Elemér Bokor (January 19, 1887,

Sátoraljaújhely Sátoraljaújhely (German language, German: ''Neustadt am Zeltberg''; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Nové Mesto pod Šiatrom;'' Yiddish: ''איהעל'') is a border town located in Borsod–Abaúj–Zemplén County, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hu ...

Zemplén County Zemplén (, , , ) was an administrative county (Comitatus (Kingdom of Hungary), comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. The northern part of its territory is now situated in eastern Slovakia (Zemplín (region), Zemplín region), while a smaller so ...

– September 1, 1928,

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) was a Hungarian

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

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 ...

. Bokor worked on cave fauna. His collection of

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beetles is in the

Hungarian Natural History Museum The Hungarian Natural History Museum () in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. History of the museum Foundation In 1802, Count Ferenc Széchényi offered his library and h ...

Works

*Új vakbogarak Magyarország faunájából. Annales Musei Nat. Hung. XI. 1913. *Három új vakbogár Magyarország faunájából. Annales Musei Nat. Hung. XI. 1913. *A vak Trechusok szeméről. Rovartani Lapok, XXI., 1914. *A magyarhoni barlangok ízeltlábúi. Barlangkutatás, IX., 1921. *Az Abaligeti-barlang. Földr. Közl. LIII., 1925.

References

* Székely Kinga: 100 éve történt. Karszt és Barlang, 1987. I-II. * Groll, E. K. d. 2006, Entomologen der Welt (Biographien, Sammlungsverbleib). Datenbank 2. Version, DEI im ZALF e. V.: „Bokor, Elemír (= Elemér)": (internet).Portrait 1887 births 1928 deaths People from Sátoraljaújhely Hungarian entomologists 20th-century Hungarian zoologists {{Hungary-scientist-stub