:Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen

Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen was born on 9 July 1929, the eldest son of A.C. van Bruggen, Sr. and A.C.G. van Bruggen-van Eyk Bijleveld. He spent his youth in The Hague. Natural history and particularly animals always caught his attention. His father was a high-ranked civil servant at the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. The Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie was administered by that ministry at the time, and when he graduated from the Gymnasium Haganum in The Hague in 1949, his father introduced him to Dr. Carel Octavius van Regteren Altena (1907–1976), curator of Mollusca at the museum, who stimulated his interest in malacology.

At Leiden University van Bruggen studied systematic botany, animal ecology and systematic zoology. In 1956 he graduated, after three years as an assistant to Prof. Dr. Hilbrand Boschma (1893–1976), the director of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, who taught Systematic Zoology at Leiden University.

The start of van Bruggen's malacological career can be dated back to 1948, when he became a member of the Dutch Malacological Society (NMV). His first malacological publication, in Dutch, appeared in 1948 in the Dutch journal De Levende Natuur; a short note reporting a find of the marine bivalve Anomia ephippium, an uncommon species in the Netherlands. His very first publication had appeared earlier in the same year in the same journal; it reported a sighting of seals and a horse mackerel on a Dutch beach.

It was also in Leiden that van Bruggen met his wife, Wenda van Bruggen-Gorter. She became painfully aware of his malacological interests when one day on their honeymoon in Switzerland, they were returning home late in the evening and van Bruggen found a beautiful specimen of the slug Limax cinereoniger that he wanted for his collection. However, not having any glass vials with him (plastic bags were unknown in those days) he asked to use Wenda's evening bag to bring the animal home.

Originally intending to depart to the Dutch East Indies after his studies, this became impossible when the former Dutch colony achieved independence, as Indonesia, on 27 December 1949. Since van Bruggen had a firm interest in the tropics, the couple decided to move to Africa instead.

They sailed to South Africa, stopping on their way at the remote Atlantic island of St Helena, in May 1957. In South Africa, van Bruggen had accepted a job at the Ministry of Agriculture in Pretoria. There he was charged with the study of insects and the problems they caused in warehouses. After three years he accepted the position of Marine Biologist and Curator at the newly erected Oceanarium in Port Elizabeth. Shortly afterwards, he accepted a position as curator at the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg. Both van Bruggens worked at the museum from 1962 to 1966; she as a librarian and his personal assistant in the field. They frequently went out for fieldwork, making collection trips as far north as Malawi and Zambia.

During his African years, in addition to his work on insects and snails, van Bruggen expanded into work on mammals and birds. Contacts with field staff of South African National Parks brought a new focus on nature conservation, and stimulated an interest in zoos. In 1963, at the 125th anniversary of Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, van Bruggen sent a number of rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis), as a gift from Dutch biologists working in South Africa.

At the beginning of 1966, van Bruggen accepted an invitation to return to the Netherlands to teach in the department of Systematic Zoology at Leiden University, invited van Bruggen to teach at that institution.

At Leiden University, van Bruggen taught undergraduates in Systematic Zoology. In 1969 he received his Ph.D. with the thesis Studies on the land molluscs of Zululand with notes on the distribution of land molluscs in Southern Africa.

Although officially employed by the University, his actual place of work was a few minutes away at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, where his supervisor was Prof. Dr Leo Brongersma, director of the museum.

Besides his work he devoted much time to various organizations. With the Dutch Malacological Society (Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging, NMV), he served as Secretary (1953–1956), interim President (1970–1972) and Treasurer (1983–1986) on the Board. He was editor of the Correspondentieblad (1951–1953) and, after a short interruption, again from 1954 to 1956. Since 1968, he has been editor, then editor-in-chief, of Basteria, the scientific journal of NMV. He was elected Honorary Member of the Society in 1999.

He served as President of the 7th International Malacological Congress in Amsterdam in 1977, organized on behalf of Unitas Malacologica, the international organisation of malacologists. From 1989 to 1999, he was chairman of the Netherlands Commission for International Nature Conservation, also serving as editor of its communications. He also work with the Netherlands Zoological Society, the (former) Netherlands Foundation for Biological Research and the Dutch/Belgian Mammal Society.

He retired in 1994, with a lecture entitled Semper aliquid novi ex Africam adferre, which may be translated as "there is always something new from Africa", and which may be regarded as van Bruggen's personal motto. Afterwards he continued his studies as an associate of the Leiden museum, spending most of his days in the building at the Raamsteeg and later at the Darwinweg in Leiden, where he continues to study and publish on Mollusca and other topics.

Starting in the 1990s, the van Bruggen made several private trips to southern Africa. During their 2008 trip, van Bruggen accepted Dai Herbert's request to cooperate in revising some material collected in the Drakensberg Mountains, which allowed him to continue with his great love{{snd}}land snails of South Africa.

He died 3 June 2016.

Dolf van Bruggen's wide interest in systematic biology and related fields are reflected in his numerous publications, which cover topics as diverse as marine and non-marine Mollusca, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds, insects, as well as zoo biology, museum collections, nature conservation, bibliographical matters, and historical accounts, apart from numerous book reviews and obituaries, to name only the fields on which he wrote more than a single contribution. The complete listing of his publication include 655 records up till 2008.

The flow of publications over the years since 1948 continues to the present and has never been interrupted. Fluctuations in his production have been relatively small. On average, 11 papers appeared annually. There has never been a year with less than four papers and that happened only once. His most productive years (in number of papers) are 1960–1966, when he resided in South Africa; 1961 has been his most productive year with 23 papers.

His most important scientific contributions concern the fields of malacology, entomology and botany. His botanical publications are restricted to the year 1958, when he published two systematic papers on Sapotaceae from Borneo with the description of a new genus and two new species.

His entomological production lasted longer, from 1954 to 1963. In this period, he published 18 papers, mainly on Ephemeroptera from Southeast Asia and New Guinea, and on Diptera from southern Africa, thereby introducing 14 new species and two new genera.

The vast majority of his scientific papers dealt with the systematics and biogeography of the Mollusca. In the early period of his career he published on both marine and non-marine taxa, but the former more or less stopped after 1963, possibly related to his move from a marine institute at Port Elizabeth to the Natal Museum at Pietermaritzburg.

Most of van Bruggen's scientific work has been devoted to land snails, especially those from subsaharan Africa and the islands surrounding this continent. Although there are few families on which he has not published, there are three families that may be considered his particular area of expertise and fascination: the pulmonate families Streptaxidae and Achatinidae and the operculate (caenogastropod) family Maizaniidae.

The interest in the carnivorous family Streptaxidae was undoubtedly raised by van Bruggen's prolonged stay in South Africa, quite possibly inspired by Matthew William Kemble Connolly’s (1939)Connolly M. (1939) "A monographic survey of South African non-marine molluscs". Annals of the South African Museum 33: 1-660; pls. 1–19 and 58 text figs. impressive monograph on the South African non-marine Mollusca, in which a picture of an extremely diverse and aesthetically appealing streptaxid radiation was painted. In all, he described three new genera and 60 new species and subspecies of Streptaxidae, all but four from Africa.

Achatinidae are a family of rather large land snails, and, in spite of their size, one that poses tremendous taxonomic problems, and van Bruggen is one of the few people who knows his way in the chaotic taxonomy of this group. He devoted various papers partly or wholly to the family and introduced six new species and subspecies. He was a friend of the recently deceased American Achatinidae specialist Albert Raymond Mead (1915–2009). They regularly exchanged opinions, but did not publish jointly.

A third group that apparently has his special interest are the terrestrial operculates, formerly known as ‘Prosobranchia’, a heterogeneous assemblage of gastropods with an operculum and separate males and females (in contrast to the hermaphrodite pulmonate land snails). Operculate gastropods appear to be particularly poorly represented in subsaharan Africa in comparison to other continents, especially tropical Asia. Since the early 1980s van Bruggen has taken it on him to revise the African representatives of this group, especially the families Maizaniidae and Cyclophoridae. This study resulted in the description of three new subgenera and ten new species (thereby doubling the number of African taxa known), and a series of papers with careful descriptions, keys and biogeographic analyses of the ‘prosobranch’ fauna in Africa and beyond.

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New taxa described by van Bruggen include (with type locality listed):

• Gulella adami van Bruggen, 1994Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 68: 2. - Ivory Coast [Côte d'Ivoire].
• Gulella albinus van Bruggen & Van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 42 - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella gwendolinae aldabrae van Bruggen, 1975Bulletin of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) (Zoology) 28: 158. - Aldabra Is. [Seychelles].
• Ptychotrema altiplani van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 6. - Malawi.
• Gulella appletoni van Bruggen, 1975Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 49: 213. - South Africa.
• Gulella aranearum van Bruggen, 1986Revue Zoologique Africaine 100: 259. - Malawi.
• Gulella augur van Bruggen, 1988Basteria 52: 127. - Tanzania.
• Austromarconia van Bruggen & de Winter, 2003Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 79. - type species Ennea hamiltoni Smith, 1897.
• Gulella barnardi van Bruggen, 1965Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 25. - South Africa.
• Gulella bernardi van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1997Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 67: 25. - nom. nov. for Gulella sexdentata Taylor, 1880, non Gulella sexdentata (von Martens, 1869).
• Gulella darglensis benthodon van Bruggen, 1980Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 180: 17. - South Africa.
• Gulella browni van Bruggen, 1969Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 103: 69. - South Africa.
• Careoradula Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 328; 47 - type species Streptaxis (Imperurbatia) perelegans Martens, 1898.
• Ptychotrema cazombense van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 29. - Angola.
• Gulella ceciliae van Bruggen, 1971Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 45: 254. - Rhodesia [Zimbabwe].
• Ptychotrema collegarum van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 9 - Malawi.
• Gulella collicola van Bruggen, 1966Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 72. - Swaziland.
• Diaphera connectens van Bruggen, 1974Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 77: 276. - Philippines.
• Gulella peakei continentalis van Bruggen, 1975Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 49: 209. - South Africa.
• Ptychotrema cossyphae van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 36. - Uganda.
• Gulella cupula van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 37. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella gouldi discriminanda van Bruggen, 1969Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 103: 45. - South Africa.
• Gulella ectodentata van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 35. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella garambae van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 32. - D.R. Congo.
• Ptychotrema glabellum van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 32. - Angola.
• Gulella guilielmi van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1998Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 68: 43. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella herberti van Bruggen, 2004Basteria 48: 46 - Swaziland.
• Gulella hildae van Bruggen, 2001Basteria 65: 102. - Malawi.
• Streptostele inconspicua van Bruggen, 1964Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 70: 116. - Mozambique.
• Gulella incurvidens van Bruggen, 1972Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 85: 169 - South Africa.
• Gulella inobstructa van Bruggen, 1965Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 21. - South Africa.
• Gulella insulincola van Bruggen, 1975Bulletin of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) (Zoology) 28: 168. - Aldabra Is. [Seychelles].
• Ptychotrema interstriatum van Bruggen 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 28 - Angola.
• Gulella johannae van Bruggen, 2006Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 80: 65. - South Africa.
• Gulella crassidens jonesi van Bruggen, 1969Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 103: 66. - South Africa.
• Haploptychius juttingae van Bruggen, 1972Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 75: 391. - Indonesia.
• Ptychotrema kalemiense Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1994Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 64: 81. - Zaire [D.R. Congo].
• Gulella lawrencei van Bruggen, 1964Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 70: 118. - Mozambique.
• Gulella lievrouwi van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 34. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella loveridgei van Bruggen, 1996Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98: 336. - Malawi, (publication dated 18 December 1995, published February 1996).
• Ptychotrema loveridgei van Bruggen, 1990Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 93: 99. - Malawi.
• Gulella vicina luci van Bruggen, 1980Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 180: 46. - Rhodesia [Zimbabwe].
• Gulella meredithae van Bruggen, 2000Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 74: 226. - Malawi.
• Streptostele meridionalis van Bruggen, 1966Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 380. - South Africa. = Streptostele herma Connolly, 1912, vide van Bruggen, 1967Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 91: 30.
• Gulella microrutshuruensis van Bruggen, 1995Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98: 244. - Malawi.
• Ptychotrema multispiralis van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 3. - Malawi.
• Diaphera obliquapex van Bruggen, 1974Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 77: 274. - Philippines.
• Gulella obstructa van Bruggen, 1965Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 22. - South Africa.
• Diaphera palawanica van Bruggen, 1974Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 77: 277. - Philippines.
• Stereostele nevilli parvidentata Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 328: 34. - Seychelles.
• Gulella peakei van Bruggen, 1975Bull. Bulletin of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) (Zoology) 28: 164. - Aldabra Is. [Seychelles].
• Ptychotrema pervagatum van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 14. - Malawi.
• Edentulina dussumieri praslina Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 328: 18. - Seychelles.
• Ptychotrema pseudosilvaticum Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1994Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 64: 87. - Zaire [D.R. Congo].
• Edentulina dussumieri reservae Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 328: 17. - Seychelles.
• Gulella ruwenzoriensis van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 36. - D.R. Congo.
• Streptostele sanctuarii van Bruggen, 1966Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 382. - South Africa.
• Gulella selene van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 39. - D.R. Congo.
• Edentulina dussumieri silhouettae Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999 - Seychelles.
• Silhouettia Gerlach & van Bruggen, 1999Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 328: 45. - type species Streptaxis (Imperturbatia) constans var. silhouettae Von Martens, 1898.

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• Gulella streptostelopsis van Bruggen, 2007van Bruggen A. C. (2007). "Studies on the Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata) of Malaŵi 9. Description of Gulella streptostelopsis, a new Streptostele-like species of Gulella". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 81(1): 2. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/81/nr01/a01 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116195909/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/81/nr01/a01 |date=2014-01-16 }}. - Malawi.
• Gulella sursum van Bruggen, 2001Basteria 65: 28. - Malawi.
• Gulella systemanaturae van Bruggen, 2008van Bruggen A. C. (2008). "Studies on the Streptaxidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda Pulmonata) of Malaŵi 10. Description of Gulella systemanaturae, a new species from Dedza Mountain". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 82(2) pp. 9-14. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/82/nr01/a02 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116211937/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/82/nr01/a02 |date=2014-01-16 }}, [http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/93739 PDF]. Malawi.
• Ptychotrema tanganyikae Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1995Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 65: 99. - Zaire [D.R. Congo].
• Gulella elliptica tesserula van Bruggen, 1980Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 180: 24. - South Africa.
• Gulella turriformis van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 40. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella udzungwensis van Bruggen, 2003Basteria 67: 87. - Tanzania.
• Ptrychotrema upembae Adam, van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1993Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 63: 143. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella verdcourti van Bruggen, 1966Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 69. - South Africa.
• Gulella virungae van Bruggen & van Goethem, 1999Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (Biologie) 69: 38. - D.R. Congo.
• Gulella wendalinae van Bruggen, 1975Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 49: 216. - South Africa.

• Archachatina aenigmatica van Bruggen, 1977Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 80: 251 - Rhodesia [Zimbabwe].
• Achatina coroca van Bruggen, 1978Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31: 66. - Angola.
• Archachatina ustulata limitanea van Bruggen, 1984Basteria 48: 31. - South Africa.
• Archachatina montistempli van Bruggen, 1965Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 71: 81. - South Africa.
• Archachatina omissa van Bruggen, 1965Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 71: 85. South Africa.
• Archachatina sanctaeluciae van Bruggen, 1989Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 92: 169. - South Africa.

• Neomaizania coryli van Bruggen, 1985Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 88: 397 - Malawi.
• Maizaniella erroris van Bruggen, 1982Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 85: 192. - Liberia.
• Maizaniella hiemalis van Bruggen, 1990Basteria 54: 189. - Guinée [Guinea].
• Maizaniella iterum van Bruggen, 1991Basteria 55: 103. - Gabon.
• Maizaniella machadoi van Bruggen, 1982Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 85: 194. - Angola.
• Macromaizaniella van Bruggen, 1982Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 85: 196 - type species Cyclophorus preussi Von Martens, 1892.
• Neomaizania van Bruggen, 1985 - type species Neomaizania coryli van Bruggen, 1985.Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 88: 396.
• Maizaniella poensis van Bruggen, 1982Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 85: 199. - Fernando Poo [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea].
• Pteromaizaniella van Bruggen, 1982 - type species Maizaniella (Pteromaizaniella) poensis van Bruggen, 1982.
• Maizania scalarioidea van Bruggen, 1983Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 86: 3. - Malawi.
• Spirulozania van Bruggen, 1982Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 85: 185. - type species Cyclophorus lilliputianus Morelet, 1873.

• Truncatellina adami van Bruggen, 1994Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 97: 23 - Fernando Poo [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea], (Stylommatophora, Vertiginidae).
• Punctum adami van Bruggen & Van Goethem, 2001,Novapex 2: 98. D.R. Congo, (Stylommatophora, Punctidae).
• Afroconulus Van Mol & van Bruggen, 1971Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 84: 286. - type species Sitala diaphana Connolly, 1922, (Stylommatophora, Euconulidae).
• Afroguppya de Winter & van Bruggen, 1992Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95: 529. - type species Thapsia rumrutiensis Preston, 1911, (Stylommatophora, Euconulidae).
• Curvella amicitiae van Bruggen, 1968Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 52. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Subulinidae).
• Carinazingis van Bruggen & de Winter, 1990Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 93: 236. - type species Carinazingis regalis van Bruggen & de Winter, 1990, (Stylommatophora, Urocyclidae).
• Chondrocyclus chirindae van Bruggen, 1986Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 89: 375 - Zimbabwe, (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae).
• Zingis chirindensis van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1968Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 78: 358. - Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], (Stylommatophora, Urocyclidae).
• Rachis cunctatoris van Bruggen, 1975Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 49: 217. - Malawi, (Stylommatophora, Cerastidae).
• Dendrotrichia van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965,Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 40: 219. type species Trachycystis (Dendrotrichia) sylvicola van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965 (Stylommatophora, Charopidae).
• Sculptaria fumarium van Bruggen & Rolán, 2003Basteria 67: 102. - Namibia, (Stylommatophora, Sculptariidae).
• Fauxulus grayi van Bruggen & Meredith, 1983Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 86: 310. - Malawi, (Stylommatophora, Orculidae).
• Pseudoglessula haackei van Bruggen, 1966Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaine 74: 342. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Subulinidae).
• Pseudoglessula hamiltoni van Bruggen, 1966Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 360. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Subulinidae).
• Trachycystis langi van Bruggen, 1994Basteria 58: 200. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Charopidae).
• Pseudoglessula libera Solem & van Bruggen, 1976Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 49: 256. - Guinea [Guinée], (Stylommatophora, Subulinidae).
• Chondrocyclus meredithae van Bruggen, 1983Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 86: 7. - Malawi, (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae).
• Trachycystis montissalinarum van Bruggen, 2002Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 76: 83. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Charopidae).
• Phortion occidentalis van Bruggen, 1982South African Journal of Science 78: 108. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Charopidae).
• Asperitas trochus parvinsularis van Bruggen, 1976Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (C) 79: 213. - Indonesia, (Stylommatophora, Ariophantidae).
• Cerastua procrastinationis van Bruggen, 1993Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 96: 144. - Malawi, (Stylommatophora, Cerastidae).
• Prestonellidae van Bruggen, 1978van Bruggen A. C. (1978). "Land molluscs". pp. 877-923. In: Werger ed. Biogeography and Ecology of Southern Africa [Monographiae Biologicae 31] Junk, the Hague. (2): 893. is not available name. Type genus is Prestonella Connolly, 1929. Prestonellidae has been considered as a synonym for Aillyidae according to the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).
• Prestonellinae van Bruggen, Herbert & Breure, 2016Bruggen A. C. van, Herbert D. G. & Breure A. S. H. (2016). "Prestonellinae – validation of the name as a new subfamily of Bothriembryontidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea)". Zootaxa 4084: 590–592.
• Carinazingis regalis van Bruggen & de Winter, 1990Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 93: 238. - Malawi, (Stylommatophora, Urocyclidae).
• Afroguppya solemi de Winter & van Bruggen, 1992Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95: 530. - Togo, (Stylommatophora, Euconulidae).
• Trachycystis sylvicola van Bruggen & Verdcourt, 1965 - S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], (Stylommatophora, Charopidae).
• Curvella transvaalensis van Bruggen, 1978Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31: 18. - South Africa, (Stylommatophora, Subulinidae).
• Cyathopoma tres van Bruggen, 2008Basteria 72: 355. - Malawi, (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae).

• Pyrene sorongensis van Bruggen, 1956Nova Guinea (N.S.) 7: 11. - West New Guinea [Indonesia, Papua] (Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae).

• Pecten sulcicostatus var. casa van Bruggen, 1961Basteria 25: 31 - South Africa, (Bivalvia, Pectinidae).

• Afromelittodes Oldroyd & van Bruggen, 1963, type species Afromelittodes solis Oldroyd & van Bruggen, 1963Oldroyd & van Bruggen A. C. (1963). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 26: 190. (Diptera, Asilidae).
• Pyrgotina antidorcas van Bruggen, 1961Entomologische Berichten Amsterdam 21: 5. - South Africa - Northern Cape. (Diptera, Pyrgotidae).
• Atriangulum van Bruggen, 1960 - type species: Atriangulum brevicostatum van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 290. (Diptera, Cryptochaetidae).
• Cryptochaetum brevicostatum van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 292 - South Africa - Gauteng, (Diptera, Cryptochaetidae).
• Cryptochaetum capense van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 294 - South Africa - Eastern Cape Province, (Diptera, Cryptochaetidae).
• Caenis demoulini van Bruggen, 1954Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 33: 11. - Thailand, (Ephemeroptera, Caenidae).
• Cryptochaetum mixtum van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 288. - South Africa - Free State, (Diptera, Cryptochaetidae).
• Tephritopyrgota munroi van Bruggen, 1961Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 24: 128. - South Africa - Gauteng, (Diptera, Pyrgotidae).
• Cloeon navasi van Bruggen, 1957Nova Guinea (N.S.) 8: 37. - Zhejiang, China, (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
• Tasmanocaenis novaeguineae van Bruggen, 1957Nova Guinea (N.S.) 8: 32. - Indonesia, Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), (Ephemeroptera, Caenidae).
• Prohypotyphla pallidipennis van Bruggen, 1961Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 24: 125. - South Africa - Limpopo Province, (Diptera, Pyrgotidae).
• Cloeon papuanum van Bruggen, 1957Nova Guinea (N.S.) 8: 34. - Indonesia, Irian Jaya (West New Guinea), (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
• Chrysopilus rhodesiensis van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 297. - Zimbabwe, (Diptera, Rhagionidae).
• Afromelittodes solis Oldroyd & van Bruggen, 1963Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 26: 191. - South Africa - NorthWest Province, (Diptera, Asilidae).
• Cryptochaetum utilis van Bruggen, 1960Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 23: 289. - South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, (Cryptochaetidae).
• Neosciara wendalinae van Bruggen, 1954Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 33: 70. - the Netherlands, (Diptera, Lycoriidae).

• Payena gigas van Bruggen, 1958Blumea 9: 108. - Malaysia (Borneo: Sabah), (Sapotaceae).
• Payena lamii van Bruggen, 1958Blumea 9: 127. - Malaysia (Borneo: Sarawak), (Sapotaceae).
• Pupureopayena van Bruggen, 1958Blumea 9: 98 - the type species: Pupureopayena dasyphylla (Miquel) Pierre, 1885 (Sapotaceae).

The following taxa have been named in honour (eponyms) of Dolf van Bruggen:

;Arachnida

• Hamataliwa vanbruggeni Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009Deeleman-Reinhold C. L. (2009). "Description of lynx spiders of a conopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 673-700. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a17 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116190034/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a17 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: Malaysian Borneo, W. Sabah, Mt.Kinabalu area, Sorinsim (Arachnida, Oxyopidae).

;Diplopoda

• Spinotarsus bruggenorum Kraus, 1966Kraus O. (1966). "Phylogenie, Chorologie und Systematik der Odontopygoideen (Diplopoda, Spirostreptomorpha)". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 512: 1–143. Type locality: Zululand, Ndumu Game Reserve, Engabateni forest (Diplopoda).

;Insecta

• Diopsis vanbruggeni H. R. Feijen & C. Feijen, 2009Feijen H. R. & Feijen C. (2009). Diopsis (Diopsidae) with unusual wing spots: two new species from Malawi with a longer eye span in females than in males". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 701–722. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a18 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116185117/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a18 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: Malawi, Ntchisi rainforest, small tributary stream of Mahatope River (Diptera, Diopsidae).
• Notiophygus vanbruggeni John, 1964John H. (1964). "Die südafrikanische Gattung Notiophygus Gory (Discolomidae, Col.) nebst Beschreibung vier neuer Arten". Annals of the Natal Museum 16: 172–190. Type locality: Zululand (Coleoptera, Discolomidae) [taxon mentioned in the Zoological Record, but not found in publication].
• Phaenocarpa vanbruggeni van Achterberg, 2009Achterberg C. van (2009). "A new species of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 667–671. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a16 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116200317/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a16 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: Madagascar, Tanatare, Périnet (Hymenoptera, Braconidae).
• Selinda bruggeni Theron, 1986Theron J. G. (1986). "New genera and species of southern African Coelidiinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), with description of the new tribe Equeefini". Phytophylactica 18: 153–163. Type locality: Zimbabwe, Chirinda Forest, Mount Selinda (Homoptera, Cicadellidae).
• Termitotrox vanbruggeni Krikken, 2008Krikken J. (2008). "Blind, flightless termitophiles of the genus Termitotrox in East Africa: three new species with a generic review (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Termitotroginae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 65–75. Type locality: Kenya, Karen (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).

;Gastropoda

• Apera bruggeni Forcart, 1967Forcart L. (1967). "Studies on the Veronicellidae, Aperidae and Urocyclidae (Mollusca) of Southern Africa". Annals of the Natal Museum 18: 505–570. Type locality: South Africa, Limpopo Prov. (Chlamydephoridae).
• Bruggenina Mead, 2004Mead A. R. (2004). "Comparative reproductive anatomy in the South African giant land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Achatinidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 78: 417–449. Type species by original designation Archachatina sandgroundi Bequaert, 1950 (Achatinidae).
• Bruggennea Dance, 1972Dance S. P. (1972). "Bruggennea n.gen., proposed for Recent streptaxids from Borneo (Gastropoda, Streptaxidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 102: 131-132. Type species by original designation: Sinoennea laidlawi Dance, 1970 (Streptaxidae).
• Centrafricarion bruggeni Van Mol, 1970Van Mol J. J. (1970). "Révision des Urocyclidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Anatomie - systématique - zoogéographie". Annales Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Sciences Zoologiques 180: 1-231. Type locality: Malawi, Nyika Plateau, Zozu Chipolo Forest (Urocyclidae).
• Chrysallida vanbruggeni van Aartsen & Corgan, 1996Aartsen J. J. van & Corgan J. X. (1996). "South African pyramidellacean gastropod names". Basteria 60: 153–160. New name for Odostomia ornata Turton, 1932 not H. & A. Adams, 1853 (Pyramidellidae).
• Cingula bruggeni Verduin, 1984Verduin A. (1984). "On the taxonomy of some Recent European marine species of the genus Cingula s.l. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Basteria 48: 37-87. Type locality: Spain, Strait of Gibraltar, Tarifa (Rissoidae).
• Cyclostremiscus vanbruggeni De Jong & Coomans, 1988Jong K. M. de & Coomans H. E. (1988). "Marine gastropods from Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire". Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 121: 1–261. Type locality: Caribbean Sea (Tornidae).

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• Chloritis vanbruggeni Maassen, 2009Maasen W. J. M. (2009). "Remarks on the genus Chloritis in Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 595-600. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a11 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116203632/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a11 |date=2014-01-16 }} Type locality: Indonesia, Central Sulawesi, Pulau [Island] Peleng, Gunung [Mount] Tatarandang (Camaenidae).
• Gulella bruggeni Cole & Herbert, 2009Cole M. L. & Herbert D. G. (2009). "Description of four new species of Gulella Pfeiffer, 1856 from Eastern Cape, South Africa, with additional notes on two poorly known species (Mollusca: Eupulmonata: Streptaxidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 547–564–671. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a06 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116212120/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a06 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: South Africa, E. Cape, Transkei, Hluleka Nature Reserve (Streptaxidae).
• Gulella mkuu Rowson, Seddon & Tattersfield, 2009Rowson B., Seddon M. B. & Tattersfield P. (2009). "A new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae) from montane forest in the Ndoto Mountains, Kenya". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a14 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116203917/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a14 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: Kenya, Rift Valley Province, Samburu District, Ndoto Mountains (Streptaxidae). Dedication in the reference include: "From Swahili noun or adjective mkuu, meaning great, principal, elder, chief, etc. As a noun in apposition, with reference to the size of the shell, but also to Dr A.C. van Bruggen, a distinguished and esteemed contributor to African malacology."
• Inchoatia megdova bruggeni Gittenberger & Uit de Weerd, 2009Gittenberger E. & Uit de Weerd D. R. (2009). "Summarizing data on the Inchoatia taxa, including Inchoatia megdova bruggeni subspec.nov. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausiliidae)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83: 577-587. [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a08 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116182332/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a08 |date=2014-01-16 }}. Type locality: Greece, Thessalia, Trikala, 7.5 km WNW of Pyli (= Pili), 8.5 km S of Elati along road to Agh. Prokopios (Clausiliidae).
• Mitrella bruggeni van Aartsen, Menkhorst & Gittenberger, 1984Aartsen J. J. van, Menkhorst H. P. G. M. & Gittenberger E. (1984). "The marine Mollusca of the Bay of Algeciras, Spain, with general notes on Mitrella, Marginellidae and Turridae". Basteria 2: 1–135. New name for Mitrella broderipi auct. not Sowerby, 1844 (Columbellidae).
• Parennea vanbruggeni de Winter, 2008Winter A. J. de (2008). "Notes on Parennea species from Western Africa, including descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Streptaxidae)". Basteria 72: 215–222. Type locality: Cameroon, Sud Province, Meka’a-II, W of Nyangong (Streptaxidae).
• Plekocheilus (Eurytus) bruggeni Breure, 1978Breure A. S. H. (1978). "Notes on and descriptions of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 164: 1–255. Type locality: Peru, Dept. Pasco, Huancabamba (Orthalicidae).

;Bivalvia

• Sunetta bruggeni Fischer-Piette, 1974Fischer-Piette E. (1974). "Sur les Veneridae de l’océan indien occidental (Mollusca, Pelecypoda)". Tethys 5: 267–316. New name for Sunetta ovalis Sowerby, 1892 not Martin, 1880 (Veneridae).

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.Breure A. S. H., Gittenberger E., Maassen W. J. M. & de Winter A. J. (July 2009) "In and out of Africa: Dr A.C. van Bruggen, keen educator and eminent biologist". Zoologische Mededelingen 83: . [http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a03 HTM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116211843/http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a03 |date=2014-01-16 }}

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