Ferdinand Kowarz
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Ferdinand Kowarz was a Bohemian
-Austria
n entomologist who described many new species
of Diptera
mainly from central Europe
Kowarz was a post office official. To supplement his income he sold collections of Diptera to others in the same field.
There is an online biography Online Biography
Bohemian
A Bohemian is a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region of Bohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. The word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word...
-Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n entomologist who described many new species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
mainly from central Europe
Kowarz was a post office official. To supplement his income he sold collections of Diptera to others in the same field.
Publications
- 1867 Beschreibung sechs neuer Dipteren-Arten. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 17: 319-324, 4 figs.
- 1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 18: 213-222
- 1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 18: 213-222.
- 1869 Beitrag zur Dipteren fauna Ungarns. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 19: 561- 566.
- 1874 Die Dipteren-Gattung Chrysotus Meig. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 24: 453-478 + 1 pl.
- 1878 Die Dipteren-Gattung Medeterus Fischer. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 27 (1877): 39-76, 24 figs.
- 1879 Die Dipteren-Gattungen Argyra Macq. und Leucostola Lw. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 28 (1878): 437-462, 26 figs
- 1880 Die Dipterengattung Lasiops Mg. ap Rd., ein Beitrag zum Studium der europäischen Anthomyiden. Mitt. Münch. ent. Ver., 4: 123-140.
- 1882 Eine neue Art der Dipteren-Gattung Leucostola Lw. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 1: 32-33.
- 1883 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens I. -III. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 2: 108-110 (I), 168-170 (II), 241- 243 (III) .*.
- 1883 Contributiones ad faunam Comitatus Zemplémensis in Hungaria superiore. Diptera Comitatus Zempléniensis collectionis Dies Cornelli Chyzer. Mag. orvos. term., 22: 233-246. (In Hung.; Latin title.)
- 1884 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens IV. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 3: 45-57.
- 1885 Mikianov. gen. Dipterorum. Wien. Ent. Zeitg.., 4: 51-52.
- 1885 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. Wien. Ent. Zeitg.., 4: 105-108, 133-136, 167-168, 201-208, 241-244.
- 1887 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 6: 146-154.
- 1889 Die europäischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung SympycnusLw. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 8: 175-185.
- 1894 Catalogus insectorum faunae bohemicae. -II. Fliegen (Diptera) Böhmens. Prag, 42 pp
There is an online biography Online Biography
Sources
- Osten-Sacken, C. R. 1903: Record of my life and work in entomology. - Cambridge (Mass.) 135-137.
- Pont, A. C. 1997: [Kowarz, F.] - Studia dipterologica 4(2) 353-358.
- Rozkošny, R. 1971: Bibliography of Diptera in Czechoslovakia 1758-1965. - Vyd. Univ. Brno 91-93.