- Rudolf Püngeler
Rudolf Püngeler (
15 February 1857 ,Burtscheid –1 February 1927 ,Aachen ) was a Germanentomologist who specialised inLepidoptera . He was a district court lawyer inAachen .Püngeler described very many new species and named ten new genera of moths [ [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/butmoth/ ] ] mainly in "Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris. Dresden". His most important work was on the Lepidoptera of
Central Asia andChina . His collection ofPalaearctic Lepidoptera is in theMuseum für Naturkunde .References
*Pfaff, G. & Wrede, O. H. 1934 [Pungeler, R.] Festschrift, 50jähriges Bestehen I.E.V. DEI.
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* [http://www.zalf.de/home_zalf/institute/dei/php/biograph/biograph.php|DEI ZALF] Portrait Reference List.
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