Toivo Henrik Jarvi (1877-1960) -A Poorly Known Arachnologist

摘要

When Pierre Bonnet compiled and published the 'Biographie des Araneologistes' in the first volume of his Bibliographia Araneorum (Bonnet, 1945), he did a tremendous service to arachnology. We know of no arachnologist who has not enjoyed reading this first volume; sometimes one may even become totally immersed in it. However, some arachnologists are missing, either because of lack of information or because they had produced relatively few arachnological publications. The latter could be the reason whyToivo Henrik Jarvi was not included in Bonnet's biographic section. He published only ten arachnological papers and a few popular articles; his other (c.260) papers were devoted to ichthyology, fisheries and other subjects. He actively studied salmonidfish and published many large papers, for example, on vendace, whitefish and Baltic salmon. A short summary of his life with emphasis on his arachnological work is presented here, as Jarvi is considered an excellent scientist and arachnologist with important ideas.