Max Gaede (29 November 1871 – 27 October 1946) was a German
engineer
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and
entomologist
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of international fame who described several hundred of new species of
Lepidoptera
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, mainly African
Noctuidae
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.
He became a member of the Internationaler Entomologischer Verein in 1899.
Many Lepidoptera species have been named after Max Gaede. Some of them are:
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Zekelita gaedei''
Lödl, 1999
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Decachorda gaedei''
Dufrane 1953
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Astyloneura gaedei''
Alberti, 1957
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Eutelia gaedei''
Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
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Zamarada gaedei''
D. S. Fletcher, 1974
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Hypocala gaedei''
Berio, 1955
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Ozarba gaedei''
Berio, 1940
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Athetis gaedei''
Berio, 1955
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Callyna gaedei''
Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
Works
Some of the publications of Max Gaede are:
*1914. ''Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift'' 8: 127, fig.
*1915. ''Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift'' 9: 73.
*1915
Neue afrikanische Heteroceren des Berliner Zoologischen Museums ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris'' 29: 101–122.
*1915
Lepidoptera von Herrn P.Range im Nama-Land ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris'' 29: 144–148.
*1916. ''Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung'' 77: p. 125, pl.
*1916. Die äthiopischen Thyrididen nach dem Material des Berliner zoologischen Museums. ''Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin''. 28 cm. 8. bd., 3. hft.:355–384.
*1916. ''Neue Lepidopteren des Berliner Zoologischen Museums'' Vol. 3; Vol. 8 de ''Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin'', Zoologisches Museum (Berlin). Editor: Friedländer, 1–17.
*1917
Alte und neue Arten der Noktuiden-Gattung Hyblaea ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' Vol.: 1916–1917: 23–29.
*1917. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris'' 30:204.
*1922. Striglina scitaria Wilkr. und verwandte Arten (Lepid., Thyrididen). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1922 (1): 26–35.
*1923. ''Entomologische Rundschau'' 40: 28.
*1925. Arctiiden-Studien (Lep.). Neue und wenig bekannte Arctiiden des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. ''Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin''. 11: 233–251.
*1925. Liphyra grandis und extensa. (Lep. Lycaen.). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1925 (2): 146.
*1926. Amatiden des Berliner Zoologischen Museums. (Lep.). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1926 (2): 113–136.
*1926. Einige Lithosiiden von Neu-Guinea (Lep.). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1926 (4): 335–338.
*1926. Eine neue afrikanische Drepanide (Lep.). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1927 (2): 163–164.
*1928. Thaumetopoeidae, Notodontidae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.) ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer''.
acrolepidoptera of the world. A systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. The African spinners and swarmers 14:395–400, 401–444.
*1929. Schmetterlinge oder Lepidoptera. II, Nachtfalter (Heterocera), Macrolepidoptera Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1929. 1–333.
*1931. Satyridae 1. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. p. 43: 1–43.
*1931. Satyridae 2. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. p. 46: 1–224.
*1931. Satyridae 3 (pars ultima). ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. p. 48: 1–225.
*1933. Clytie luteonigra Warr. ssp. seifersi nov. (Lep. Noct.). ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift''. Vol. 1933 (1): 127–128.
*1934. Nototontidae. In: ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. 59:46.
*1935. Noctuidae. In: Seitz, A. (ed.) ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. 15.
*1937. Eutelianae (Phlogophorinae). In Seitz, A. (ed.) ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde''. 11: 352–365.
*1937. Gelechiidae. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. p. 79: 1–630.
*1938. Oecophoridae 1. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''.
Junk. p. 88: 1–208.
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*1939. Oecophoridae 2. ''Lepidopterorum Catalogus''. Junk. p. 92: 209–476.
References
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1871 births
1946 deaths
German lepidopterists
19th-century German engineers
20th-century German engineers
19th-century German zoologists
20th-century German zoologists
Scientists from Berlin
Engineers from Berlin