Stephan von Breuning (entomologist)
{{Short description|Austrian entomologist (1894–1983)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stephan von Breuning
| image = Breuning SN.jpg
| birth_date = 21 November 1894
| birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|3|11|1894|11|21|df=yes}}
| fields = Entomology
| known_for = Études sur les Lamiaires
}}
Stephan von Breuning (21 November 1894 – 11 March 1983) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in the study of beetles (coleopterology), particularly within the longhorn family (Cerambycidae).Archiv der Universität Wien PH RA 4832.
Career
An amateur working on the rich collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France, von Breuning described 7,894 taxa of Cerambycidae.
Works
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The complete list of von Breuning's entomological works is published in the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, number 41.{{Cite web|url=http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/bullsn/bull-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624044100/http://www.insects.demon.co.uk/bullsn/bull-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2011|title=Bulletins de la Société Sciences Nat 40-49|date=June 24, 2011|access-date=October 14, 2019}} One of his most famous works is Études sur les Lamiaires, published in Novitates Entomologicae, 1934–1946.
Personal life
Von Breuning and his wife lived in a small studio at the top of an old building on rue Durantin, Paris 18ème.
Further reading
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- {{cite journal|last1=Kuschel|first1=Gillermo|last2=Emberson|first2=Rowan M.|title=Notes on Hybolasius trigonellaris Hutton from the Chatham Islands (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)|journal=New Zealand Entomologist|date=2008|volume=31|issue=1|pages=89–92|doi=10.1080/00779962.2008.9722170|s2cid=85749487}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Meunier|first1=Jean-Yves|last2=Téocchi|first2=Pierre|title=Addenda et corrigenda à la liste des publications de Stephan von Breuning (1894 – 1983) avec une notice biographique|journal=L'Entomologiste|date=2015|volume=71|issue=5|pages=317–320|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289529570}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Blumenthal|first1=C. L.|last2=Heinz|first2=W.|title=Zum Gedenken an Stephan von Breuning|journal=Entomologische Zeitschrift mit Insektenbörse|date=1984|volume=94|page=32}}
- {{cite journal|last1=von Breuning|first1=Stephan|title=Stephan von Breuning 1894–1983, Notice autobiographique et liste des publications|journal=Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat|date=1984|volume=41|pages=1–17}}
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.lamiinae.org/index.php?pg=rech&cat=faut&id=3 Lamiaires du Monde] Short Bio in English
- [https://archive.today/20080821035056/http://www.zalf.de/home_zalf/institute/dei/php/biograph/biographie.php DEI Zalf] Collection and publication list.
- [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=131736116 Works by or about Stephan von Breuning] from the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Category:Austrian entomologists
Category:20th-century Austrian zoologists
Category:Scientists from Vienna
Category:University of Vienna alumni
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