Fritz Wagner (1873–1938) was an
Austrian
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entomologist
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who specialised in
Lepidoptera
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.
Fritz Wagner was an insect dealer in
Vienna
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from 1902 to 1905 as a partner in the firm Ortner Brothers & Co. (Vienna). from 1906 to 1924, as co-proprietor of Winkler & Wagner (Vienna) and also from 1918 owner of the company Fritz Wagner.
The dealership specialised in
Palaearctic
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Th ...
especially ''
Parnassius
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'' and ''
Erebia
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'' and Lepidoptera of
Central Asia
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and the
Mediterranean
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area (collected on various personal expeditions).
Works
Partial list
*Wagner, F. (1909): Einige neue Lepidopterenformen. ''Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 23 (4), pp. 17–19
* Wagner, Fritz (01. Nov 1931): Dritter (IV). Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Inner-Anatoliens. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 24(45), pp. [467-485, (47):487-493, 1 pl.
*Wagner, Fritz (17 Dec 1910): Zwei neue mitteleuropäische Lepidopteren-Formen. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 4(38), pp. 208–209
*Wagner, Fritz (1913): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren - Fauna des Iligebietes sowie des Sary-Dschas (Asia centr.).'' Ent. Mitt''. 2, pp. [22-30, 50–62, 88–95, 112–116, 153–158, 185–190, 244–254, 285–288, 1 pl, 21 text-figs.
*Wagner, Fritz (1926): Einige neue Lepidopteren-Formen meiner Sammlung. ''Z. öst. EntVer.'' 11, pp. [25-26]
*Wagner, Fritz (1929): Weiterer Beitrag zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Inner-Anatoliens. ''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 19, pp. [1-28, 57–80, 175-206
*Wagner, Fritz (27 Dec 1919): Neue Lepidopteren-Formen meiner Sammlung. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 13(20), pp. 156–160
References
German entomologists
Year of death missing
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