Arnold Penther (15 October 1865,

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– 6 April 1931,

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) was an Austrian naturalist. From 1887 to 1891 he studied

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s in Vienna, receiving his PhD in 1892. Beginning in 1898 he worked as a volunteer at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, later attaining the role of

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. At the museum, he specialized in the field of

arachnology Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of sp ...

.Zoologisch–Botanische Datenbank
(biography) In 1894–96 he conducted zoological and botanical investigations in

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and

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. Ornithological specimens collected on the expedition were donated to the natural history museum in Vienna, and many of the plants he collected on the trip became part of the Vienna

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. Later on in his career, he embarked on scientific expeditions to

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and the

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. The genus '' Pentheriella'' (family

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, synonym '' Heteromma'') was named in his honor by

Karl August Otto Hoffmann Karl August Otto Hoffmann (25 October 1853 in Beeskow – 11 September 1909) was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of ''Sertum plantarum madagascariensium'', the genus '' Hoffmanniella'' in the family Asteraceae was ...

and

Reinhold Conrad Muschler Reinhold Conrad Muschler aka Reno Muschler (9 August 1882 Berlin – 10 December 1957 Berlin), was a German botanist, explorer and writer, who worked on the taxonomy of North African flora. He travelled extensively with Ernest Friedrich Gilg (1867� ...

, and taxa with the specific epithet of ''pentheri'' are named after him, an example being ''

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''.

Selected writings

* ''Catalog Der Bisher Bekannt Gewordenen Südafrikanischen Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken'', (with

Rudolf Sturany Rudolf Sturany (13 April 1867, Vienna – 28 February 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist who specialized in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks. He studied zoology at the University of Leipzig under Rudolf Leuckart and at the Univer ...

), 1899 – Catalog of known South African land and freshwater

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s. * ''Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zum Erdschias-Dagh. (Kleinasien)'', (with Emerich Zederbauer), 1905 – Results of a scientific journey to Erdschias-Dagh (Asia Minor). * ''Bericht über die 1914 ausgeführte zoologische Forschungsreise im nordalbanisch-montenegrinischen Grenzgebiet'', 1914 – Report on the 1914 zoological research trip in the North

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border region. * ''Bericht über die 1916 im Auftrage und auf Kosten der Kaiserl. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien ausgeführte zoologische Forschungsreise in Serbien und Neumontenegro'', 1916 – Report on the 1916 zoological expedition to

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publications

References

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