Bernardino Halbherr (21 July 1844,

Rovereto Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River. History Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier b ...

– 31 March 1934, Rovereto) was an Italian

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 ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

and

Heteroptera The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...

. Halbherr was an accountant. He worked closely with two other Rovereto naturalists

Giovanni Cobelli Giovanni (de) Cobelli (24 June 1849 – 22 January 1937) was an Italian civil servant and amateur naturalist. After his studies in his home town of Rovereto, he went to Vienna to study natural history. On his return to his birthplace he taught a ...

and

Ruggero Cobelli Ruggero (de) Cobelli (5 April 1838 – 5 September 1921) was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera. Born in Rovereto and the brother of Giovanni Cobelli, Ruggero Cobelli was a physician. His collection o ...

. His collection is in the

Museo Civico Rovereto Museo may refer to: * Museo, 2018 Mexican drama heist film *Museo (Naples Metro) Museo is a station on line 1 of the Naples Metro. It was opened on 5 April 2001 as the eastern terminus of the section of the line between Vanvitelli and Museo. O ...

References

*Conci, C. 1975: Repertorio delle biografie e bibliografie degli scrittori e cultori italiani di entomologia.''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 48 1969(4) 817-1069 932 *Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75 159-382, 418 Fig. 159-382, Portr. *Heikertinger, F. 1935: ''Koleopterologische Rundschau'' 21 196 196-197 {{DEFAULTSORT:Halbherr, Bernardino Italian entomologists 1844 births 1934 deaths