Otto Bang-Haas (20 January 1882,
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
– 30 July 1948, Dresden) was a German
entomologist and insect dealer.
His collection of
microlepidoptera
Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the 'smaller moths' (micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, and are thus harder to ...
is in the
National Museum of Denmark
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and of
Coleoptera in the
Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria
The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria is a natural history museum in Genoa, northern Italy. It is named after the naturalist Giacomo Doria, who was the founder and the curator for over forty years.
The museum was founded in 1867 and c ...
, Genoa. He followed his father
Andreas Bang-Haas into the business.
References
*Poggi, R. & Conci, C. 1996:
ang-Haas, O.'' Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75 13
*
Riley, N. D. 1949:
ang-Haas, O.''L'Entomologiste'' 82 22
External links
DEI LibraryPortrait, collection details, obituary references.
NHM Database
German lepidopterists
1882 births
1948 deaths
Scientists from Dresden
19th-century German zoologists
20th-century German zoologists
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