Anton Heinrich Hermann Fassl (1876,

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- 1922,

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) was a German

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. Fassl collected Lepidoptera and Coleoptera in

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(1907-1908), Brazil and Ecuador. He was sometime in Berlin, sometime at a dealership Naturhistorisches-Institut, 948 Zeidlerstrasse, Teplitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Teplice, the Czech Republic). He supplied specimens to

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and Karl Jordan.

Works

*Fassl, A. H. (1910): Die Raupe einer Uranide. ''Z. wiss. Insekt. Biol.,'' 6(10): 355. *Fassl, A. H. (1912): Kämpfende Schmetterlinge ''Entomologische Rundschau'' 29(10), pp. 1-72*Fassl, A. H. (1912–13): Tropische Reisen. IV. Muzo, das Land der schönsten Smaragde und Schmetterlinge ''Entomologische Rundschau'' 29(23), pp. 147–149; (24)155-157; 30(1)3-4; (3)14-16. *Fassl, A. H. (1922): Einige kritische Bemerkungen zu J. Röbers Mimikry und verwandte Erscheinungen bei Schmetterlingen" ''Entomologische Rundschau'' 39(4), pp. 15–16; (5)18-19; (6)22 *Fassl, A. H. (1922): Einige kritische Bemerkungen zu J. Röbers "Mimikry und verwandte Erscheinungen bei Schmetterlingen" ''Entomologische Rundschau'' 39(7), pp. 26–27 * Fassl, A. H. (1924): Nachträge: Gattung

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. In: ''Die Gross- Schmetterlinge der Erde'' ( Seitz, A. ed.), vol. 5, Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, pp. [1037- 1040; 1041 pl. 113

References

* A. H. Fassl (obituary), ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'', Frankfurt a.M., Feb. 3, 1923
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* Anonym 1925: [Fassl, A. H. H. jun.] Ent. News, Philadelphia 36 : 96 1876 births 1922 deaths German lepidopterists People from Chomutov 19th-century German zoologists 20th-century German zoologists Date of birth missing Date of death missing {{Germany-biologist-stub