Franz Daniel

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Franz Daniel ( December 20, 1895 - October 9, 1985 ) was a German curator and lepidopterist .

Life

Daniel's interest in lepidopterology, stimulated by his father of the same name, Franz Daniel , who had already dealt intensively with entomology , began at a young age. With interruptions due to two world wars , which he experienced as a soldier at the front, his interest in lepidopterology was unbroken. After the Second World War , he initially worked as a self-employed businessman, but was soon appointed as a curator at the Munich State Zoological Collection . There he worked in the entomological department headed by Walter Forster until his retirement . Even after his retirement, Daniel still worked as a volunteer at the State Zoological Collection. After he had initially dealt with large Palearctic butterflies in general , he specialized primarily in the Bombycoidea and bear moths (Arctiinae) and other spinner-like butterfly families , i. H. to all families that are dealt with in volume 2 of the Seitz work. In addition to taxonomic reallocations, Daniel was also a local faunist in Bavaria , at times active with Josef Wolfsberger and undertook various research trips abroad. For example, he described in detail the butterfly fauna of the Sausal Mountains . Daniel handed over his butterfly collection to Thomas J. Witt , which is now in the Museum Witt .

Fonts (selection)

Daniel wrote about 145 publications on entomological topics. These include faunistic works, literature reviews as well as new and shape descriptions, for example:

  • Two new Cossidae from Persia , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 27, 1937, pp. 49–51
  • Thoughts on some Arctiid forms , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 29, 1939, pp. 354–368
  • New Sphingidae of South America , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 35, 1949, pp. 230-234
  • With which organs do moths perceive artificial light sources? , Entomologische Zeitschrift Frankfurt am Main 59, 1950, pp. 153–157
  • Observation on the way of life of high alpine representatives of the genus Hepialus , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 40, 1960, pp. 203-206
  • Contributions to the way of life of Selenephera lunigera f. lobulina Esp , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 41, 1961, pp. 251-257
  • Melanistic Lepidoptera forms from southern Bavaria , news sheet of the Bavarian entomologists, 1962, pp. 2-4
  • A contribution to the spinner and hawk fauna of Iran and Afghanistan , Journal of the Entomological Society of Vienna 48, 1963, pp. 145–155
  • Literature review: Forster W. and Wohlfahrt Th. A .: "The Butterflies of Central Europe" Volume 4, Delivery 20 , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 57, 1967, pp. 129–130
  • Contribution to the knowledge of Southeast European and Near Eastern European Hepialidae , Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 57, 1967, pp. 91–98

Taxa named after Daniel (selection)

Some butterfly species and subspecies were named in honor of Daniel. This includes:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas J. Witt: Franz Daniel (1895–1985) , Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie, Linz, Volume 8, Issue 25, 1987, pp. 353–359 (online)
  2. ↑ a b Walter Forster: Franz Daniel on his 75th birthday , newsletter of the Bavarian entomologists, 19th year, No. 6, 1970, pp. 93-101
  3. ^ Franz Daniel: The Macrolepidoptera Fauna of the Sausal Mountains in Styria , communications from the Department of Zoology and Botany at the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, issue 30, 1968, pp. 1–176

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personal data
SURNAME Daniel, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entomologist and curator
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1895
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1985