Paul Born-Moser

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Paul Born-Moser (* 14. April 1859 in Herzogenbuchsee ; † 28. March 1928 ) was a Swiss producer and internationally renowned entomologist , in particular, handles the genus Carabus ( Insecta , Coleoptera ) with a focus on the Central and the western Alps employed Orinocarabans.

Career

Inspired by his father, the National Councilor Albrecht Friedrich Born, Paul Born-Moser became interested in entomology, especially beetles , at an early age . He carried out dozens of excursions alone and often accompanied by members of his family and friends in Switzerland, France and Italy , among other things to explore the distribution of the beetles of the genus Carabus and to classify their taxonomic position. In doing so, he penetrated into alpine regions that had previously been little explored, whereby difficult technical and political barriers had to be overcome under the circumstances of the time. He published the results of these excursions and thus significantly expanded our knowledge of the genus Carabus in the western Alpine world. In addition, he published a number of works on the genus Carabus from other countries ( China , Russia , Austria , Romania , etc.). Many of the carabens he described have retained their taxonomic status to this day.

The University of Bern awarded him an honorary doctorate on the basis of his publications (more than 160), the critical-scientific analysis expressed in them and his extensive collection . The extensive Born Collection is looked after by the Entomological Department of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich , where it is generally accessible.

His main occupation was the managing owner of a silk ribbon factory .

Publications (selection)

  • 1895: Contribution to the knowledge of the Oreocarabians of Switzerland and Northern Italy, which are related to Sylvestris. In: Societas Entomologica. 9 (1894-1895), No. 20, pp. 154-155, No. 21, pp. 162-164, No. 22, pp. 169-171.
  • 1896: To the extermination of Carabus Olympiae. In. Insect exchange. 13, p. 135.
  • 1898: a new Coptolabrus. Coptolabrus mandarinus nov. spec. In: Negotiations of the Zoological-Botanical Society Vienna. 48, pp. 716-717.
  • 1900: The main scientific result of my excursion in 1900. In: Insect Exchange. 17 (9), pp. 322-324.
  • 1901: Orinocarabus Fairmairei Thoms. nov. var. omensis. In: Negotiations of the Zoological-Botanical Society Vienna. 51, pp. 522-525.
  • 1902: Some communications about Romanian carabens. In: Buletinul Societǎţii de Sciinţe din Bucureşci. 11 (1-2), pp. 145-158
  • 1902: About the causes of variety and race formation among the Caraben. In: Insect Exchange. 19, pp. 234-235, 243-244, 251-252, 259.
  • 1904: Carabus morbillosus Fabr. And its forms. In: Communications from the Swiss Entomological Society. 11 (2), pp. 75-81.
  • 1906: The caraben fauna of Monte Generoso. In: Bolletino della Societa ticinese di Scienze Naturale. 2 (6), pp. 100-110.
  • 1910: Carabus cancellatus Kocae nova subspec. In: German National Entomological Library. 1, pp. 39-40, 47-48.
  • 1910: Another contribution to the knowledge of the caraben fauna of Monte Generoso. In: Bollettino della Societa Ticinese di Scienze Naturale. 5, pp. 17-19.
  • 1911: The caraben fauna of the Weissenstein. In: Communications from the Natural Research Society in Solothurn. Fourth volume (XVI. Report), 1911, pp. 1–8.
  • 1912: Two new Caraben forms from Carinthia. In: Coleopterological review. Vienna. No. 1, pp. 172-174.
  • 1913: Some things about Carabus cancellatus Ill. In Switzerland. In: Entomological leaves. 9 (3/4), pp. 99-101.
  • 1914: New Carabus forms from the Ussuri area. In: Societas Entomologica. 29, p. 79.
  • 1919: The spread of the Orinocarabians in the central and western Alps. In: Scientific reports from the Swiss Alpine Museum in Bern. (5), pp. 1-18.
  • 1922: About some Russian and Siberian caraben. In: Societas Entomologica. 37, pp. 21-22, 26-27, 30-31, 33-34, 40.
  • 1926: Endangered Insects. In: Swiss Entomological Gazette. 5: (10), pp. 1-4, No. 11: p. 4; No. 12: pp. 7-8.
  • 1926: The caraben fauna of Norway. In: Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift, 2 (1), pp. 57-76.

The reports from 1894 to 1903 referred to by Born as Excursion appeared in the journal Societas Entomologica 1895–1904 (not specifically listed here).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B. v. Bodemeyer: Memories of Dr. Paul Born-Moser, Herzogenbuchsee. In: Entomological Indicator. 8, 1928, pp. 117-120, 129-132, 137-140, 149-151, 157-160.
  2. ↑ R. Heinertz: visit the Born Carabensammlung. In: Communications of the Entomological Society (NF). 19, 1969, p. 19.
  3. ^ H. Schütze , O. Friedrich: Paul Born - a life for Carabus. In: Entomological Journal. Schwanfeld 125 (3), 2015, pp. 181–189.
  4. ^ W. Staub: Paul Born, the Beetle Doctor. In. Yearbook of the Oberaargau. Volume 31, 1988, pp. 135-140.
  5. ^ W. Sauter : The entomological collections at the ETHZ. In: Quarterly journal of the Natural Research Society in Zurich. 138 (3), 1993, pp. 203-218.
personal data
SURNAME Born-Moser, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenbuchsee
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1928
Place of death Herzogenbuchsee