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Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser

1877 – 1945

German physician and entomologist

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Lived 1877 – 1945 (aged 67–68). Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a physician, entomologist, zoologist and government veterinarian.

Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser (1877–1945) was a German entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

Speiser was first a physician, then a Medizinalrat, a medical adviser to a district. He worked on world Diptera, especially Nycteribiidae, and was an eminent medical entomologist.

Works (Partial list) 1900. Venti Specie di Zanzare (Culicidae) Italiane Classate e Descritte e Indicate Secondo la Loro Distribuzione corologica. Centralblatt Bact. Parasit und Infektioskrankheiten 28: 297–402. 1901. Ueber die Nycteribiiden, Fledermausparasiten aus der Gruppe der pupiparen Dipteren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 66: 31–70. 1902. Studien Uber Diptera Pupipara. Z. Syst. Hym. Dipt. 2: 145–180. 1902. Diptera (Supplement). Diptera Pupipara. Fauna Hawaiiensis 3(2): 86–92. 1908. Dipteren aus Deutschlands afrikanischen Kolonien. Berl. Ent. Z. 52: 127–149. 1910. Orthorhapha. Orthorhapha Brachycera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umbgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Diptera. P. Palmquists. 2. 65–112. 1923. Aethiopische Dipteren. Weiner Entomologische Zeitung. 40: 81–99. 1904. Zur Nomenclatur blutsaugender Dipteren Amerikas. Insektenbörse 21: 148. 1907. Check-list of North American Diptera Pupipara. Entomological News 18: 103–105. 1908. Die geographische Verbreitung der Diptera pupipara und ihre Phylogenie. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 4: 437–447.

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Important facts

Born
1877, Königsberg
Birth century
Died
1945
Nationality
German Reich
Also known as
Paul Speiser, Speiser, P. Speiser, P. G. E. Speiser

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser?

German physician and entomologist (1877–1945)

When was Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser born?

Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was born in 1877 in Königsberg.

When did Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser die?

Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser died in 1945.

What was Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser's occupation?

Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser was a physician, entomologist, zoologist and government veterinarian.

What nationality was Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser?

Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser's recorded nationality: German Reich.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser

· Wikidata: Q7151041

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