Jump to content

Eduard Knirsch

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eduard Knirsch (1869 – 23 November 1955 in Vienna)[1] was an Austrian doctor/dentist and entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. His collection is in Museum Victoria, Australia and the Field Museum in Chicago.

He published Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes (Contributions to the knowledge of insect-fauna of German East Africa, in particular the Matengo Highlands), based on collections of Hans Zerny (VIII, Coleóptera: 2. Scarabaeidae, subf. Cetoniinae).[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Groll, E.K. (Ed.) (2010). "Knirsch, Eduard". Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  2. ^ ©Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas