Oscar Ringdahl (1885–1966) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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 ...

and

Trichoptera The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the b ...

. Ringdahl described many new species from Sweden and Lappland. Parts of his personal collection are in the

Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

and

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Works

Partial list:: *Ringdahl, O. (1939) Diptera der Fam. Muscidae, (die Gattungen Aricia und Anthomyza) von Zetterstedt in “Insecta Lapponica” und “Diptera Scandinaviae” beschrieben. ''Opuscula entomologica'', 4, 137–159. *Ringdahl, O. (1952) Catalogus Insectorum Sueciae. XI. Diptera Cyclorrhapha: Muscaria Schizometopa. ''Opuscula entomologica'' 17: 129–186 *Ringdahl, O. with Peder Nielsen and

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(1954) ''Zoology of Iceland''. Vol III. Part 48a. Diptera. Copenhagen and Reykjavik: Ejnar Munksgaard, *Ringdahl, O. (1954) ''Svensk Insektfauna'', 11, Diptera, Cyclorapha Schizophora Schizometopa, I. Fam. Muscidae (Häfte 1): 91. *Ringdahl, O. (1956) ''Svensk insektfauna'': Muscidae, Stockholm. Entomologiska Foreningen., 1: 1–334.

References

*Hugo Andersson, 1978 Scandinavian entomologists 4 - Oscar Ringdahl ''Insect Systematics & Evolution'', Volume 9, Issue 3, pages 178–187 1978 E-

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1885 births 1966 deaths Dipterists Swedish entomologists 20th-century Swedish zoologists {{zoologist-stub