Josef Fahringer (21 December 1876 – 18 December 1950) was an

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entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. Fahringer was born in

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. He obtained a doctorate at the

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in 1904 and taught at a middle school in Vienna from 1904 to 1907. He then taught at

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from 1907 to 1910, and at

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from 1910 to 1913. Following military service as a captain during the First World War, he returned as a schoolteacher to Vienna, where in 1928 he was named director of the school. During his career, he took research trips to

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, Italy and Turkey.Fahringer, Josef
In:

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(NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , p. 747 f. He published the first modern monograph on

Braconidae The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis ...

: ''Opuscula braconolocica'' (4 parts, 1925–37). A specialist of this group, he also made contributions regarding the systematics of other parasitic

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.Fahringer, Josef (1876-1950), Entomologe
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References

Nachruf und Publikationsliste Josef Fahringer aus: Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 36. Jahrgang, 1951, 75-77

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1876 births 1950 deaths Austrian entomologists Hymenopterists Scientists from Baden bei Wien University of Vienna alumni Educators from Austria-Hungary {{Austria-scientist-stub