Otto Bang-Haas

Otto Bang -Haas ( born January 20, 1882 in Dresden, † July 30, 1948 ) was a German entomologist ( entomologist ) and insect dealer.

Life

Otto Bang -Haas was the son of the Danish Small butterfly collector and later insects merchant Andreas Bang -Haas ( 1846-1925 ). The company " Staudinger & Bang -Haas ," which was continued by Otto Staudinger death of Andreas Bang -Haas, 1913 was handed over to Otto Bang -Haas, who was henceforth the sole owner. He led the company until his death. It was dissolved on September 30, 1948. 1941 Otto donated Bang -Haas along with Adolf Müller and Manfred Koch a named after Johann Christian Fabricius Medal, which is conferred by statute to the author of the best German entomological publication of the year or to a particularly earned German scientists for his oeuvre. The award of the Medal Fabricius done to date, and is made ​​by the German Society for General and Applied Entomology, since 1989 regularly in years with an odd number years.

Otto Bang -Haas has described many new species of insects. In the zoological literature his name is usually abbreviated as " Bang -Haas ."

Collection whereabouts

The private collection of beetles (Scarabaeidae and Staphylinidae in the world of the Philippines, determined by Bernhauer ) went to the Museo di storia naturale Giacomo Doria in Genoa. The company's collection of Palaearctic butterflies was acquired by Otto Bang -Haas ' death of the company H. Kotzsch and arrived in 1961 at the Museum of Zoology Dresden. The beetles, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera of the corporate collection went to Werner Heinz Muche.