Ferdinand Kowarz
Ferdinand Kowarz (born February 23, 1838 in Planá u Českých Budějovic ; † September 22, 1914 in Franzensbad ) was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist specializing in dipteras .
Life
Kowarz studied at the mining and forestry academy in Schemnitz and then worked for the telegraph administration in Asch , Vienna , Losontz and Franzensbad. In 1886 he became a post office worker and retired in 1901 as chief post administrator.
He collected dipteras mainly from Central Europe. He was influenced by Ignaz Rudolph Schiner and Hermann Loew and published scientific publications on dipteras. Many first descriptions come from him. He dealt particularly with long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae) and applied the Chaetotaxie to the systematics of the Diptera.
Most of his large collections came to Leningrad, to the Upper Austrian State Museum in Linz and the Natural History Museum in Stockholm. But Kowarz also traded in insects. The collection of the English diptera collector George Henry Verrall also housed specimens collected by Kowarz.
Fonts
- Catalogus insectorum faunae bohemicae, II. Flies (Diptera) of Bohemia. Prague, 1894
literature
- Hanus: Kowarz Ferdinand. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 175.
- CR Freiherr von der Osten-Sacken: Record of my life work in entomology , 1903
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kowarz, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Planá u Českých Budějovic |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1914 |
| Place of death | Franzensbad |