Paul Gustav Eduard Speiser (1877–1945) was a

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

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 ...

. Speiser was first a

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

, then a ''Medizinalrat'', a medical adviser to a district. He worked on world Diptera, especially

Nycteribiidae Nycteribiidae is a family of the true fly superfamily Hippoboscoidea. Together with their close relatives the Streblidae, they are known as "bat flies". As the latter do not seem to be a monophyletic group, it is conceivable that bat flies ca ...

, and was an eminent medical entomologist.

Works

(Partial list) *1900. Venti Specie di Zanzare (Culicidae) Italiane Classate e Descritte e Indicate Secondo la Loro Distribuzione corologica. ''Centralblatt Bact. Parasit und Infektioskrankheiten'' 28: 297–402. *1901. Ueber die Nycteribiiden, Fledermausparasiten aus der Gruppe der pupiparen Dipteren. ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'' 66: 31–70. *1902. Studien Uber Diptera Pupipara. ''Z. Syst. Hym. Dipt.'' 2: 145–180. *1902. Diptera (Supplement). Diptera Pupipara. ''Fauna Hawaiiensis'' 3(2): 86–92. *1908. Dipteren aus Deutschlands afrikanischen Kolonien. ''Berl. Ent. Z.'' 52: 127–149. *1910. Orthorhapha. Orthorhapha Brachycera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umbgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Diptera. ''P. Palmquists.'' 2. 65–112. *1923. Aethiopische Dipteren. ''Weiner Entomologische Zeitung.'' 40: 81–99. *1904. Zur Nomenclatur blutsaugender Dipteren Amerikas. '' Insektenbörse'' 21: 148. *1907. Check-list of North American Diptera Pupipara. Entomological News 18: 103–105. *1908. Die geographische Verbreitung der Diptera pupipara und ihre Phylogenie. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie 4: 437–447.

References

*Evenhuis, N. L. 1997:'' Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum'' (1758–1930). Volume 1 (A–K); Volume 2 (L–Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1–426; 427–871. {{DEFAULTSORT:Speiser, Paul Gustav Eduard 1877 births 1945 deaths German entomologists Dipterists