Ferdinand Kowarz (23 February 1838, Planá – 22 September 1914,

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), was a

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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 described many new

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

mainly from central Europe Kowarz was a post office official. To supplement his income he sold collections of Diptera to others in the same field.

Publications

* 1867 Beschreibung sechs neuer Dipteren-Arten. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien'', 17: 319–324, 4 figs. * 1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien''., 18: 213–222 *1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien''., 18: 213–222. * 1869 Beitrag zur Dipteren fauna Ungarns. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien''., 19: 561- 566. *1874 Die Dipteren-Gattung Chrysotus Meig. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 24: 453–478 + 1 pl. * 1878 Die Dipteren-Gattung Medeterus Fischer. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien''., 27 (1877): 39–76, 24 figs. * 1879 Die Dipteren-Gattungen Argyra Macq. und Leucostola Lw. ''Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien''., 28 (1878): 437–462, 26 figs * 1880 Die Dipterengattung Lasiops Mg. ap Rd., ein Beitrag zum Studium der europäischen Anthomyiden. ''Mitt. Münch. ent. Ver''., 4: 123–140. * 1882 Eine neue Art der Dipteren-Gattung Leucostola Lw. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''., 1: 32–33. * 1883 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens I. -III. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''., 2: 108–110 (I), 168–170 (II), 241- 243 (III) .*. * 1883 Contributiones ad faunam Comitatus Zemplémensis in Hungaria superiore. Diptera Comitatus Zempléniensis collectionis Dies Cornelli Chyzer. ''Mag. orvos. term''., 22: 233–246. (In Hung.; Latin title.) * 1884 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens IV. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''., 3: 45–57. * 1885 Mikianov. gen. Dipterorum. Wien. Ent. Zeitg.., 4: 51–52. * 1885 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''.., 4: 105–108, 133–136, 167–168, 201–208, 241–244. * 1887 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''., 6: 146–154. * 1889 Die europäischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung SympycnusLw. ''Wien. Ent. Zeitg''., 8: 175–185. * 1894 ''Catalogus insectorum faunae bohemicae''. -II. ''Fliegen'' (Diptera) Böhmens. Prag, 42 pp There is an online biography Online Biography

Notes

Sources

* Osten-Sacken, C. R. 1903: Record of my life and work in entomology. – Cambridge (Mass.) 135–137. * Pont, A. C. 1997: owarz, F.– Studia dipterologica 4(2) 353–358. * Rozkošný, R. 1971: Bibliography of Diptera in Czechoslovakia 1758–1965. – Vyd. Univ. Brno 91–93. 1838 births 1913 deaths 19th-century Austrian scientists Austrian entomologists German Bohemian people Austrian people of German Bohemian descent Dipterists People from České Budějovice District {{Austria-scientist-stub