Fritz Rühl, also Roule, (1836 – 1893 in Zurich) was a Swiss entomologist. He was a professional insect collector and insect dealer who worked with the

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natural history dealers and publishers

Alexander Heyne Alexander Heyne (1 July 1869, Leipzig – 1927, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was the son of Ernst H. Heyne (1833-1905) also an entomologist as was Martin Heyne, Alexander's brother. The Heyne family were n ...

and

Otto Staudinger Otto Staudinger (2 May 1830 – 13 October 1900) was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and in ...

. His Hymenoptera collections were sold to

Paolo Magretti Paolo Magretti (15 December 1854, Milan – 30 August 1913, Paderno Dugnano) was an Italian entomologist who specialized in Hymenoptera studies. He studied zoology under Leopoldo Maggi and Pietro Pavesi at the University of Pavia, graduating in ...

and are conserved in the

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. He supplied collections of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera from around the world to the

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in Florence. Rühl edited ''Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte''. Band 1. Leipzig, Ernst Heyne (1892-1895), a monograph with the Berlin insect dealer

Max Bartel Max Bartel (1879 – 2 July 1914, Nürnberg) was a German entomologist. Max Bartel was an insect dealer (Insektenhändler) in Berlin. He specialised in Lepidoptera. He edited ''Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte'' ...

(1879-1914) and wrote scientific papers on Coleoptera.

References

*Poggi, R. & Conci, C. 1996 uhl, F.''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75: 99. Swiss lepidopterists 1836 births 1893 deaths {{entomologist-stub