Friedrich Georg Hendel (14 December 1874- 26 June 1936) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n high school director and

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 ...

mainly interested in

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 ...

. He described very 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 ...

and made important contributions to the higher

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

of the Diptera. He was born in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

and died in

Baden bei Wien Baden (German for " Baths"; Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden District in the state of Lower Austria. Loc ...

. His collection is in the

Vienna Natural History Museum The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museum ...

Works

Selection 1908-1914 *1908 Nouvelle classification des mouches à deux ailes (Diptera L.), d’après un plan tout nouveau par J. G. Meigen, Paris, an VIII (1800 v.s.). ''Mit einem Kommentar. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges.Wien'' 58: 43-69. *1910 Über die Nomenklatur der Acalyptratengattungen nach Th. Beckers Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren, Bd. 4. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 29: 307-313. *1914 Diptera. Fam. Muscaridae, Subfam. Platystominae. ''Genera Ins.'' 157, 179 pp., 15 pls. *1914 Die Arten der Platystominen. ''Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 8 (1): 1-409, 4 pls. *1914 Die Bohrfliegen Südamerikas. ''Abh. Ber. K. Zool. Anthrop.-Ethn. Mus. Dresden'' (1912) 14 (3): 1-84, 4 pls.. Other works see the reference section i
Sabrosky's Family Group Names in Diptera

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hendel, Friedrich Georg 1874 births 1936 deaths Scientists from Vienna Austrian entomologists Dipterists