Stephan von Breuning (entomologist)

Stephan von Breuning
Born 21 November 1894
Vienna
Died 11 March 1983(1983-03-11) (aged 88)
Paris
Residence France
Fields Entomology
Known for Études sur les Lamiaires

Stephan von Breuning (21 November 1894 11 March 1983) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, particularly Cerambycidae.

Career

An amateur working on the rich collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle he described 7894 taxa of Cerambycidae.

Works

The complete list of his entomological works has been published in the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, number 41.

One of his most famous remains Études sur les Lamiaires, published in Novitates entomologicae, 1934-1946.

Personal

He gave this photo together with a text to be published after his death. Von Breuning lived with his wife in a small studio rue Durantin, Paris 18ème at the top of an old building.


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