Leopold Haidenthaler

Leopold Haidenthaler (* 1879 , † June 18, 1961 ) was an Austrian civil servant and butterfly collector who earned merits in the field of entomology .

Life

Haidenthaler was a civil servant in the city of Salzburg , most recently in the rank of senior magistrate. He has been engaged in entomology as a butterfly collector since the 1920s . He mainly specialized in large butterflies . He focused on researching the Salzburg lepidoptera fauna . He is described as the " hardest-working and most meticulous collector of butterflies " after the First World War. In addition to his collection, he created a catalog in which he entered all butterfly observations. In addition to the documentation, the catalog also contains drawings of the species observed. His exact and detailed records are also currently a valuable source for the Salzburg butterflies area.

Publications

A contribution to the macrolepidoptera fauna of the state of Salzburg, at the same time an attempt to compile a new directory of this fauna. In Societas entomologica , Stuttgart (1929), pp. 1-9,
Overview of the distribution of butterflies in the state of Salzburg . In: Announcements of the Natural Science Working Group at the House of Nature Salzburg ZOBO 1950, 1950, pp. 41–51, PDF (1.6 MB) on ZOBODAT
Historical overview of lepidopteran research with special consideration of the state of Salzburg . In: Announcements of the Natural Science Working Group from the House of Nature in Salzburg - Zoological Working Group 1 1950, pp. 1–6 online (PDF; 915 kB)
Overview of the distribution of butterflies in the state of Salzburg . In: Communications from the Natural Science Working Group from the House of Nature in Salzburg - Zoological Working Group 1 1950, pp. 20–30 online (PDF; 1.6 MB)
Overview of the distribution of butterflies in the state of Salzburg . In: Announcements of the Scientific Working Group at the Haus der Natur Salzburg ANG_A1, 1951, pp. 41–51
Remarkable things from the Salzburg lepidopteran fauna . In: Festschrift of the scientific working group at the House of Nature in Salzburg on the 70th birthday of Prof. Dr. Eduard Paul Tratz . Salzburg 1958, pp. 82–85 online (PDF; 637 kB)

literature

Leopold Haidenthaler . In: Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society 46, 1961, p. 120, O. Mag. Rat. Leopold Haidenthaler on ZOBODAT

Individual evidence

^ Gordon Gordh: A Dictionary of Entomology . 2nd Edition. CABI, Wallingford 2011, ISBN 978-1-8459-3542-9 , p. 663 (proof of obituary) Google Books .
^ Gernot Embacher: Prodromus of the large butterfly fauna of the state of Salzburg. In: Annual Report Haus der Natur 11, 1990, pp. 61–151; here p. 65 ( PDF ).
↑ Media information on the special exhibition in the Haus der Natur: Gestalt und Wesen. Art meets natural science: Museum collections from an extraordinary perspective .

personal data
SURNAME	Haidenthaler, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian butterfly collector
DATE OF BIRTH	1879
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1961

[1] Gordon Gordh: A Dictionary of Entomology . 2nd Edition. CABI, Wallingford 2011, ISBN 978-1-8459-3542-9 , p. 663 (proof of obituary) Google Books .

[2] Gernot Embacher: Prodromus of the large butterfly fauna of the state of Salzburg. In: Annual Report Haus der Natur 11, 1990, pp. 61–151; here p. 65 ( PDF ).

[3] Media information on the special exhibition in the Haus der Natur: Gestalt und Wesen. Art meets natural science: Museum collections from an extraordinary perspective .