Hans Fruhstorfer
Hans Fruhstorfer (born March 7, 1866 in Passau , † April 9, 1922 in Munich ) was a German entomologist , insect dealer and traveler who specialized in butterflies . He described many new species and subspecies in short and superficial descriptions that contained many errors. Most of his collection went to the Natural History Museum after his death .
A few years before the end of his life he dealt with grasshoppers in Central Europe and wrote the work Die Orthopteren der Schweiz and the neighboring countries ... , in which he described many new species. Of the 31 taxa he described, only 12 are valid today.
Fruhstorfer died on April 9, 1922 after a failed cancer operation.
Works (excerpt)
- Directory of the nymphalids I collected in Tonkin, Annam and Siam and discussion of related forms , Vienna. ent. Ztg 25: 307-362, (1906)
- Family Pieridae in Seitz ' Großschmetterlinge der Erde 9: 119-190, Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. (1910)
- Family Lycaenidae in Seitz ' Großschmetterlinge der Erde 9: 803-901, (part) Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. (1915-1924)
- The orthopterans of Switzerland and neighboring countries on a geographical and ecological basis with consideration of the fossil species , Archive for Natural History, 87 (4-6): 1-262. (1921)
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Fruhstorfer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Lepidopterology Biography
literature
- The Entomologist , by Royal Entomological Society of London, British Trust for Entomology 1922 - Page 144 Google books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fruhstorfer, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1922 |
| Place of death | Munich |