Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hiiumaa – 17 March 1948 Mexico City)[1] worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million insect specimens during his career.[2]
Hans Kauri (until 1935, Hans Mühlberg;[3] May 30, 1906 – January 30, 1999),[3][4][5][6] among other things, studied horse-flies, daddy longlegs (Opiliones), and spiders. He wrote several publications. In 1985 he worked on material from central Africa, which resulted in 61 new species, 12 new genera, and three new sub-families for science. As late as 1998 he produced an overview of spiders on the Hardanger Plateau, edited by Erling Hauge and Torstein Solhøy.[7]
Erki Õunap (born 5 July 1977)[13] described the taxon Neuratelia jabalmoussae Kurina, Õunap & Põldmaa, 2015.
Aleksander Pototski (born on 8 October 1958), a lepidopterist,[14] described the taxon Archedontia Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020 (and the species Archedontia agnesae Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020).
Villu Soon (born 20 February 1979)[15] described the taxon Chrysis borealis Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, 2015.
Tõnis Tasane (born 13 December 1986 in Pärnu), a lepidopterist,[23] described the taxon Lissochlora janamariae Lindt & Tasane, 2014 .
Andro Truuverk (born on 23 January 1986), a lepidopterist,[24] described the taxon Lasianobia dvoraki Saldaitis, Volynkin & Truuverk, 2018.
Jaan Viidalepp (born 27 December 1939)[25] described the taxon Haruchlora Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014, Pasiphila hyrcanica Viidalepp & Mironov, 2006, and Vallichlora Viidalepp & Lindt 2019.
