Günter Morge (13 August 1925 in

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– 21 January 1984) 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 ...

who specialised 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 ...

. For most of his career Morge worked at the Institut fur Pflanzenschutzforschung in

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mostly on Acalyptrate Diptera. He was also

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of the large Diptera collections at

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Works

*1967 ''Die Lonchaeidae und Pallopteridae Österreichs und der angrenzenden Gebiete''. 2. Teil. Die

Pallopteridae Pallopteridae is a family of flies. The various species are collectively called flutter-wing flies, trembling-wing, or waving-wing flies, because of the striking vibration of the wings in many species. Over 70 species in about 15 genera are foun ...

. Naturkundliches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 13: 141-212. *1982 Beiträge zur Kenntnis von Typen-Exemplaren und wenig bekannten Dipteren-Arten. IV. ''Beiträge zur Entomologie'' 32: 3–38. *1984 Diptera collectionis P.

Gabriel Strobl Gabriel Strobl (3 November 1846 in Unzmarkt, Styria, Austrian Empire – 15 March 1925 in Admont, Benediktinerstift) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and entomologist who specialised in Diptera. In 1866 the then 20-year-old Gabriel Strob ...

– 13. (Typen-Designierung der Exemplare der sogenannten 'Typensammlung'). ''Beiträge zur Entomomologie'' 34: 319–335.

References

* Müller, H. J. & Ebert, W. 1984: orge, G.''Beitr. Ent.'' 34(2) 295-296, Portrait. * Rohlfien, K. 1994: orge, G.''Studia dipterologica'' 1(1) 12-13

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Portrait {{DEFAULTSORT:Morge, Gunter German entomologists Dipterists 1925 births 1984 deaths 20th-century German zoologists