Rudolf Püngeler

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Rudolf Püngeler.

Rudolf Püngeler (15 February 1857, Burtscheid – 1 February 1927, Aachen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a district court lawyer in Aachen.

Püngeler described very many new species and named ten new genera of moths^[1] mainly in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris. Dresden. His most important work was on the Lepidoptera of Central Asia and China. His collection of Palaearctic Lepidoptera is in the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde.

References

Pfaff, G. & Wrede, O. H. 1934 [Püngeler, R.] Festschrift, 50jähriges Bestehen I.E.V. DEI.

External links

DEI biografi Portrait Reference List.

Notes

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Name	Pungeler, Rudolf
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Short description	German entomologist
Date of birth	15 February 1857
Place of birth
Date of death	1 February 1927
Place of death

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