Josef Wolfsberger

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Josef Wolfsberger (born July 5, 1918 - † July 27, 2001 ) was a German taxidermist and lepidopterist .

Life

Wolfsberger lived in his Bavarian homeland, lived mainly in Miesbach and developed an interest in lepidopterology at an early age. Postponed from military service, Wolfsberger was employed during the Second World War (in 1943) at the Zoological State Collection in Munich as a taxidermist in the Lepidoptera ( butterflies ) section . At the same time, he researched the world of butterflies in Bavaria, with a particular preference for the Alpine region . This area has not been systematically researched since the publication of Ludwig Ostherler's work The Butterflies of Southern Bavaria and the adjacent Northern Limestone Alps in 1929. Wolfsberger has now updated the butterfly fauna according to modern criteria. His seven publications, New and Interesting Macrolepidoptera Finds from Southern Bavaria and the adjacent Northern Limestone Alps , bear testimony to this extensive faunistic work. He went on many excursions in the Alpine region with Franz Daniel . The extensive large butterfly fauna of the Lake Garda area (1965) and the Monte Baldo area (1971) set further standards for research into alpine fauna. At the Zoological State Collection of Munich, he worked until his retirement in 1980 in times of Walter Forster led entomological department. In July 1997 he handed over his 135,000 butterfly collection of unique quality and size to the Zoological State Collection in Munich.

Fonts (selection)

Wolfsberger wrote about 60 publications on entomological topics. These include faunistic works and new descriptions, for example:

  • A new form of crymodes zeta Tr. from the Eastern Alps (Lep., Noct) , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 1, 1952, pp. 30–31
  • Some interesting macrolepidoptera finds from the Stubai Alps (North Tyrol) , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen (7, 9, 10), 1952, pp. 54–55; 71-72; 75-78
  • The southernmost localities of Biston betularia L. f. carbonaria Jord. and f. insularia Th.-M. in Germany. (Lep. Geometridae) , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 2, 1953, pp. 1–22
  • Migratory butterfly observations in 1952 in southern Bavaria , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 2, 1953, pp. 25-29
  • The distribution of large boreoalpine butterflies in the northern Limestone Alps between Lake Constance and the Salzach , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 8, 1959, pp. 19-28
  • The spread of Amathes lorezi Stgr. (Noct. Lep.) , Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 8, 1959, pp. 33-36
  • A new subspecies of Ptilophora plumigera ESP. from the Lessinian Prealps in Northern Italy (Lep) , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9, Verona, 1961, pp. 65-67
  • The Macrolepidoptera collected by Count GB Cartolari in the vicinity of Cancello in the Lessinian Prealps , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 9, Verona, 1961, pp. 197-266
  • The macrolepidoptera fauna of the Lake Garda area , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, 1965, 389 pages
  • The macrolepidoptera fauna of Monte Baldo in Northern Italy , Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, 1971, 375 pages

Taxa named after Wolfsberger

Pieris bryoniae wolfsbergeri Eitschberger , 1984, a subspecies of the mountain white was dedicated to Wolfsberger.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d A. Hausmann, E. Scheuringer and R. Oswald: In memoriam Josef Wolfsberger (* July 5, 1918 † July 27, 2001) . In: Bavarian Entomologists' newsletter . 51 (3/4), 2002, pp. 38-41.
personal data
SURNAME Wolfsberger, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entomologist and taxidermist
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1918
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2001