Kálmán Kertész
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Kálmán KertészKálmán 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.
Kertész world catalogues of the Diptera families Tabanidae and Pipunculidae
were published in journals in 1900 and 1901, then between 1903 and 1907 he edited the whole Diptera catalogue of the Palaearctic Region and issued it in Budapest. This catalogue was together with Mario Bezzi
, Paul Stein
(1852-1921) and Theodor Becker
his co-authors . He worked on the world catalogue of Diptera which he planned to be 10 volumes and wrote alone. The first two volumes were issued in 1902 with the support of the Hungarian National Museum. The following 5 volumes were printed at his own cost in Szeged
.
Downloads of Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren
Downloads of catalogus dipterorum husque descriptorum.
Prešov
Prešov Historically, the city has been known in German as Eperies , Eperjes in Hungarian, Fragopolis in Latin, Preszów in Polish, Peryeshis in Romany, Пряшев in Russian and Пряшів in Rusyn and Ukrainian.-Characteristics:The city is a showcase of Baroque, Rococo and Gothic...
– 28 December 1922 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...
was a Hungarian entomologist mainly interested 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...
.
He was the director of the Zoological Department of the Hungarian National Museum
Hungarian National Museum
- History:The Hungarian National Museum is said to have been founded in 1802 when Count Ferenc Széchényi set up the National Széchényi Library. This would then be followed a year later by the donating of a mineral collection by Széchényi’s wife. This led to the creation of the Hungarian National...
in Budapest.
Kertész world catalogues of the Diptera families Tabanidae and Pipunculidae
Pipunculidae
Pipunculidae are a family of flies , commonly termed Big-Headed Flies a reference to the large eyes , which cover nearly the entire head...
were published in journals in 1900 and 1901, then between 1903 and 1907 he edited the whole Diptera catalogue of the Palaearctic Region and issued it in Budapest. This catalogue was together with 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...
, Paul Stein
Paul Stein (entomologist)
Paul Stein was a German museum curator and entomologist . He specialised in Diptera especially the family Anthomyiidae. In this group he studied the world fauna describing many new genera and species....
(1852-1921) and Theodor Becker
Theodor Becker
Theodor Becker was a German civil engineer and entomologist primarily known for his work with flies....
his co-authors . He worked on the world catalogue of Diptera which he planned to be 10 volumes and wrote alone. The first two volumes were issued in 1902 with the support of the Hungarian National Museum. The following 5 volumes were printed at his own cost in Szeged
Szeged
' is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county town of Csongrád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary....
.
Works
- Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren Budapest.
- Catalogus dipterorum husque descriptorum. Budapestini, G. Engelmann (1909-1910)
Sources
- Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 *(A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). - Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
- Cresson, E. T. jr. 1923: [Kertesz, K.] - Ent. News 34(4)
External links
Downloads of Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren
- Volume 1 Kertész, K. and Becker, T.
- Volume 2 Kertész, K. and Bezzi, M.
- Volume 3 Bezzi, M., Stein, P.and Becker T.
- Volume 4 Becker, T. and Bezzi, M.
Downloads of catalogus dipterorum husque descriptorum.