Hermann August Krauss (1 August 1848 – 21 April 1939) was an
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entomologist
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who specialised in
Orthoptera
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and
Dermaptera
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.
Krauss was a
physician
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. His collection is in the
Naturhistorisches Museum
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in
Vienna
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Selected publications
*1877. Orthopteren vom Senegal. ''Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien'', 14, no. xvi : 141-145.
*1878. Orthopteren vom Senegal gesammelt von Dr. Frantz Steindachner. ''Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien'', (incorrectly dated 1877), 76 (1) : 29-63, 2 pl.
*1890. Erklärung der Orthopteren-Tafeln
J. C. Savigny’s in der "Description de l’Égypte". Aus der Literatur zusammengestellt und mit Bemerkungen Versehen. ''Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'', 40 : 227-272.
*1891. Beitrag zur Kenntniss westafrikanischer Orthopteren. 2. Orthopteren der Guinea-Inseln São Thomé und Rolas, gesammelt von Prof. Dr.
Richard Greeff
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. ''Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik)''(incorrectly dated 1890), 5 : 647-668, pl. 45.
*1892. Systematisches Verzeichnis der canarischen Dermapteren und Orthopteren mit Diagnosen der neuen Gattungen und Arten.''Zoologischer Anzeiger, Jena'', 15 (no.390) : 163-171.
*1902. Die namen der ältesten Dermapteren-(Orthopteren-) Gattungen und ihre Verwendung für Familien- und Unterfamilien-Benennungen auf Grund der jetzigen Nomenclaturregeln. ''Zoologischer Anzeiger, Jena'', 25 (no. 676) : 530-543.
*1902. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Orthopterenfauna der Sahara. ''Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'', 52 (4) : 230-254.
*1902 Diagnosen neuer Orthopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. ''Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien'', 39 : 53-58.
*1909. Dermaptera und Orthoptera aus Ägypten, der Halbinsel Sinai, Palästina und Syrien und Syrien. In Kneucher A., Zoologische Ergebnisse zweier in den Jahren 1902 und 1904 durch die Sinai-halbinsel botanischen Studiereisen. ''Verhandlungen des Naturwissenchaftlichen Vereins in Karlsruhe'', 21 : 99-119, 12 fig.
References
*Kaltenbach, A. P. 2003. Die Orthopterensammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien und ihre Geschichte. ''Denisia'' 8 57-61, 2 Photos.
*Nonveiller, G. 1999. ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia''. Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej : 1-390.
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1848 births
1939 deaths
Austrian entomologists