más tarde hasta el año 2001 a través 8. BOUCEK Z. 1952: Steffanisa rubrocincta n. g., n. sp., and notes of de los autores de esta nota. El primero de nosotros some other species (Chalcididae, Hym.). Sborník Entomologického mantuvo contactos y correspondencia con Boucek, Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 27: 201–205. 9. BOUCEK Z. 1953: “Skupina Cea” z celedi Pteromalidae. The recibiendo ayuda suya en diferentes momentos del ’group Cea’ of the chalcidoid family Pteromalidae. Sborník inicio de sus trabajos sobre Chalcidoidea, y la segun- Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 28(407): da, como Conservadora responsable de la Colección 157–164. 10. BOUCEK Z. 1954: Chalcidologické poznámky I, Pteromalidae, de Entomología, atendiendo sus solicitudes de ejem- Torymidae, Eurytomidae, Chalcididae (Hymenoptera). Sborník plares para estudio. Más tarde tuvimos ocasión de Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 29(426): conocerlo en persona con ocasión del 2º Congreso de 49–80. 11. BOUCEK Z. 1954: Chalcidologické poznámky I, Torymidae la International Society of Hymenopterist´s celebra- (Hym., Chalcidoidea). Rocenka Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti do en 1991 en Sheffield, y comprobamos allí de pri- Entomologické 51: 55–69. mera mano su afabilidad y calidad humana. 12. BOUCEK Z. 1955: Parasiti kurovce Pityophthorus polonicus Karp. z Pienin. [Hymenopterous parasites of Pityophthorus El Dr Boucek visitó el antiguo Instituto español de polonicus Karp.] Rocznik Nauk Lesnych, Warszawa 11: 83–92. Entomología y estudió abundante material de insec- 13. BOUCEK Z. 1956: A contribution to the biology of Eucharis tos de las colecciones del Museo, principalmente de adscendens (F.) (Hymenoptera). Vestník Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Zoologické 20: 97–99. especies descritas por los especialistas españoles 14. BOUCEK Z. 1956: Poznámky o Ceskoslovenych Perilampidae. García Mercet, Cándido Bolívar y Dusmet. Como Notes on Czechoslovak Perilampidae (Hymenoptera – resultado de su trabajo con estos fondos describió a Chalcidoidea). Sborník Faunistikych Prací Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 1: 83–98. su vez varias nuevas especies de la fauna española, 15. BOUCEK Z. 1956: A contribution to the knowledge of the cuyos tipos se conservan en la Colección junto a los Chalcididae, Leucospidae and Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera, de otras especies suyas de otras procedencias, que Chalcidoidea) of the Near East. Bulletin of the Research Council generosamente nos hizo llegar como regalo. of Israel 5B: 227–259. 16. BOUCEK Z. 1956: Chalcidologické poznamky III, Torymidae, El mundo de la calcidología está de luto por la Pteromalidae, Perilampidae a Eucharitidae. Sborník Entomologického pérdida de uno de sus hijos más ilustres. Descanse Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 30(462): 305–330.5 en paz. 17. BOUCEK Z. 1956: On a new genus of Braconidae (Hymenoptera), with remarks on the wing nomenclature. Sborník Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 30(467): 441–446. 18. BOUCEK Z. 1957: Über ein ige forstwirtschaftlich wichtige Agradecimiento Pteromaliden aus der Tschechoslowakei. Sborník Faunistikych Prací Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 2:75–81. A nuestro buen amigo el Dr. John Noyes (Natural History 19. BOUCEK Z. 1957: A new genus of the Trigonoderus-group of the Museum) por la información aportada. hymenopterous family Pteromalidae. Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 54: 157–161. Graellsia, 67(2), Diciembre 2011, pp. 245-250 — ISSN: 0367-5041 09B. Necrológica_Boucek 27/12/11 09:28 Página 247 Necrológica / Obituary 247 20. BOUCEK Z. 1957: Tetrastichus xanthomelanae (Rond.) soll T. 38. BOUCEK Z. 1961: Poznámky k formální stránce systematickych galerucae (Fonsc.) heissen! (Hym., Chalc.). Sborník Entomolo- prací v oboru entomologie. Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti gického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze 31: 177–181. Entomologické 58: 215–220. 21. BOUCEK Z. 1957: Chalcidologické poznámky IV, Pteromalidae 39. BOUCEK Z. 1962: A new Stenomesius (Hym., Eulophidae) reared [Chalcidological Notes IV, Pteromalidae] (Hymenoptera, from Ceramidia viridis in Ecuador. Entomophaga 7: 189–192. Chalcidoidea). Casopis Ceskoslovenské Spolecnosti Entomologické 40. BOUCEK Z. 1963:
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