Ignaz Rudolph Schiner
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Austria
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n entomologist who 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...
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Schiner was born in Fronsburg , Horn
Horn, Austria
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in 1813 and died in Vienna
Vienna
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on 6 July 1873. He was a ministerial secretary in Vienna
His most significant publications are
- Fauna Austriaca. Die Fliegen (Diptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet1862-1864
- As editor Catalogus systematicus dipterorum Europae. W.M.W. Impensis: Societatis Zoologico-Botanicae 1864.
In 1861, he discovered the Muscina angustifrons species of flies
Schiner's collections are in the Naturhistorisches Museum
Naturhistorisches Museum
The Naturhistorisches Museum Wien or NHMW is a large museum located in Vienna, Austria.The collections displayed cover , and the museum has a website providing an overview as a video virtual tour....
in Vienna.
External links
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Search.aspx?searchTerm=Schiner&searchCat=A Digital version of Fauna Austriaca: die Fliegen (Diptera) Nach der analytischen Methode bearb.,mit der Characteristik almmilicher europäischer Gattungen, der Beechraibung aller in Deutschland vorkommenden Arten und der Aufzahlung aller von J. Rudolph Schiner.
Wien :C. Gerolds Sohn,1862-64.