Richard Haensch

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Richard Hänsch or Haensch (16 September 1865 – ) was a German entomologist, zoologist, and insect dealer in Berlin.

Haensch was born in Rostock, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, to Carl Helmuth Hänsch and Maria Otilie Dorothea Krüger.[1][2]

He collected in Bahia (1893–1894) and Minas Gerais (1896–1897) in Brazil, and in Ecuador (1899–1900).

He wrote the section "Familie Danaidae" in Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde [The Large Butterflies of the World] (1909–1910) edited by

German Entomological Institute
collection.

Haensch is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard,

Stenocercus haenschi.[3]

Sources

  • Gädecke R., Groll, E.K. (editors) (2010). Biografien der Entomologen der Welt: Datenbank. Version 4.15. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. [1] (in German).

References

  1. ^ Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850–1934
  2. ^ Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500–1971
  3. . ("Haensch", p. 113).