Eugen Bregant (entomologist)

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Eugen Bregant around 2000

Eugen Bregant the Younger (born January 5, 1937 in Graz ; † June 3, 2003 in Graz, Styria ) was an entomologist , botanist and zoologist at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz.

Life

Bregant was the only child of Major General Eugen Bregant and his wife Josefine. The father, in command of Infantry Regiment No. 1 and an officer in the Austrian Armed Forces in the First Republic, died before he was born on November 18, 1936.

Due to the war, Bregant attended elementary school in Langegg , then in Gabersdorf and after the war in Graz. After graduating from high school in 1956, he began studying mining at the Montanistische Hochschule Leoben . During the holidays, Bregant hired himself out as a holiday worker in the Fohnsdorf Unter Tag mine, in a coal mine in the Ruhr area, in the Seegraben mine near Leoben , as well as in oil production for the Austrian Mineral Oil Administration in Neusiedl an der Zaya . In 1958 he married Hedda Reininger, gave up his studies in Leoben and moved to Graz, where he started teaching natural history at the university . Economic problems forced him to give up his studies and take up employment in a construction company. In 1959 and 1967 his two children Marina Barbara and Aldo Eugen were born.

Career

In search of literature, reference material and, above all, professional contacts for his passion, the preoccupation with insects, he met Erich Kreissl from the Department of Animal and Plant Science at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in 1958 . Eugen Bregant was able to win over him for insect research into Styria and for work on the collections. Finally, in 1974, he got a job in the upper class of museums at the now independent department of zoology headed by Kreissl. Pretty soon, however, there were considerable differences between him and his mentor Kreissl. In 1979, the museum management enabled Eugen Bregant to move to the botany department. As knowledge of host plants has always been important to him as a buprestid specialist, he quickly found his way into his new field of work. He was entrusted with the care of the herbarium , in particular the fern and flowering plants collection, as well as the editing work for publications of the department and the design of exhibitions.

His participation in the field work for the floristic research and documentation of Styria, which was carried out by the Department of Botany together with the Floristic-Geobotanical Working Group in the Natural Science Association for Styria as part of the project to map the flora of Central Europe in Styria, resulted in special publications . He has also carried out excursions with well-known plant experts such as Willibald Maurer and Helmut Melzer for floristic research in eastern Austria and neighboring areas.

Towards the end of 1994 he became seriously ill and was retired. When his health had improved somewhat, he continued his floristic and, above all, entomofaunistic activity. A slight stroke could only limit this due to impaired walking ability, but not prevent it. A second stroke meant the end.

The Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museum received the insect collection from his estate . During his lifetime, Eugen Bregant handed over a collection of digger wasps and a collection of Eastern Austrian wild bees to the Landesmuseum Joanneum .

After his death, a newly discovered animal species was named in his honor, the mite Imparipes breganti .

Publications

zoology

  • BREGANT E. 1971: New finds of jewel beetles of the genera Coroebus Cast. and Agrilus Curt. (Insecta, Coleoptera). - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 100: 448-450.
  • BREGANT E. 1973: On the occurrence of Strongylognathus testaceus SchenkcK, the small saber ant, in Austria (Hym., Formicidae). - Mitt. Dept. Zool. Landesmus. Joanneum 2 (3): 13 5-136.
  • KREISSL E. & BREGANT E. 1975: Literature about bird of prey observations in Styria. In: Catalog for the special exhibition “Bird of Prey”. - Graz: Dept. Zool. Landesmus. Joanneum, pp. 60-65.
  • BREGANT E. 1976: On the status of research on jewel beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) in Styria. - Ber. Arbeitsgem. Okol. Ent. Graz 7: 13-15.
  • KREISSL E. & BREGANT E. 1977: Lampra mirifica (MuLs.) - a new species of jewel beetle for Styria (Ins., Coleoptera, Buprestidae). - Mitt. Dept. Zool. Landesmus. Joanneum 6 (1): 37-39.
  • BREGANT E. 1977: On the biology, distribution and systematic position of Agrilus auricollis and Agrilus roscidus (Ins., Coleoptera, Buprestidae). - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 107: 165–169.
  • BREGANT E. & ADLBAUER K. 1977: First records of Oryzaephilus mercator FAuv. for Styria (Coleoptera, Cucujidae). - Ber. Arbeitsgem. Okol. Ent. Graz 8: 5-7.
  • BREGANT E. 1978: An interesting Hymenoptera faunula from the Windischen Büheln (Vespidae, Eumenidac, Chrysididae and Formicidae). - JBer. 1977 Landesmus. Joanneum N. E 7: 173-180.
  • BREGANT E. 1978: The distribution of the species of the genera Acmaeodera, Acmaeoderella, Lampra and Palmar in Austria (Ins., Coleoptera, Buprestidae). - Mitt. Dept. ZooI. Landesmus. Joanneum 7 (1): 17-26.
  • ADLBAUER K. & BREGANT E. 1979: First confirmed report of finding of the longhorn beetles Rhopalopus femoratus and Saperda punctata from Styria (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 109: 20–203.
  • ADLBAuER K. & BREGANT E. 1981: Observations on the distribution and biology of longhorn beetles in Styria (Col., Cerambycidae). - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 111: 175–182.
  • BREGANT E. 1981: Interesting Hymenoptera finds from southern Burgenland (Sphecidae, Chrysididae and Vespidae). - Natur Umwelt Burgenland 4 (2): 5 1–52.
  • BREGANT E. 1981: Red list of the jewel beetles endangered in Styria (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). In: GEPP J. (Ed.): Red lists of endangered animals in Styria. - Steir. Nature conservation letter, special issue 3: 85–90.
  • BREGANT E. 1986: jewel beetle; Ants. In: GEPP J .: Dry grasslands in Austria as protected refuges for warmth-loving animal species. In: Austrian dry lawn catalog. - Green series Federal Min. Healthy Environmental 6:19, 22.
  • GEPP J. & BREGANT E. 1986: On the biology of the synanthropic oriental wall wasp Sceliphron (Prosceliphron) Curvatum (SMITH, 1870) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) introduced into Europe. - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 116: 221–240.
  • ADLBAUER K. & BREGANT E. 1993: Distribution and biology of the Coroebini in Austria - Coroebus florentinus (autumn, 1801), new for Styria (Col., Buprestidae). - Mitt. Dept. Zool. Landesmus. Joanneum 47: 45-54.
  • BREGANT E. & DIERRICH C. 1995: Bibliography, systematics and faunistics (Formicidae, Austria). - Myrmecolog. Message 1: 4-11.
  • Hausl-Hofstätter U. & BREGANT E. 1996: On the bee fauna of Styria II. Further finds from Trachusa PANZ. and Anthidium FABR., Anthidium cingulatum LArR. new for Styria (Hym., Apoidea, Megachilidae). - Mftt. Landesmus. Joanneum ZooI. 50: 81-82.
  • BREGANT E. 1997: Hymenopterological notes from Austria - 8 (Insecta: Hymenoptera acule ata). - Linzer Biol. Contribution 29 (1): 239–245.
  • BREGANT E. 1998: Hymenopterological notes from Austria - 10 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). - Linzer Biol. Contribution 30 (2): 623-628.
  • BREGANT E. 1998: Remarkable ant finds from Austria (1-lymenoptera: Formicidae). - Myrmecolog. Message 2: 1-6.
  • BREGANT E. 1998: On the biology and distribution of the honey ant Prenolepis nitens (MAYR, 1852) in Austria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). - Myrmecolog. Message 2: 14-18.
  • Hermann Dollfuss, Josef Gusenleitner, BREGANT E. 1998: Digger wasps in Burgenland (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). In: Stapfia. Volume 55, pp. 507-552, PDF on ZOBODAT
  • BREGANT E., FRITZ JJ & WALLUSCHEK-WALLFELD H. 1999: Remarkable jewel beetle finds in Austria (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). –Joannea Zool. 1: 65-70.
  • NEUMAYER J., SCHWARZ M. & BREGANT E. 1999: Preliminary list of selected Hymenoptera of Carinthia (Hymenoptera without Formicidae and Apidae). In: Red List of Endangered Animals in Carinthia. - Nature conservation in Carinthia 15: 2 13–228.
  • BREGANT E. 2000: Our native ants. - Look here 21 (3): 10-14.

botany

  • BREGANT E. 1980: Directory of the botanical publications published by the Department of Zoology and Botany (until 1971) and the Department of Botany (from 1972) at the Styrian State Museum Joanneum in Graz. - Mitt. Abt. Bot. Landesmus. Joanneum Graz 10: 27-28.
  • BREGANT E. & MELZER H. 1985: A find of the leek pocket-cabbage (Thlaspi alliaceum L.) in Styria. - distress. Flora Steiermark 7: 11-14.
  • ZIMMERMANN A., BREGANT E., ERNET D. & AR0N A. 1986: An occurrence of the grass iris (Iris graminea L.) in Styria (Austria). - Mitt. Abt. Bot. Landesmus. Joanneum Graz 13/14: 45–54.
  • MELZER H. & BREGANT E. 1988: Scutellarla galericulata x hastifolia = S. x neumannii - a new skullcap hybrid, native to Styria. - distress. Flora Steiermark 9: 3 1-36.
  • BREGANT E. & ERNET D. 1988: A second find of the Archduke Johann Kohlröschen (Nigritella archiducis-joannis TEPPNER & KLEIN) in Styria. - distress. Flora Steiermark 10: 23-28.
  • MELZER H. & BREGANT E. 1990: News on the flora of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Slovenia and Croatia. - Gortania, Atti Mus. Friul. Storia Nat. 11 ('89): 161-176.
  • MELZER H. & BREGANT E. 1991: About Carex Fritschil and Festuca Tenuifolla on the Vremscica (Yugoslavia, Slovenia). - Linzer Biol. Contribution 23 (1): 245-250.
  • ERNET D., BALOCH 0. & BREGANT E. 1992: Mountain hiking with botany 1991. With contributions to the floristic research of the Nock area. - JBer. 1991 Landesmus. Joanneum N. R 21: 6 1-87.
  • MELZER H. & BREGANT E. 1992: Contributions to the flora of Friuli-Venezia Giulia and neighboring areas of Veneto and Slovenia. - Gortania, Atti Museo Friul. Storia Nat. 13 ('91): 103-122.
  • MELZER H., BREGANT E. & BARTA 1 1992: News on the flora of Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. - Linzer Biol. Contribution 24 (2): 725-740.
  • MELZER H. & BREGANT E. 1993: Remarkable finds of vascular plants in Styria. - Mitt. Naturwiss. Styria Association 123: 183–205.
  • BREGANT E. & MAURER W. 1993: Supplements to Flora von Klöch and St. Anna am Aigen. - Mitt. Abt. Bot. Landesmus. Joanneum 21/22: 1-20.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Ebermann & Hall, 2004 (Acari, Heterostigmata, Scutacaridae) - see E. Ebermann & M. Hall 2004: A new species of scutacarid mites transferring fungal spores [Acari, Tarsonemina]. - Revue suisse Zool. 111 (4): 941-950.
personal data
SURNAME Bregant, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bregant, Eugene the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 2003
Place of death Graz , Styria