Max Paul Riedel
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Max Paul Riedel was a German
entomologist who specialised in Diptera
,especially Tipulidae and Tachinidae
.He wrote (1913) Die palaarktischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung Tipula L. Abhandlungen des Vereins fur Naturwissenschaftliche Erforschung des Niederrheins, Krefeld 1: 1-122 and many shorter scientific papers on world Tipulidae.
His insect collection is in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin,
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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...
,especially Tipulidae and Tachinidae
Tachinidae
Tachinidae is a large and rather variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. There are over 1300 species in North America. Insects in this family are commonly called tachina flies or simply tachinids...
.He wrote (1913) Die palaarktischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung Tipula L. Abhandlungen des Vereins fur Naturwissenschaftliche Erforschung des Niederrheins, Krefeld 1: 1-122 and many shorter scientific papers on world Tipulidae.
His insect collection is in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin,
External links
- Tipulidae Site List of Riedel's publications on Tipulidae.
- DEI ZALF Portrait