About Ferdinand Kowarz
Lived 1838 – 1914 (aged 76). Ferdinand Kowarz was an Austrian entomologist.
Ferdinand Kowarz (23 February 1838, Planá – 22 September 1914, Františkovy Lázně), was a Bohemian-Austrian entomologist who described many new species of Diptera mainly from central Europe
Kowarz was a post office official. To supplement his income he sold collections of Diptera to others in the same field.
Publications 1867 Beschreibung sechs neuer Dipteren-Arten. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 17: 319–324, 4 figs. 1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 18: 213–222 1868 Dipterologische Notizen II. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 18: 213–222. 1869 Beitrag zur Dipteren fauna Ungarns. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 19: 561- 566. 1874 Die Dipteren-Gattung Chrysotus Meig. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 24: 453–478 + 1 pl. 1878 Die Dipteren-Gattung Medeterus Fischer. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 27 (1877): 39–76, 24 figs. 1879 Die Dipteren-Gattungen Argyra Macq. und Leucostola Lw. Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien., 28 (1878): 437–462, 26 figs 1880 Die Dipterengattung Lasiops Mg. ap Rd., ein Beitrag zum Studium der europäischen Anthomyiden. Mitt. Münch. ent. Ver., 4: 123–140. 1882 Eine neue Art der Dipteren-Gattung Leucostola Lw. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 1: 32–33. 1883 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens I. -III. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 2: 108–110 (I), 168–170 (II), 241- 243 (III) .*. 1883 Contributiones ad faunam Comitatus Zemplémensis in Hungaria superiore. Diptera Comitatus Zempléniensis collectionis Dies Cornelli Chyzer. Mag. orvos. term., 22: 233–246. (In Hung.; Latin title.) 1884 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens IV. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 3: 45–57. 1885 Mikianov. gen. Dipterorum. Wien. Ent. Zeitg.., 4: 51–52. 1885 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. Wien. Ent. Zeitg.., 4: 105–108, 133–136, 167–168, 201–208, 241–244. 1887 Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Dipteren Böhmens VI. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 6: 146–154. 1889 Die europäischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung SympycnusLw. Wien. Ent. Zeitg., 8: 175–185. 1894 Catalogus insectorum faunae bohemicae. -II. Fliegen (Diptera) Böhmens. Prag, 42 pp
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Who was Ferdinand Kowarz?
Austrian entomologist
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Ferdinand Kowarz was born on 23 February 1838 in Planá.
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Ferdinand Kowarz died on 22 September 1914 in Františkovy Lázně.
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Ferdinand Kowarz was an entomologist.
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Ferdinand Kowarz was Austrian.
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