Pius Sack (3 December 1865 – 5 February 1946) was a German

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 ...

His collection of World Diptera is conserved in

Naturmuseum Senckenberg The Naturmuseum Senckenberg is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its type in Germany. The museum contains a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,0 ...

Works

partial list *1913. Die Gattung ''

Merodon ''Merodon'' is a large genus of bee-like hoverflies. The majority of the species are centered on the Mediterranean and it is the second largest hoverfly genus in Europe with more than 50 European species. It is distributed over the Palaearctic a ...

'' Meigen (Lampetia Meigen olim.). ''Abhandlungen des Senckenbergische Gesellschafts der Naturforscher'' 31: 427-462 *1928 Die Ausbeute der deutschen Chaco-Expedition 4. Diptera Syrphidae / von P. Sack tuttgartWürtt. Naturaliensammlung 1928 in the series ''Mitteilungen aus dem Königlichen Naturalienkabinett zu Stuttgart'', 128. *1931 Syrphidae (Diptera) der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition. *1930 Zweiflügler, oder, Diptera. IV, ''Syrphidae-Conopidae'' / P. Sack, O. Kröber. Jena G. Fischer, 1930.in the series Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise, T. 20. *1932 Syrphiden (Diptera) von den Kleinen Sunda-Inseln. (Ergebnisse der Sunda-Expedition Rensch.) Several parts of ''Die Fliegen der paläarktischen Region'' (the Flies of the Palaearctic Region) edited by

Erwin Lindner Erwin Lindner (7 April 1888 – 30 November 1988) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was born in Böglins, Memmingen and died in Stuttgart, aged 100 years. In 1913 Erwin Lindner joined the ack, P. Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin 3 (1) 63 (70 year birthday) German entomologists Dipterists 1865 births 1946 deaths {{Germany-biologist-stub