# Volker Mahnert

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'''Volker Mahnert''' (3 December 1943 in Innsbruck; † 23 November 2018 in Geneva) was an Austrian [entomologist](/source/entomologist), [arachnologist](/source/arachnologist), [ichthyologist](/source/ichthyologist) and [parasitologist](/source/parasitologist). His research focused on pseudoscorpions.

==Life==
Volker Mahnert was one of three sons of Klaus Mahnert and Hanna Mahnert, née Kindl. In 1971, under the supervision of [Heinz Janetschek](/source/Heinz_Janetschek) (1913–1997), he received his doctorate in philosophy from the [University of Innsbruck](/source/University_of_Innsbruck) with a dissertation on ento- and ectoparasites of small mammals of the Central Eastern Alps (North Tyrol).

In the same year, he moved to [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) and became a curator at the Department of Herpetology and Ichthyology at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève. From 1989 to 2005 he was director of the museum. In 1991 he became an associate professor at the [University of Geneva](/source/University_of_Geneva).

Volker Mahnert was the author or co-author of over 170 scientific articles. Most of them deal with the systematics and ecology of pseudoscorpions. He also worked on the taxonomy of fleas as well as African and South American tetras ([Alestidae](/source/Alestidae) and [Characidae](/source/Characidae)).

Mahnert has been a member of the [American Society of Arachnology](/source/American_Arachnological_Society), the [British Society of Arachnology](/source/British_Society_of_Arachnology), the [Society Suisse de Zoologie](/source/Society_Suisse_de_Zoologie), the [Swiss Entomological Society](/source/Swiss_Entomological_Society) (SEG), the [Société zoologique de France](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_zoologique_de_France), the [European Association of Zoological Nomenclature](/source/European_Association_of_Zoological_Nomenclature), the [International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature](/source/International_Commission_of_Zoological_Nomenclature) (since 1991), the [Biological Society of Washington](/source/Biological_Society_of_Washington), the [Société Europénne d'Arachnologie](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_Europ%C3%A9nne_d'Arachnologie), the [New York Academy of Sciences](/source/New_York_Academy_of_Sciences) and the [Société internationale de biospéologie](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_internationale_de_biosp%C3%A9ologie).

He served as president of the [International Society of Arachnology](/source/International_Society_of_Arachnology) between 1989 and 1992.<ref>Kraus, O. 1999. Historic overview of past congresses of arachnology and of the Centre International de Documentation Arachnologique (C.I.D.A.). ''[Journal of Arachnology](/source/Journal_of_Arachnology)'', 27: 3-6.</ref>

==Taxon described by him==
*See [:Category:Taxa named by Volker Mahnert](/source/%3ACategory%3ATaxa_named_by_Volker_Mahnert)

==Publications==
*Gery, Jacques; Mahnert, Volker (1986). "A new rummy-nose tetra from the Rio Negro, Brazil: ''[Hemigrammus bleheri](/source/Hemigrammus_bleheri)'' n.sp. (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae), with comments on Paracheirodon". Tropical Fish Hobbyist. 34 (11): 37–52. Retrieved 18 June 2020<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gery |first1=Jacques |last2=Mahnert |first2=Volker |title=A new rummy-nose tetra from the Rio Negro, Brazil: ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' n.sp. (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae), with comments on Paracheirodon |journal=Tropical Fish Hobbyist |date=1986 |volume=34 |issue=11 |pages=37–52 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296637903 |accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref>

==Dedication names==
The loach species ''[Schistura mahnerti](/source/Schistura_mahnerti)'' was named in 1990 by [Maurice Kottelat](/source/Maurice_Kottelat) in honor of Volker Mahnert.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/nemacheilidae/ | title = Family NEMACHEILIDAE Regan 1911 (Stone or Brook Loaches) | access-date= 24 August 2025 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>

[Halil Sarp](/source/Halil_Sarp) named the mineral [Mahnertite](/source/Mahnertite) in his honour in 1995. 
[[File:Mahnertite.jpg|thumb|right|Mahnertite is a mineral found in [Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d%E2%80%99Azur), France]]
Mahnertite is a rare mineral from [Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur](/source/Provence-Alpes-C%C3%B4te_d'Azur) in [France](/source/France).

The following species are named after Volker Mahnert:

thumb|right|The loach species ''Schistura mahnerti'' was named in 1990 by Maurice Kottelat in honor of Volker Mahnert

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* ''[Acanthocreagris mahnerti](/source/Acanthocreagris_mahnerti)'' Dumitresco & Orghidan, 1986
* ''[Acritus mahnerti](/source/Acritus_mahnerti)'' Gomy, 1981
* ''[Akyttara mahnerti](/source/Akyttara_mahnerti)'' Jocqué, 1987
* ''Allolobophora handlirschi mahnerti'' Zicsi, 1973 (nun ''Aporrectodea handlirschi mahnerti'')
* ''[Allochernes mahnerti](/source/Allochernes_mahnerti)'' Georgescu & Căpuse, 1996
* ''[Americhernes mahnerti](/source/Americhernes_mahnerti)'' Harvey, 1990
* ''[Apimela mahnerti](/source/Apimela_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1996
* ''[Aporrectodea mahnerti](/source/Aporrectodea_mahnerti)'' Zicsi, 1973
* ''[Atheta mahnerti](/source/Atheta_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1995
* ''[Ausobskya mahnerti](/source/Ausobskya_mahnerti)'' Silhavý, 1976
* ''[Bothriechis mahnerti](/source/Bothriechis_mahnerti)'' Schätti & Kramer, 1991
* ''[Camillina mahnerti](/source/Camillina_mahnerti)'' Platnick & Murphy, 1987
* ''[Catharosoma mahnerti](/source/Catharosoma_mahnerti)'' Golovatch, 2005
* ''[Centruroides mahnerti](/source/Centruroides_mahnerti)'' Lourenço, 1983
* ''[Chactas mahnerti](/source/Chactas_mahnerti)'' Lourenço, 1995
* [''Chthonius'' (''Ephippiochthonius'') ''mahnerti''](/source/Chthonius_mahnerti) Zaragoza, 1984
* ''[Ctenobelba mahnerti](/source/Ctenobelba_mahnerti)'' Mahunka, 1974
* ''[Cypha mahnerti](/source/Cypha_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1994
* ''[Delamarea mahnerti](/source/Delamarea_mahnerti)'' Leleup, 1983
* ''[Dendrobaena mahnerti](/source/Dendrobaena_mahnerti)'' Zicsi, 1974
* ''[Dolicheremaeus mahnerti](/source/Dolicheremaeus_mahnerti)'' Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009
* ''[Drusilla mahnerti](/source/Drusilla_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1996
* ''[Edaphus mahnerti](/source/Edaphus_mahnerti)'' Puthz, 1990
* ''[Elgonidium mahnerti](/source/Elgonidium_mahnerti)'' Bonadona, 1978
* ''[Embuana mahnerti](/source/Embuana_mahnerti)'' Heiss & Baňař, 2016
* ''[Epipleuria mahnerti](/source/Epipleuria_mahnerti)'' Fuersch, 2001
* ''[Glossodrilus mahnerti](/source/Glossodrilus_mahnerti)'' Zicsi, 1989
* ''[Guaraniella mahnerti](/source/Guaraniella_mahnerti)'' Baert, 1984
* ''[Gyrophaena mahnerti](/source/Gyrophaena_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1994
* ''[Helladocampa mahnerti](/source/Helladocampa_mahnerti)'' Condé, 1984
* ''[Hemigrammus mahnerti](/source/Hemigrammus_mahnerti)'' Uj & Géry, 1989
* ''[Holoparasitus mahnerti](/source/Holoparasitus_mahnerti)'' Juvara-Bals, 2008
* ''[Leleupiozethus mahnerti](/source/Leleupiozethus_mahnerti)'' Coulon, 1979
* ''[Magellozetes mahnerti](/source/Magellozetes_mahnerti)'' Mahunka, 1984
* ''[Mahnertella](/source/Mahnertella)'' Mahunka, 1997
* ''[Mahnertius](/source/Mahnertius)'' Harvey & Muchmore, 2013
* ''[Mahnertozetes](/source/Mahnertozetes)'' Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2009
* ''[Megarthrus mahnerti](/source/Megarthrus_mahnerti)'' Cuccodoro & Löbl, 1995
* ''[Metanapis mahnerti](/source/Metanapis_mahnerti)'' Brignoli, 1981
* ''[Metopioxys mahnerti](/source/Metopioxys_mahnerti)'' Comellini, 1983
* ''[Microdipnites mahnerti](/source/Microdipnites_mahnerti)'' Garetto & Giachino, 1999
* ''[Microplana mahnerti](/source/Microplana_mahnerti)'' Minelli, 1977
* ''[Neobisium mahnerti](/source/Neobisium_mahnerti)'' Heurtault, 1980
* ''[Occidenchthonius mahnerti](/source/Occidenchthonius_mahnerti)'' Zaragoza, 2017
* ''[Oedichirus mahnerti](/source/Oedichirus_mahnerti)'' de Rougemont, 2018
* ''[Oonops mahnerti](/source/Oonops_mahnerti)'' Brignoli, 1974
* ''[Origmatrachys mahnerti](/source/Origmatrachys_mahnerti)'' Kontschán, 2020
* ''[Paracoryza mahnerti](/source/Paracoryza_mahnerti)'' Balkenohl, 2000
* ''[Paratemnus mahnerti](/source/Paratemnus_mahnerti)'' Sivaraman, 1981
* ''[Paratricommatus mahnerti](/source/Paratricommatus_mahnerti)'' Soares & Soares, 1985
* ''[Proteocephalus mahnerti](/source/Proteocephalus_mahnerti)'' de Chambrier & Vaucher, 1999
* ''[Ptychadena mahnerti](/source/Ptychadena_mahnerti)'' Perret, 1996
* ''[Roncus mahnerti](/source/Roncus_mahnerti)'' Ćurčić & Beron, 1981
* ''[Scaphoxium mahnerti](/source/Scaphoxium_mahnerti)'' Löbl, 2010
* ''[Scheloribates mahnerti](/source/Scheloribates_mahnerti)'' Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp, 2008
* ''[Schistura mahnerti](/source/Schistura_mahnerti)'' Kottelat, 1990
* ''[Scutacarus mahnerti](/source/Scutacarus_mahnerti)'' Mahunka, 1972
* ''[Spelaeobochica mahnerti](/source/Spelaeobochica_mahnerti)'' Viana & Ferreira, 2020
* ''[Sprentascaris mahnerti](/source/Sprentascaris_mahnerti)'' Petter & Cassone, 1984
* ''[Stenohya mahnerti](/source/Stenohya_mahnerti)'' Schawaller, 1994
* ''[Trichouropoda mahnerti](/source/Trichouropoda_mahnerti)'' Kontschán, 2015
* ''[Zodarion mahnerti](/source/Zodarion_mahnerti)'' Brignoli, 1984
* ''[Zyras mahnerti](/source/Zyras_mahnerti)'' Pace, 1996
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==References==
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*Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, 2013, ISBN 978-1-907807-41-1, p. 133

==Source==
*Biographical information is based on a translation from an equivalent article at the [German Wikipedia](/source/German_Wikipedia).

Category:Austrian ichthyologists

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