Gabriel Strobl (3 November 1846 in

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– 15 March 1925 in

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, Benediktinerstift) was an

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priest and

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 ...

. In 1866 the then 20-year-old Gabriel Strobl became a Roman Catholic priest monk (''Pater'') at the

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monastery

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(Stift Admont). A devastating monastery fire in 1865 had destroyed the Natural History Cabinet (a museum) and its contents which had included Joseph Stammel’s Universe. He was entrusted by Abbot Karlmann Hieber (served 1861–1868) with rebuilding the Natural History Museum. In 44 years of work - until his stroke in 1910 - Gabriel Strobl built up the Museum anew. In his first 12 years of work, he devoted himself principally to

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

, before dedicating himself completely to entomology for the following 32 years. Although his published work is mainly on Diptera he also worked on

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typi ...

and

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 ...

of the

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which was partially ruled by

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until 1918.

Partial list of publications

On Diptera: *1880. ''Dipterologische Funde um Seitenstetten. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Nieder-Österreichs''. Programm des Kaiserlich-königlichen Ober-Gymnasiums der Benedectiner zu Seitenstetten 14: 3-65. *1892. Die osterreichischen Arten der Gattung ''Hilara'' Meig. (Mit Beruckischtigung der Arten Deutschlands und der Schweiz.). ''Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien'' 42: 85–182. *1893. Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Littorale. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg''. 12: 29–42, 74–80, 89–108, 121-136 and 161–170. *1893. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 29 (1892): 1–199. *1894. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 30 (1893): 1–152. *1898. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. IV Theil. Nachträge. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 34 (1897): 192–298. *1898b. Fauna diptera Bosne, Hercegovine I Dalmacie. Glasn. Zemalj. ''Muz. Bosni Herceg''. 10: 387–466, 562-616 (in Serbian). *1899. Spanische Dipteren. II. Theil. ''Wiener entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 12–27. *1899. Spanische Dipteren. III.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 77–83. *1899. Spanische Dipteren. IV.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 117–128. *1899. Spanische Dipteren. V.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 144–148. *1899. Spanische Dipteren. VI.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 213–229. *1899. Spanische Dipteren. VII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 246–250. *1900. Spanische Dipteren. VIII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 1–10. *1900. Spanische Dipteren. IX.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 61–70. *1900. Spanische Dipteren. X.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 92–100. *1900. Spanische Dipteren. XI.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 169–174. *1900. Spanische Dipteren. XII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung (Schluss.)''. 19: 207–216. *1900a. Dipterenfauna von Bosnien, Herzegovina und Dalmatien. ''Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herzeg''. 7: 552–670. (German translation of the paper published in 1898b, with additions). *1900b. Spanische Dipteren. IX. ''Theil. Wien. Ent. Ztg''. 19: 61–70. *1901. Tief's dipterologischer Nachlass aus Kärnten und Österreich-Schlesien. ''Jahrb. Naturh. Landesmus. Kärnten'' 26 (1900): 171–246. *1902. Novi prilozi fauni diptera Balkans'kog poluostrva ew contributions on the dipterous fauna of the Balkan peninsula ''Glasn. Zemalj. Muz. Bosni Herceg''. 14: 461–517. *1904. Neue Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna der Balkanhalbinsel. ''Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herzeg.'' 9: 519–581. (German translation of Strobl 1902) *1906. Spanische Dipteren II. Mem. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. (Madrid), Segunda Epoca 3(1905): 271-422 *1909. with Czerny, L. Spanische Dipteren. III. ''Beitrag. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 59(6): 121–310. *1910. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 46(1909): 45-293. On Hymenoptera: *1900-1903. ''Ichneumoniden Steiermarks'' (''und der Nachbarländer''). 388 p. Dipteren Stift Admont

Collections

Strobl's Diptera and Coleoptera (excepting exotic, i.e. Non-European species) are in the Natural History museum at

(Stift Admont) as well as are all his Lepidoptera. The exotic Coleoptera and Cicadidae, and all the Hymenoptera are in

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(Joanneum National Museum) in

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. The Syrphidae via H. R. Meyer are in the

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References

* Contreras-Lichtenberg, R. 2003: Die Geschichte der Dipterologie am Wiener Naturhistorischen Museum. '' Denisia'' 8 47–55, 6 Photos. * Gusenleitner, F. 1991: Wildbienenforschung in Österreich. - Kataloge des Oberösterr. Landesmuseums NF (2. Auflage) 10 103–153. * Portrait of Strobl and history of the Admont Abbey Museu

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Strobl, Gabriel 1846 births 1925 deaths People from Murtal District 19th-century Austrian Roman Catholic priests 19th-century Austrian botanists Austrian entomologists Dipterists Hymenopterists Austrian Benedictines 20th-century Austrian Roman Catholic priests