Max Bastelberger

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Max Bastelberger (full name Maximilian Joseph Bastelberger , born March 19, 1851 in Würzburg , † January 1, 1916 in Munich ) was a German doctor and butterfly scientist .

Max Bastelberger (1851-1916)

Life

Max Bastelberger was born as the son of the regimental quartermaster Josef Bastelberger in Würzburg. He first joined the Bavarian army and took part in the Franco-German War of 1870/1 as a sub-lieutenant. He had to say goodbye in 1874 due to an injury suffered in this war and its consequences. The publication: "The military reforms under Mahmud II, the savior of the Ottoman Empire, a military-historical study" was published during his military service. He then studied medicine and received his doctorate at the University of Strasbourg in 1879 (title of the dissertation: "Experimental testing of the methods used to measure the sense of pressure, including a new, improved method"). In 1884 he became department head of the sanatorium in Eichberg , today Erbach (Rheingau) in the Rheingau-Taunus district .

During this time his interest in butterflies developed. His first lepidopterological publication appeared in 1897. In 1905 Bastelberger moved back to his hometown Würzburg and now devoted himself increasingly to the study of entomology. His list of publications includes 52 scientific papers, mainly on the butterfly group of the Spanner (Geometridae). He described 351 new taxa, mainly species and genera from Taiwan and Africa. The only species that is still valid today and that occurs in Germany and was first described by him in 1897 is Cyclophora quercimontaria . He donated a large part of his collection to the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt / Main . A smaller part of his butterfly collection as well as his library and his notes came to the Zoological State Collection in Munich a little later .

Species that are named after Max Bastelberger

Colleagues already honored him during his lifetime by naming new species:

Publications (selection)

  • The military reforms under Mahmud II, the savior of the Ottoman Empire, a military-historical study . FA Perthes, Gotha 1874
  • Experimental testing of the methods used to measure the sense of pressure, including a new, improved method; an award typeface awarded by the University of Strasbourg. Kröner, Stuttgart, Kröner 1879 (= dissertation University of Strasbourg 1879)
  • Further new descriptions of exotic geometrids in my collection. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 61, 1908, pp. 78–87.
  • Discussion and description of some new or otherwise interesting types of exotic geometrids in the Natural History Museum in Wiesbaden. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 61, 1908, pp. 72–77.
  • Description of new exotic geometrids from my collection. In: Entomologische Zeitschrift 22, 1908, pp. 158–159.

literature

  • Anonymous: Max Bastelberger †. In: Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft 7, 1916, pp. 3–7 (with list of publications) PDF .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Bastelberger: Zonosoma quercimontaria m., A new Zonosoma species from the Rheingau. In: Stettiner entomologische Zeitung 58, 1897, pp. 120–125.
personal data
SURNAME Bastelberger, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bastelberger, Maximilian Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and potholist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Wurzburg
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 1916
Place of death Munich