Jörg Wunderlich (born 19 December 1939) is a German
arachnologist and
palaeontologist. He is best known for his study of spiders in
amber, describing over 1000 species, 300 genera, 50 tribes/subfamilies and 18 families in over 180 publications. Unlike most other arachnologists Jörg has never held any
academic position and has worked as a private individual with no financial support for travel or equipment.[1]
Personal life
Jörg Wunderlich grew up in the east of
Berlin and moved to the western part of the city with his family in 1951. The limited possibilities of schooling in the post-war period and the change to a school system with very different curricula meant that Wunderlich did not finish school until he was 20 years old. He began studying
mathematics at the
Free University of Berlin to become a teacher, but soon switched to
biology,
geography,
political science and
philosophy. His
state examination at the university was a study of
dwarf spiders at the
Peacock Island in Berlin, in which he identified over 300 species of spiders, two of them new to science (Glyphesis taoplesius, Moebelia berolinensis).[2] In 1969, Wunderlich moved to
Straubenhardt, completed his
pedagogy training and became a teacher at the
Neuenbürg high school for 25 years (
part-time for the last 15 years).[1]
Wunderlich, Jörg (1988).
The fossil Spiders in Dominican amber(PDF). Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 2. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–378.
Wunderlich, Jörg (1992). The Spider Fauna of the Macaronesian Islands. Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 1. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–619.
Wunderlich, Jörg (1995). A collection of 62 papers. Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 4. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–778.
Wunderlich, Jörg (2004). Fossil Spiders in Amber and Copal. Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 3. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–1908.
Wunderlich, Jörg (2008).
Fossil and extant Spiders (Araneae)(PDF). Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 5. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–840.
Wunderlich, Jörg (2011).
Extant and fossil Spiders (Araneae)(PDF). Beiträge zur Araneologie (Beitr. Araneol.). Vol. 6. Joerg Wunderlich. pp. 1–640.
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abMarusik, Yuri (December 2014). "Jörg Wunderlich wird 75 Jahre alt". Arachnologische Mitteilungen. 48 (2): 3–7.
^Wunderlich, Jörg (1969). "Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, IX. Beschreibung seltener oder bisher unbekannter Arten (Arachnida: Araneae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 50: 381–393.
^Wunderlich, Jörg (1972). "Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Walckenaeria Blackwall 1833 unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der europäischen Subgenera und Arten (Arachnida: Araneae: Linyphiiidae)". Zoologische Beiträge. 18: 371–427.
^Wunderlich, Jörg (1976). "Zur Spinnenfauna Deutschlands, XVI. Zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattungen Enoplognatha Pavesi und Robertus O. Pick.-Cambridge". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 57: 97–112.