Max Bastelberger

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Max Joseph Bastelberger (19 March 1851, Würzburg, Bavaria – 1 January 1916, Munich, Bavaria) was a German medical doctor and entomologist. He was specialized on geometrid moths and described 351 new taxa. [1]

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Max Bastelberger (1851-1916)

Species named in his honor include

<i>Alcis bastelbergeri</i> species of insect

Alcis bastelbergeri is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Central Europe, through the Ural to the eastern Palearctic, where subspecies sachalinensis is found.

Eupithecia bastelbergeri is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Russia and Turkey.

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References

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    • Anonymus: † Max Bastelberger. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 7(1-5): 3-7, München 1916 PDF.


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