Paul Hahnel (17 April 1843, Schlegenburg in Leobsanütz,

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- 12 May 1887, Manicore) He collected Lepidoptera and Coleoptera in

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(1877/79) and made two Amazon expeditions the first 1879-1884) and the second, with Otto Michael 1885/87). His collection was sold to

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Based on Hahnel's collection of

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, George Albert Boulenger described eight new species and named one of them, '' Ameerega hahneli'', after him.

References

*Fassl, A. H. 1921 ahnel, P.''Ent. Z.'' 35(13) 49-50. *Lamas, G. 1981 ahnel, P.''Rev. Per. Ent.'' 23 1980(1) 25-31. *Staudinger, O. 1890: ahnel, P. ''Dt. Ent. Z. Iris'' 3(1) 128-132. 1843 births 1887 deaths German entomologists {{entomologist-stub