Kurt Büttner (14 February 1881,

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entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

who specialised in

Heteroptera The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...

. Kurt Büttner was also a

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Works

Partial list *Büttner, K. and Wetzel C (1904): Die Heteropterenfauna Westsachsens. ''Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkund. Dresden'', H. 2, : 59–100. *Büttner, K. (1964): Beiträge zur Zikadenfauna von Westsachsen. ''Veröff. Naturk.-Mus. Zwickau'' 4, Sonderh. 2: 3-23. *Büttner, K. (1959): Die Tierwelt des Naturschutzgebietes Wulmer Hang bei Zwickau Veröff. ''Naturkundemus. Zwickau'' 3, Sonderh. 1: 1-40. His collections of Heteroptera,

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

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Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the 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 parasitic. Females typi ...

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