Eduard Knirsch

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Eduard Knirsch (born January 20, 1869 , † September 23, 1955 in Vienna ) was an Austrian dentist and entomologist who specialized in beetles (Coleoptera). He was particularly interested in the blind beetles , for which he published numerous new descriptions.

His collection can be found in the Museum Victoria in Melbourne , in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University , and on Palearctic Cetoniidae, Lucanidae and Cave Silphidae with the K. Brancsik collection in 1955 in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He published articles, for example articles on the knowledge of the insect fauna of German East Africa, especially the Matengo highlands . , based on the collections of Hans Zerny .

literature

  • Nonveiller, G. 1999: The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia. - Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej: 1-390, 65 Fig. 201-202 A2355
  • Koleška, Z. 1984: Seznam biografii čs. entomologů. 6. [Klapálek - Kotouč]. - Zprávy Cs. spol. entomol. CSAV, Praha 20: 169-206, Pl. 14-15 182-183 B15: A 2217: 6
  • Sachtleben, H. 1961: Contribution Ent., Berlin 11 (5/6): 505 137.508 B15 11217
  • Schmidt, G. 1957: [Knirsch, E.] - Ent. Leaves Biol. Syst. Käfer, Krefeld 52: 182 B15 10327

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entomological sheets for the biology and systematics of beetles. Volumes 49-52. Natural History Association of the Rhineland and Westphalia, Verlag Goecke & Evers, 1953, p. 182.
  2. ↑ Further articles on Hungarian blind beetle fauna (PDF; 619 kB) Vienna Coleopterologists Association (WCV), Çoleopterologiache Rundschau 1913 No. 10, page 161
  3. ↑ www.biologiezentrum.at (PDF; 813 kB)
  4. ^ Senckenberg biographies, Knirsch
personal data
SURNAME Knirsch, Eduard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian doctor and entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1869
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1955
Place of death Vienna