- Eduard Becher
Eduard Becher (30 September 1856 ,
Vienna - 11 November 1886 , Vienna) was anAustria nentomologist who worked onDiptera . He wrote Zur Kenntnis der Kopfbildung der Dipteren in English Contribution to knowledge of the head formation of the Diptera "Wien ent. Zeitung", 1: 49-54 (1882).n this work he founded the divisions of theCyclorrhapha Aschiza andSchizophora , basing this division.was on differences in the frontal region of the head. Aschiza have noptilinum or associated suture Schizophora have both ptilinum and its suture.Becher's collection of Austrian Diptera is inNaturhistorisches 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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