Josef Mik, also Joseph Mik (23 March 1839 in

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– 13 October 1900 in

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) was a

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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 many new

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and made contributions to knowledge of the Diptera of Central Europe. Mik was the first dipterist to clarify the

chaetotaxy Chaetotaxy is the arrangement of bristles (macrochaetae) on an arthropod or annelid, or taxonomy based on their position and size. For example, it is important in Diptera, in which group it was formalised by Ernst August Girschner. The term chaeto ...

of the legs. " On the legs I distinguish a front haeta and a hind-side ; an upper- and an under-side. When we imagine the leg stretched out horizontally and perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the body, the front-side is that which is turned towards the head, and the hind-sidethat turned towards the end of the body ; the upper- and under-side, in such a case, are self-understood."Mik, J. 1878 Dipterologische Untersuchungen Jahresber K.K. Akad. Gymnasium Vienna Mik was born in

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. From 1871 to 1889 he was teacher at the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna. In 1889 he was given the

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of the

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; he died in Vienna.

Works

* 1866 Beitrag zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Küstenlandes. ''Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 16:301-310. * 1883 Dipterologische Bemerkungen I, II. ''Abh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 33: 181-192. * 1886 Dipterologische Miscellen, II, III, ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 5: 276-279, 317-318 * 1887 Dipterologische Miscellen. VI. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 6: 238-242. * 1891 Ueber die Dipterengattung Pachystylum Mcq. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 10: 206-212. * 1891 Vorläufige Notiz über Parathalassius blasigii, ein neues Dipteron aus Venedig. ''Wien. Ent.Ztg.'' 10: 216-217. * 1894 Dipterologische Miscellen (2. Serie). IV. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 13:49-54. * 1895 Dipterologische Miscellen (2. Series). VI. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 14:93-98. * 1895 With Friedrich (Fritz) Wachtl Commentar zu den Arbeiten von Hartig und Ratzeburg über Raupenfliegen (Tachiniden).Auf Grund einer Revision der Hartig’schen Tachiniden-Sammlung. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg.'' 14:213-48. Mik also made contributions to the field of

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References

* Freiherr Osten-Sacken, C. R. 1903: ''Record of my life and work in entomology''. - Cambridge (Mass.) * Riedl, H. 1975: ''Mik, Josef'', in: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon VI. - Wien {{DEFAULTSORT:Mik, Josef 19th-century Czech people Czech entomologists Dipterists Czech expatriates in Austria People from Zábřeh 1839 births 1900 deaths