Hermann Priesner (19 November 1891 – 11 August 1974) was an Austrian professor of natural history and a specialist on

thrips Thrips ( order Thysanoptera) are minute (mostly long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Different thrips species feed mostly on plants by puncturing and sucking up the contents, although a few are ...

although he also took an interest in other groups such as

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...

, and

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

. Priesner was born in

Linz, Austria Linz ( , ; cs, Linec) is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. In the north of the country, it is on the Danube south of the Czech border. In 2018, the population was 204,846. In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...

, the son of Karl Priesner who was himself an amateur insect collector. Young Priesner began collecting insects at the age of 10. He went to the

University of Graz The University of Graz (german: link=no, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, ), located in Graz, Austria, is the largest and oldest university in Styria, as well as the second-largest and second-oldest university in Austria. History The unive ...

and published on insects from 1914 to 1919. One of his major works was the ''Die Thysanopteren Europas'' (1928). He became a professor of natural history at Linz and also served in committees on plant protection working in Egypt. He made studies of the whiteflies and scale insects of Egypt. He worked from 1950 to 1958 as a professor at the Fouad and Ibrahim Universities in Cairo. Priesner was married to Gertrud who outlived him along with a daughter. A son died young. Priesner's zoological author abbreviation is Priesner. Taxa that he authored are found at :Taxa named by Hermann Priesner and by usin
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Priesner, Hermann Austrian entomologists 1891 births 1974 deaths Scientists from Linz University of Graz alumni Academic staff of Cairo University 20th-century Austrian zoologists