On Sunday (18.08.2019) Ruud Wildekamp passed away, so another stone of the killi hobby has passed away from us. Since the beginning in the 1970s, Ruud published many articles at home and abroad, also regularly in the DKG journal and several books in his book series "A World of Killies". He was not only a very good photographer, but also a gifted artist of killis. These drawings are so detailed that you can distinguish the locations on these. Not only did he insert them in his books and articles, but they were also used by other authors.
N. vossleri AHL (long considered synonymous with N. palmqvisti). Many of the new species he has described himself, or as a co-Author, or as a Revision. These works also resulted in two higher level taxa, Aphyobranchius Wildekamp 1977 and Pauciradius Wildekamp & Zee 2005
He has described the following species:
Aphyosemion volcanum RADDA & WILDEKAMP 1977
Aplocheilichthys omoculatus WILDEKAMP 1977
Aplocheilichthys usanguensis WILDEKAMP 1977
Nothobranchius janpapi WILDEKAMP 1977
Nothobranchius lourensi WILDEKAMP 1977
Nothobranchius steinforti WILDEKAMP 1977
Nothobranchius malaissei WILDEKAMP 1978
Nothobranchius polli WILDEKAMP 1978
Nothobranchius seymoensi WILDEKAMP 1978
Nothobranchius foerschi WILDEKAMP & BERKENKAMP 1979
Nothobranchius jubbi WILDEKAMP & BERKENKAMP 1979
Nothobranchius jubbi interruptus WILDEKAMP & BERKENKAMP 1979
Nothobranchius elongatus WILDEKAMP 1982
Nothobranchius kafuensis WILDEKAMP & ROSENSTOCK 1989
Nothobranchius bojiensis WILDEKAMP & HAAS 1992
Nothobranchius fasciatus WILDEKAMP & HAAS 1992
Nothobranchius willerti WILDEKAMP 1992
Fundulopanchax powelli ZEE & WILDEKAMP 1994
Nothobranchius ugandensis WILDEKAMP 1995
Nothobranchius albimarginatus WATTERS, WILDEKAMP & COOPER 1998
Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper 1998
Nothobranchius flammicomantis WILDEKAMP, WATTERS & SAINTHOUSE 1998
Nothobranchius geminus WILDEKAMP, WATTERS & SAINTHOUSE 2002
Nothobranchius kilomberoensis WILDEKAMP, WATTERS & SAINTHOUSE 2002
Aphanius villwocki HRBEK & WILDEKAMP 2003
Nothobranchius Hassoni Valdesalici & Wildekamp 2004
Poropanchax stigmatopygus WILDEKAMP & MALUMBRES 2004
Nothobranchius Rosenstocki Valdesalici & Wildekamp 2005
In Honor of him, two types of chicken were named after him: of honor to him describe to species:
- Aphyosemion wildekampi and Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi
- Steffen Fick (translated by R. Sexton)