Max Bernhauer (24 September 1866 in

Mohelnice Mohelnice (; ) is a town in Šumperk District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,800 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban m ...

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– 13 March 1946 in

Horn, Austria Horn () is a small town in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of the district of the same name. Population Notable people * Marie Andree-Eysn (1847-1929), an Austrian botanist and folklorist. * Moriz Winternitz (1863 ...

) 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 ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera 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 ...

, especially

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

. He described over 5,000 species. Bernhauser was the son of a clerk at Müglitz. He received his schooling at Olomouc. He studied and received a law degree from the University of Vienna in 1899."Bernhauer, Max." ''Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd Edition''. Springer, 2008. 471. He worked as a

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at various times at Vienna, Stockerau, Grünburg and then at Horn to supplement his amateur studies. He became interested in beetles while at university and interacted with several entomologists including Ganglbauer, Luze, and Spaeth. His first publications were on the Staphylinidae and received specimens from around the world. In 1910 he began to work on a world catalogue of the Staphylinidae in collaboration with Karl Schubert and Otto Scheerpeltz. He published nearly 285 papers, describing 5251 species in 342 genera. His collection was sold off after his death and most of the types are in the

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in Chicago.

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Oslo University Natural History Museum
List of publications (vie Search) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernhauer, Max Austrian entomologists 1866 births 1946 deaths Notaries Coleopterists University of Vienna alumni People from Mohelnice Scientists from Austria-Hungary