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Petr Wolfgang Wygodzinsky (5 October 1916 Bonn – 27 January 1987 Middletown New York) was a German entomologist who worked in Argentina Brazil and the United States. (Alternate spellings of his name include Peter Wygodzinsky and Pedro Wygodzinsky.) He studied several groups of insects in detail but is known especially for his work on Reduviidae family. He worked at the American Museum of Natural History as an assistant curator (later curator) from 1962 until the end of his career.