Eduard Becher

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Eduard Becher (30 September 1856, Vienna - 11 November 1886, Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist who worked on Diptera. He wrote Zur Kenntnis der Kopfbildung der Dipteren (Contribution to knowledge of the head formation of the Diptera) Wien ent. Zeitung, 1: 49-54 (1882). In this work he identified the divisions of the Cyclorrhapha, Aschiza and Schizophora, a division he based on differences in the frontal region of the head. Aschiza have no ptilinum or associated suture, Schizophora have both ptilinum and its suture. Becher's collection of Austrian Diptera is in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Other work

1886. Insecten von Jan Mayen. Beobachtungs-Ergebnisse, Osterreichischen Polarstation Jan Mayen 3: 59-66.

References

Anonym 1887: [Becher, E.] Leopoldina 23: 53
Anonym 1887: [Biographien] Zool. Anz. 10:152
Contreras-Lichtenberg, R. 2003: Die Geschichte der Dipterologie am Wiener Naturhistorischen Museum. Denisia 8 47-55.
Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers.
Mik, J. 1886: [Becher, E.] Wien. ent. Ztg. 5:352
Steindachner 1897: [Becher, E.] Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. 2:7-9

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Name	Becher, Eduard
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Short description	Austrian entomologist
Date of birth	30 September 1856
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Date of death	11 November 1886
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