Rudolf Pinker (Lepidopterist)

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Rudolf Pinker (born September 7, 1905 , † March 14, 1987 in Vienna ) was an Austrian engineer and lepidopterist .

Life

Pinker's father was an electrical engineer, managed various electrical works and was transferred several times. As a result, the young Pinker often had to change his place of residence, including going to school in Vienna. He was interested in insects from childhood . After graduating from high school , he attended the Vienna University of Technology . He finished his studies as a graduate engineer specializing in surveying . In Vienna, Pinker began to systematically collect butterflies . His grandfather, who also bore the name Rudolf Pinker , was already involved in entomology . As this beetle(Coleoptera) and the grandson did not want to compete with him, he was interested in butterflies. For light catches he used initially petrol lamps. In order to be able to finance collecting trips abroad, he switched to the sale of breeding material of rare species . During the Second World War , Pinker was used for land surveys in various areas, including Berlin , Greece , Russia and France , where he met Charles Boursin , who determined parts of his harvest. In these difficult times he continued to work entomologically and led z. B. light catches with dry batteries as an energy source. After the war he undertook many collecting trips, with the Canary Islands becoming a particular focus, which he traveled 26 times.

Pinker was an honorary member of the Austrian Entomologists Association and a corresponding member of the Vienna Natural History Museum . This museum also houses most of his butterfly collection. He also conducted extensive scientific correspondence with entomologists at home and abroad, published numerous publications and described new taxa.

Fonts (selection)

  • Knowledge gained from observations of Macedonian psychids. Fragments balcanica, 25, 1956, pp. 201-205
  • Interesting and new finds and findings for the lepidopteran fauna of the Canaries. I. (Continuation and conclusion from the 46th year 1961). Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society 47 (11), 1962, pp. 169–179
  • Interesting and new finds and findings for the lepidopteran fauna of the Canaries. II. Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society 47, 1963, pp. 183–190
  • Interesting and new finds and findings for the lepidopteran fauna of the Canaries. III. Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society 50 (11), 1965, pp. 153–167
  • Interesting and new finds and findings for the lepidopteran fauna of the Canaries. IV. Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society 53 (7-12), 1969, pp. 65-93
  • Two new noctuas from Asia Minor (Lep., Noctuidae). Journal of the Working Group of Austrian Entomologists 24 (3), 1972, pp. 111–112
  • Interesting and new finds and findings for the lepidopteran fauna of the Canaries. V. Journal of the Working Group of Austrian Entomologists 25 (1-2), 1974, pp. 2-11
  • Via a noctuide that is new for Europe. Journal of the Working Group of Austrian Entomologists 27 (3-4), 1975, pp. 71-72

Taxa named after Pinker (selection)

Several species and subspecies of butterflies were named in honor of Pinker. This includes:

The Beetle Pinker's nimble runner ( Trechus pinkeri ) was dedicated to his grandfather.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Friedrich Kasy: Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Pinker † , Journal of the Working Group of Austrian Entomologists, vol. 39, 1/2, 1987, pp. 59–61
  2. ↑ a b Martin Lödl and Richard Imb: The Noctuiden Collection by Dipl. Ing. Rudolf Pinker in the Natural History Museum Vienna , journal of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischen Entomologen, 40th year, 1/2, 1988, pp. 53–59
  3. ↑ Hermann Hacker & Martin Lödl: Taxonomic and faunistic remarkable finds from the collection Pinker the Natural History Museum of Vienna. Ninth contribution to the systematic recording of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Turkey , Journal of the Working Group of Austrian Entomologists, Vol. 40, 3/4, 1988, pp. 65–82

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personal data
SURNAME Pinker, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entomologist and geodesist
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1905
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1987
Place of death Vienna