Karl Skalitzky
Karl Skalitzky (born April 17, 1841 in Prague , † April 23, 1914 in Vienna ) was a Bohemian lawyer and entomologist .
Live and act
After finishing high school, Skalitzky attended Karl Ferdinand University in 1858 . Here he studied law and political science . After graduating there with a doctorate, he began a career as a judge in the royal-imperial district office of Smíchov . In 1868 he was appointed District Actuary of Kolín . In 1870 he moved to the district court in Prague. Here he worked as a council secretary adjunct and council secretary before he was promoted to the regional judge in 1880. Two years as a regional judge in Jungbunzlau and the return to Prague followed. In 1887 he was appointed higher regional judge at the Prague Higher Regional Court, a position he held until 1896. He left Prague when he was appointed court advisor to the Supreme Court in Vienna . In 1906 he retired and stayed in Vienna until his death.
In Prague he developed his interest in entomology. During his career he communicated with well-known beetle researchers, such as Flaminio Baudi de Selve , Károly Branczik , Ernest Marie Louis Bedel (1849–1922), Jules Croissandeau (1843–1895), the natural produce dealer Damry (-1903), Jan Dembowski (1889–1963 ), Eduard Eppelsheim (1837–1896) and Friedrich Eppelsheim (1833–1899), Isaac Birger Ericson (1847–1921), Edouard Jacques Guillaume Everts (1849–1932), Mary Louis Fauconnet , Johannes KE Faust (1832–1903), Charles Adolphe Albert Fauvel (1840–1921), Karl Flach (1856–1920), Karl Adolph Fuß (1817–1874), Ludwig Ganglbauer (1856–1912), Franz Gatterer , Louis Gavoy , Julius Gerhardt , Bernardino Halbherr (1844–1934 ), Clemens Hampe (1837–1922), Jacques Hervé-Bazin (1882–1944), Henri Jekel (1816–1891), Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter (1820–1880), Theodor Kirsch (1818–1889), Oscar König , Wilhelm Koltze (1839–1914), Gustav Kraatz (1831–1909), Charles Marquet (1820–1900), Ludwig Miller (1820–1897), Louis Pandellé (1824–1905), Paulino d'Oliveira (1837–1899), Édouard Perris (1808–1878), Odoardo Pirazzoli (1815–1884), Jean Baptiste Auguste Puton (1834–1913), Victor Pyot , Gustav Quedenfeldt (1811–1891), Edmund Reitter (1845–1920) , Eugène Revelière , Wilhelm Gottlieb Rosenhauer (1813–1881), Reinhold Ferdinand Sahlberg (1813–1874), Friedrich Julius Schilsky (1848–1912), Wilhelm Scriba (1817–1898), Hippolyt Tschapek , Serafín de Uhagon y Vedia (1845– 1904), Marcel de Vauloger de Beaupre (1862–1904), Erich Wasmann (1859–1931), Julius Weise (1844–1925) and many more.
He was in close contact with Eduard Eppelsheim in particular, as he and Skalitzky shared the research interest in short-winged aircraft. Skalitzky enjoyed an excellent reputation among beetle researchers. His finds and discoveries and his collection met with great interest among entomological scholars. It was especially his contributions to the fauna of Bohemia that earned him scientific attention. So he explored the surroundings of Prague, Brandeis on the Elbe and the Bohemian Forest . Later he also collected near Sibiu , in the area around Vienna, near Windischgarsten , in the Pragser Valley , near Golling , Gmain and in the Gastein Valley .
Thanks to his extraordinary expertise, he discovered many interesting finds. Most of the time he recognized his favorite beetles from the groups of ruff beetles, sponge ball beetles and colonist beetles while collecting them in their natural habitat. His publications were limited. Nevertheless, in 1876 he was the first to describe the weevil species Scolytus kirschii, which was new to science . Skalitzky was considered an introverted supporter and patron of entomology, without great ambitions as a scientific author.
Dedication names
Franz Spaeth (1863-1946) named a leaf beetle species Discomorpha Skalitzkyi (Syn: Oxynodera Skalitzkyi ) in his honor in 1911 . Max Bernhauer (1866–1946) dedicated the short-winged species Parosus Skalitzkyi to him in 1905 . Lampropygus Skalitzkyi Bernhauer , 1906 is today a synonym for the short-winged species Xanthopygus Skalitzkyi ( Bernhauer , 1906). His name can also be found in the short-winged species Belonuchus Skalitzkyi Bernhauer , 1906. Ocyusida Skalitzkyi Bernhauer , 1900 is now considered a synonym for Oxypoda rufescens Kraatz , 1856.
Publications (selection)
- Scolytus kirschii nov. spec. In: Entomological monthly sheets . tape 1 , 1876, p. 110 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Two new European staphylines from Portugal . In: Wiener entomologische Zeitung . tape 3 , 1884, p. 97-99 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
literature
- Max Bernhauer: Eighth series of new staphylinids from Europe plus remarks . In: Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna . tape 50 , 1900, pp. 197-204 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Max Bernhauer: New exotic staphylids . In: German entomological journal . No. 1 , 1905, pp. 9-21 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Max Bernhauer: New staphylinids from South America . In: German entomological journal . No. 1 , 1906, p. 193-202 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Max Bernhauer: New staphylinids from South America . In: Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna . tape 56 , 1906, pp. 322-339 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Franz Spaeth: Description of new Cassidids with synonymous remarks. VIII . In: Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna . tape 61 , 1911, pp. 239-277 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Franz Spaeth: Meeting on November 11, 1914: Memory of Mr. Hifrath Dr. Karl Skalitzky . In: Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna . tape 65 , 1915, pp. 195-197 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skalitzky, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian lawyer and entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1914 |
| Place of death | Vienna |