Alfred Otto Herz
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Alfred Otto Herz (14 October 1856 in
Coleoptera
.
He was employed as a collector and preparator by the Otto Staudinger - Andreas Bang-Haas insect dealership in Dresden.
Otto Herz went on entomological expeditions to
Siam partly funded by Nicholas Mikhailovich Romanoff
who also purchased material directly from Herz or through Staundinger.
Many of the Lepidoptera collected by Herz were described by
Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science
(including the Romanoff insects) other than that sold elsewhere by the dealership.
Tribute
The fish Pungtungia herzi Herzenstein, 1892 was named in honor of Herz, who collected the type specimen.[1]
References
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Families ACHEILOGNATHIDAE, GOBIONIDAE and TANICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
Sources
- Kusnezov, N. J.1906: [Herz, A. O.] Ann. Mus. Zool. Petersburg 11 I-V.
- Kusnezov, N. J. 1905: [Herz, A. O.] Russk. ent. obozr 5 311-312.
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