Paul Stein was a German museum curator and entomologist . He specialised in 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...

 especially the family Anthomyiidae

Anthomyiidae

Anthomyiidae is a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies. Name came from Greek "anthos" + "myia" . Some species are commonly called "root-maggots", as the larvae are found in the stems and roots of various plants...

. In this group he studied the world fauna

Fauna

Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...

 describing many new genera

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 and 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...

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Stein worked with Theodor Becker

Theodor Becker

Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....

, Mario Bezzi

Mario Bezzi

Mario Bezzi was an Italian professor of zoology at the University of Turin. He was also Director of the Turin Museum of Natural History...

 and Kálmán Kertész

Kálmán Kertész

Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész Kálmán Kertész (2 January 1867 Prešov – 28 December 1922 Budapest was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested in Diptera.He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest....

 on Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren (1903 onwards) published in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

 from 1903.His collection is in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

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Works

(partial list)

• Die Anthomyidengruppe Homalomyia nebst ihren Gattungen und Arten 141 p (1895)
• Nordamerikanische Anthomyiden 128 p Berlin (1897).
• Die afrikanischen Anthomyiden des Königl.Zool.Mus.zu Berlin 48 p,( 1906).
• Voyage Alluaud en Afrique Orientale. Anthomyidae 41 p - 14 figs (1914)

Source

• Musgrave, A., Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775-1930 Sydney, 1932.