Ernst August Girschner, usually just Ernst Girschner (29 October 1860 – 28 April 1914) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
Girschner was born (and died) in Torgau, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia. He taught at the Gymnasium in Torgau. Girschner described many new species of Diptera but made much more important contributions notably formalising the use of chaetotaxy in Calyptratae "it was the merit of Mr. E. Girschner to give to Chaetotaxy a much greater development and application than it had had before, and to treat it as a sine qua non of descriptive dipterology. His enviable talent for drawing enabled him to illustrate his papers by diagrams more eloquent than any descriptions".[1]
ernst, august, girschner, usually, just, ernst, girschner, october, 1860, april, 1914, german, entomologist, specialised, diptera, girschner, born, died, torgau, province, saxony, kingdom, prussia, taught, gymnasium, torgau, girschner, described, many, species. Ernst August Girschner usually just Ernst Girschner 29 October 1860 28 April 1914 was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera Girschner was born and died in Torgau Province of Saxony Kingdom of Prussia He taught at the Gymnasium in Torgau Girschner described many new species of Diptera but made much more important contributions notably formalising the use of chaetotaxy in Calyptratae it was the merit of Mr E Girschner to give to Chaetotaxy a much greater development and application than it had had before and to treat it as a sine qua non of descriptive dipterology His enviable talent for drawing enabled him to illustrate his papers by diagrams more eloquent than any descriptions 1 He was a friend of entomologist Josef Mik Works editPartial list Beitrag zur Systematik der Musciden Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 38 297 312 in which he introduced the taxon Muscidae acalyptratae 1893 Einiges uber die Farbung der Dipterenaugen Berlin Ent Zeitschr 31 155 162 I plate 1887 Ueber einige Musciden Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 17 151 153Part of his collection was purchased by Colbran J Wainwright in 1909 now in the Natural History Museum London References edit Osten Sacken C R 1903 Record of my life and work in entomology Cambridge Mass 156External links editAlfred Hetschko Zur Erinnerung an Ernst Girschner PDF 7 pages in German nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a German zoologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about an entomologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernst August Girschner amp oldid 1178863353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
