Vincenz Kollar

Vincenz Kollar ( born January 15, 1797 in Kranowitz, † May 30, 1860 in Vienna ) was an Austrian zoologist, entomologist and writer.

Life and work

After graduation in Leobschutz he began in 1815 to study medicine at the University of Vienna, dealt also with zoology and then worked on the farm and Natural Resources Cabinet in Vienna since 1817. There he was since 1835 under Karl Franz Anton von writer and curator for the 1851 Executive Board of the Zoological Hofkabinetts. In 1848, Vincenz Kollar was a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Zoological and Botanical Society in Vienna. He devoted himself mainly to exploration and description of the exhibits from the Austrian expedition to Brazil.

Vincenz Kollar has published over 50 scientific articles - in 1833 he took the first descriptions of the steppes - bush-cricket under the Gattungsmamen Locusta montana, the Alpine mountain grasshopper under the name Gryllus alpini (today than Miramella alpini KOLLAR 1883 known) and the cave grasshopper under the name Locusta ( today as Troglophilus Caviola known) before.

According to him, named Theodor Hartig a Gallwespenart Andricus kollari - another gall wasp Cynips kollari was named. The name was kollari assigned when the spiders ( Aranae ) several times; Dysera kollari Doblika 1853, Kollar Scherenkanker: Ischyropsalis kollari, bird Spider: Eresus kollari with six subspecies Eresus kollari frontalis, E. kollari bifasciatus, E. kollari ignicomus, E. kollari illustris, E. kollari latefasciatu, E. kollari tricolor.

In recognition of his scientific work, he received the Knight's Cross of the Franz -Joseph- Order and in 1858 he was appointed a Privy Councillor.

Writings (selection )

  • Brazil especially annoying insects. In: Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl: travel in the interior of Brazil. Vienna from 1817 to 1821.
  • Monographia Chlamydum. JG Heubner, Vienna 1824 edition 2011: Nabu Press.; ISBN 978-1-247-55230-9.
  • Bite effect of a mandrel finger Cheiracanthium sp. ( Clubionidae ). Vienna 1837.
  • Natural history of harmful insects in relation to agriculture and Forstencultur. Agricultural Society, Vienna 1837.
  • The four main enemies of the orchards along with the most reliable means of their destruction. Vienna 1839.
  • With Ludwig Redtenbacher: enumeration and description of the v. of Mr. Karl Freiherr hill from his trip to Kashmir and the Himalayas collected insects. In: Kashmir and the realm of Siek. Volume IV, Stuttgart from 1840 to 1848.
  • Judging of Dr. Medovics report to the Serbian government report on the formation and destruction of the Gollubatzer mosquitoes. In: SB. Scientific Acad. , Vienna 1848, pp. 92-107.
  • Johann Georg Bill, Eduard Fenzl, Leopold Fitzinger, Johann Jakob Heckel: Pictorial natural history of all three realms, with excellent account of the more important for the general life natural products. Vienna 1853.
  • About Agrilus viridis gravel., A alders verwüstendes Insect. In: Proceedings of the Zoological and Botanical Society, Vienna 1858, pp. 325-328.
  • About Ida Pfeiffer's shipments of natural history from Mauritius and Madagascar. Vienna 1858.
Krzanowice Pundit Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers Genus Miramella alpina Knight's Cross Order of Franz Joseph Chlamys (genus) Sikh Empire Golubac Ida Laura Pfeiffer Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie WorldCat Integrated Authority File
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