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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Austrian entomologist
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
(Vienna)
Death:
(Paris)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Stephan von Breuning (21 November 1894 – 11 March 1983) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, particularly Cerambycidae.
Career
An amateur working on the rich collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle he described 7894 taxa of Cerambycidae.
Works
The complete list of his entomological works has been published in the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, number 41.[1]
One of his most famous remains Études sur les Lamiaires, published in Novitates entomologicae, 1934-1946.
Personal
He gave this photo together with a text to be published after his death. Von Breuning lived with his wife in a small studio rue Durantin, Paris 18ème at the top of an old building.