Gustav Paganetti-Hummler
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Gustav Paganetti-Hummler (20 December 1871- *January 1949, Bad Vöslau
Bad Vöslau
Bad Vöslau is a spa town the Lower Austria federal state of Austria. It is also known as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation. Population : 11,190.- History :...

 ) was an Austrian
Austrians
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 naturalist
Naturalist
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 and entomologist.

Gustav Paganetti-Hummler was a bookseller mainly of natural history works and natural history specimen dealer. He had a large insect collection mainly of specimens from South Europe. As well as other works he wrote an account of the Hemiptera
Hemiptera
Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

 of the Greek island Corfu
Corfu
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 (Beitrag zur Hemipterenfauna zu Corfu. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 1907:92-95.
His collection is in the Vienna Natural History Museum (parts in the German Entomological Institute) It is important since it contains insects from South of Vienna wetland
Wetland
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habitats near Bad Vöslau which no longer exist.
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