Friedrich Wolfgang Gess

Friedrich Wolfgang ("Fred") Gess (1936–2013)

• Department of Entomology. Albany Museum, Someaet Street. Grabarnstown 6140. Republic of South Africa.

Eponyms

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• 1 eponym of Friedrich Wolfgang Gess

Taxon names authored

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• 1 taxon names authored by Friedrich Wolfgang Gess

Publications

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1973

• Gess, F.W. 1973. A new species of Handlirschia Kohl (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), a very poorly known genus from South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 9: 103–107. PDF

1975

• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1975. Ethological studies of Bembecinus cinguliger (Smith) and B. oxydorcus (Handl.) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), two southern African turret-building wasps. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 11: 21–46. PDF

1978

• Gess, F.W. 1978. Ethological notes on Holotachysphex turneri (Arnold) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 11: 209–215. PDF

1980

• Gess, F.W. 1980. Prey and nesting sites of some sympatric species of Cerceris (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) with a review and discussion of the prey diversity of the genus. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 13: 85–93. PDF
• Gess, F.W. 1980. Some aspects of the ethology of Dasyproctus westermanni (Dahlbom) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Crabroninae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 13: 95–106. PDF
• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1980. Ethological notes on Kohliella alaris Brauns (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 13: 45–54. PDF
• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1980. The whited sepulchre – the nesting of Chalybion tibiale (Fabr.). The Eastern Cape Naturalist 70: 11–14. PDF

1981

• Gess, F.W. 1981. Some aspects of an ethological study of the aculeate wasps and the bees of a karroid area in the vicinity of Grahamstown, South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 14: 1–80. PDF
• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1981. Three Acacia insects: a chain of dependence. The Naturalist (Port Elizabeth) 25 (3):27–30. PDF

1982

• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1982. Ethological studies of Isodontia simoni (du Buysson), I. pelopoeiforme (Dahlbom) and I. stanleyi (Kohl) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 14: 151–171. PDF

1984

• Gess, F.W. 1984. Contribution to the taxonomy of the southern African species of Ampulex Jurine (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ampulicinae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 16: 1–22. PDF
• Gess, F.W. 1984. Some aspects of the ethology of Ampulex bantuae Gess (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ampulicinae) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 16: 23–40. PDF

1986

• Gess, F.W. 1986. Three new species of southern African Bembix, a new synonymy, and biological notes on other species of the genus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Nyssoninae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 16: 137–160. PDF

1989

• Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 1989. Notes on nesting behavior in Bembix bubalus Handlirsch in southern Africa with the emphasis on nest sharing and reaction to nest parasites (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Natural History 18: 151–160. PDF

1993

• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1993. Effects of increasing land utilization on species representation and diversity of aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa, pp. 83–113 in J. La Salle and I.D. Gould (editors). Hymenoptera and biodiversity. The Natural History Museum, London, 348 pp.

1994

• Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 1994. Potential pollinators of the Cape Group of Crotalarieae (sensu Pohl) (Fabales, Papilionaceae), with implications for seed production in cultivated rooibos tea. African Entomology 2: 97. PDF

1996

• Gess, F.W. 1996. Taxonomy and relationships of Mesopalarus Brauns (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Larrinae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 17: 72–77. PDF

1999

• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 1999. The use by wasps, bees and spiders of shells of Trigonephrus Pilsb. (Mollusca: Gasteropoda [sic]: Dorcasiidae) in desertic winter-rainfall areas in southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments 43: 143–153. PDF

2003

• Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2003. A catalog for flower visiting records for aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid to arid areas of southern Africa. Department of Entomology, Albany Museum, Grahamstown. 529 pp.

2006

• Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2006. Survey of flower visiting by aculeate wasps and bees in the semi-arid areas of southern Africa. Annals of the Eastern Cape Museums 5: 1–51. PDF

2011

• Gess, F.W. 2011. The genus Quartinia Ed. André, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Southern Africa. Part IV. New and little known species with complete venation. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 21: 1–39. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.21.870 . Reference page. 
• Gess, F.W. 2011. The genus Quartinia Ed. André, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Southern Africa. Part V. New and little known species with incomplete venation. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 22: 29–43. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.22.871 ­. Reference page. 

2012

• Gess, F.W. 2012. The genus Quartinia Ed. André, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) in Southern Africa. Part VI. New and little known species both with complete and incomplete venation. Journal of Hymenoptera research 24: 95–115. DOI: 10.3897/JHR.24.2155 . Reference page. 

2014

• Gess, F.W. & Gess, S.K. 2014. Geographical distributions of Bembix (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) in southern Africa, with notes on biology. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 36: 53–130. PDF
• Gess, S.K. & Gess, F.W. 2014. Wasps and bees in southern Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series 24: 1–320 pp. PDF