Ole Anton Sæther (9 December 1936 – 8 January 2013) was a Norwegian entomologist. He was scientific assistant and university lecturer at Department of

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, from 1960 to 1966; research scientist at Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada from 1966 to 1977; and professor of systematic zoology in the

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at the

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from 1977 to his retirement in 2006. He specialized in aquatic

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, especially

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and

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. He penned about 265 academic publications (more than 5,500 pages); authored or co-authored 3 subfamilies, 42 genera or subgenera, and more than 300 species; and was a member of the editorial board of the journals ''Aquatic Insects'' and ''Acta Zoologicae Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae''. He received an honorary degree at

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in 2000 and was an honorary member of the Finnish Entomological Society. The

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''Contributions to the Systematics and Ecology of Aquatic Diptera: A Tribute to Ole A. Sæther'' was released for his seventieth birthday. The genera ''Saetheria'', ''Saetheriella'', ''Saetheromyia'', ''Saetherocladius, Saetherocryptus, Saetherops, Oleia,'' and ''Olecryptotendipes'' and the species ''Diamesa saetheri'', ''Protanypus saetheri'', ''Propsilocerus saetheri'', ''Hydrobaenus saetheri'', ''Limnophyes saetheri, Nanocladius saetheri, Orthocladius saetheri, Tanytarsus saetheri'', and ''Tokunagaia oleantoni'' have been named after him. His contributions to the database

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, as an expert on Chironomidae, were much appreciated. He resided at Ulriksdal 1 in Bergen.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saether, Ole 1936 births 2013 deaths Norwegian entomologists Academic staff of the University of Bergen