Max Paul Riedel (19 February 1870,

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– 27 March 1941

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) 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

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

, especially

Tipulidae Tipulidae is a family of large Crane fly, crane flies in the order Diptera. There are more than 30 genera and 4,200 described species in Tipulidae, common and widespread throughout the world. A crane fly can be identified as a member of Tipuli ...

and

Tachinidae The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true fly, flies within the insect order Fly, Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in t ...

. He wrote "Die palaarktischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung Tipula L." and many shorter scientific papers on Tipulidae. His insect collection is in the

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in Berlin.

Works

* Die palaarktischen Arten der Dipteren-Gattung Tipula L., in: ''Abhandlungen des Vereins fur Naturwissenschaftliche Erforschung des Niederrheins, Krefeld'' 1: 1-122 (1913)

References

*Sachtleben, H. 1940 iedel, M. P.''Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem'' 7(1) 77 *Sachtleben, H. 1941: iedel, M. P.''Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem'' 8(1)

External links

Tipulidae Site
List of Riedel's publications on Tipulidae.
DEI biografi
Portrait {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedel, Max Paul German entomologists Dipterists 1870 births 1941 deaths