Julius Moser (8 November 1863 – 4 July 1929) was a German

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 ...

who specialised in

beetles Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

. He worked on world fauna maintaining a very large personal collection much of which was purchased from insect dealers. Moser who lived in

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left his collection to the

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in that city. He described many new species mostly in the flower beetle group

Cetoniinae Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and ...

. These are large colourful beetles popular with collectors. He was a member of the Entomological Society of Stettin and of the Entomological Society of Berlin.

Works

Partial list *Moser, J. 1901 Einige neue Cetoniden-Arten. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 46: 379–382. *Moser, J. 1902a Einiges über die Arten der Gattung ''Eccoptocnemis'' Krtz. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 47: 144-146 *Moser, J. 1902b Neue Cetoniden-Arten. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 47: 283–287. *Moser, J. 1903a Zwei neue Cetoniden-Arten. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 48: 145. *Moser, J. 1903b Neue Cetoniden-Arten. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 48: 315–320. *Moser, J. 1904 Neue afrikanische Cetoniden-Arten. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 48: 59–70. *Moser, J. 1905 Neue Cetoniden-Arten. ''Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique'' 49: 210–216. *Moser, J. 1906a Beschreibung neuer Cetoniden-Arten. ''Annales de la Societé entomologique de Belgique'' 50: 273–280. *Moser, J. 1906b Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden. ''Annales de la Soc. entomologique de Belgique'' 50: 395–404, 52: 85–96, 52(7): 252–261. *Moser, J. 1909a Eine neue Lokalform von ''Goliathus giganteus'' Lam. ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1909: 238. *Moser, J. 1909b Neue Melolonthiden und Cetoniden. ''Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique'' 52(12): 353–367. *Moser, J. 1913b Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden. ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1913: 601–616. *Moser, J. 1913d Einige neue Arten der Cetoniden- Gattung ''Leucocelis''. ''Revue de zoologie africaine'' 3: 170–178. *Moser, J. 1914c Cetoniidae.'' Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1910-1911, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg'' l(3): 63–70. *Moser, J. 1915a Einige neue afrikanische Cetoniden (Col.). ''Stettiner entomologische Zeitung'' 76: 332–338. *Moser, J. 1915b Neue Melolonthiden und Cetoniden (Col.). ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1915(6): 579–605. *Moser, J. 1917a Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden XVI. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1917 (1/2): 1-22. *Moser, J. 1917b Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.). ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'', 1917, 183–256. *Moser, J. 1919 Einige neue Cetoniden von Afrika und Madagaskar (Col.). ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift'' 5(1): 35–41. *Moser, J. 1922 Sammlungen der schwedischen Elgon Expedition im Jahre 1920. 3 und 4. Melolonthinae und Cetoniidae. ''Arkiv för zoologie'' 14(9): 1–4. *Moser, J. 1924a Neue Melolonthiden und eine neue Cetonide vom Congo Belge (Col. Lamell.). ''Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift'' 1924: 162–171.

External links

Scarab workers

References

*Meyer W. Nachruf.(Obituary) (herdenking bij het overlijden van J. Moser) Stettiner ''Entomologische Zeitung'' 90, 325-326 (1929) *Ross, Emil. Über bedeutende Koleopterologen und dem Verbleibihrer Sammlungen. Ein beitrag zur geschichte der Entomo-Museologie. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 27:47; p. 538 (1934) {{DEFAULTSORT:Moser, Julius German entomologists 1863 births 1929 deaths