Flashcards: Austrian entomologists

Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov, Sáros County – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest.

Anton Ausserer (5 July 1843 in Bozen (Bolzano), Tyrol – 20 July 1889 in Graz) was an Austrian naturalist specialising in spiders.

Karl Maria E(h)renbert Freiherr von Moll (21 December 1760, in Thalgau – 1 February 1838, in Augsburg) was an Austrian naturalist and statesman.

Hermann August Krauss (1 August 1848 – 21 April 1939) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera and Dermaptera.

Julius Lederer (24 June 1821, in Vienna – 30 April 1870, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Johann Nepomuk Georg Egger (15 May 1804, in Salzburg – 19 March 1866, in Vienna), was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Johann Carl Megerle von Mühlfeld was a scientist and zoologist who lived from 1765 to 1842.

Johann Angelo Ferrari (1806-18 May 1876, Vienna was an Austrian entomologist born in Italy who specialised in Coleoptera especially ScolytidaeHe is not to be confused with Pietro Mansueto Ferrari also an entomologist.He wrote Die Forst- und Baumzuchtschädlichen Borkenkäfer (Tomicides Lac.) aus der Familie der Holzverderber (Scolytides Lac.), mit besonderer Berücksichtigung vorzüglich der europäischen Formen, und der Sammlung der k. k. zoologischen Kabinettes in Wien. Gerolds Sohn, Wien

Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm or Josef Fischer von Röslerstamm or Josef Fischer von Rösslerstamm (19 February 1787, Rumburg – 17 March 1866, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Josef Wilhelm Klimesch (1902 in Budweis – 1997 in Linz) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Robert Latzel (28 October 1845 – 15 December 1919) was an Austrian myriapodologist and entomologist who published a series of pioneering works on millipedes, centipedes, and allies.

Hans Zerny (11 June 1887, Vienna-Währing – 14 September 1945, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist best known for his studies of Lepidoptera.

Ferdinand Kowarz (23 February 1838, Planá – 22 September 1914, Marianske Lazne), was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe Kowarz was a post office official.

Gustav Paganetti-Hummler (20 December 1871 – January 1949, Bad Vöslau) was an Austrian naturalist and entomologist.

Karl Holdhaus (21 January 1883, in Baden bei Wien – 30 June 1975) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Leopold Anton Kirchner (? - 29 December 1879 Kaplice, Bohemia), sometimes Kirschnerm, was an Austrian physician and entomologist.

Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller (21 March 1864, Rappoltenkirchen, Tulln (district) – 25 December 1945, Dresden), was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Heinrich Michael Neustetter (14 June 1874 , Vienna- 13 February 1958 Offenhausen ) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Leopold Fulmek ( 9 November 1883, Kattau in Meiseldorf -17 June 1969 Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera especially species parasitizing crop pests and therefore useful in biological control After passing his Matura in Vienna (1902), Fulmek studied Zoology and Botany at the University of Vienna, graduating in 1907 He was Direktor der BA f.

Heinrich Hugo Karny (7 October 1886, Mödling – 7 August 1939, Kroisbach) was an Austrian physician and entomologist who specialised in Thysanoptera and Orthoptera.

Maximilian Fischer (born 1929), is an Austrian entomologist and a specialist on parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Opiinae, Alysiinae).

Friedrich Georg Hendel (14 December 1874- 26 June 1936) was an Austrian high school director and entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.

Robert Gschwandner (19 December 1875, Hernals, Vienna – 14 May 1927, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist.

Karl Eduard Hammerschmidt, also known as Abdullah Bey (1800, Vienna - 30 August 1874, Anatolia), was an Austrian mineralogist, entomologist, and physician.

Vinzenz Maria Gredler (30 September 1823 in Telfs near Innsbruck – 4 May 1912 in Bozen) was an Austrian naturalist.

Franz Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

Josef Fahringer (21 December 1876 - 18 December 1950) was an Austrian entomologist from Vienna.

Eduard Knirsch (1869 - 23 November 1955, Vienna) was an Austrian doctor/dentist and entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

Gabriel Strobl (3 November 1846, in Unzmarkt, Styria, Austrian Empire – 15 March 1925, in Admont, Benediktinerstift) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Leander (Franz) Czerny (4 October 1859, in Modřice, Moravia – 22 November 1944, in Pettenbach (de), Upper Austria) was an Austrian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.

Stephan von Breuning (21 November 1894 – 11 March 1983) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, particularly Cerambycidae.

Franz Friedrich Kohl (13 January, 1851, St. Valentin auf der Haide - 15 December, 1924, Traismauer) was an Austrian entomologist and folksong researcher.

Hans Rebel (2 September 1861 – 19 May 1940) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.