Alexander Mocsary, sometimes hu, Mocsáry Sándor (27 September 1841, Nagyvárad ( ro,

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) - 26 December 1915,

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) was a Hungarian

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who specialised in

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. He was the

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of the

Hungarian Natural History Museum The Hungarian Natural History Museum ( hu, Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum) in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. History of the museum Foundation In 1802, Count Feren ...

where his collection of mainly Hungarian insects of all

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is conserved. He described many new

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Works

* Ordo. Hymenoptera. In: Paszlavsky, J.: ''Fauna Regni Hungariae. Regia Societas Scientiarum Naturalium Hungarica'', Budapest: 7–113 (1918)

References

* Anonym, 1911 ocsary, A.''Rovart. Lapok'' 18 27 * Kutzscher, C. & Taeger, A., 1998 ''Portraits und biographische Daten''. In: Taeger, A. & Blank, S. M. 1998 (Hrsg.) ''Pflanzenwespen Deutschlands (Hymenoptera, Symphyta).'' Kommentierte Bestandsaufnahme. Goecke & Evers,

Keltern Keltren is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. History The oldest documentary records for the constituent towns of Keltern are from 827 or 830 for Dietenhausen, 919 for Ellmendingen, sometime in the 11th centu ...

* Musgrave, A., 1932 Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775 - 1930. - Sydney 227-229 * Soldanski, H., 1916 Aus der entomologischen Welt. ''Dt. ent. Z.'' 1916(1) 87-89 87 * Viereck, H. L., 1922 ocsary, A.''Ent. News'' 33 157-158 :hu:Mocsári (egyértelműsítő lap) 1841 births 1915 deaths 19th-century Hungarian zoologists Hungarian entomologists Hymenopterists Neuroptera People from Oradea 20th-century Hungarian zoologists {{Entomologist-stub