Hermann Schmitz (entomologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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entomologist from Germany
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Place of Birth: Elberfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Hermann Schmitz (entomologist)
- Hermann Schmitz (12 August 1878 in Elberfeld, Wuppertal – 1 September 1960 in Bad Godesberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and Diptera. His personal collection of data on flies and the literature of flies were looted by the Nazis during World War II.
- He was a Jesuit of German origin living in Limburg (Netherlands), at the time.Schmitz was a priest in Valkenburg.
- He is best known for his studies of Phoridae.
- His collections are in Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht [1] (Diptera and Hymenoptera) Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn (world Phoridae and Lepidoptera from the Canary islands) He wrote Phoridae In: E.
- Lindner, Editor, Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region (Lieferung 165) 4 (33) (1951) and many scientific papers mostly on this family.
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