Rasmus Carl Stæger 1861 by Rudolph Striegler

Rasmus Carl Stæger (3 November 1800 – 9 February 1875) was a

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attorney, civil servant, politician and

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Biography

Stæger was born and died in

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, Denmark. He took his legal degree in 1817. Over the course of his career, he served as a judge, elected official and financial advisor to the Danish government in the Bureau of Foreign Payments, National Debt Office and Council of Justice. From 1858 to 1871 he was a member of Frederiksberg Parish Council, from 1859 to 1862 he was deputy chairman and then until 1871 mayor of Frederiksberg. As an entomologist, his foci were Dolichopodidae, Sepsidae and Chironomidae. Stæger’s Diptera collection is in the

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in Copenhagen. Diptera collection ''Natural History Museum of Denmark'' Retrieved December 1, 2020

Works

*Systematisk Fortegnelse over de i Danmark hidtil fundne Diptera (1840) *Danske Dolichopoder (1842–43) *Systematisk Fremstilling af den danske Favnas Arter af Antliatslægten Sepsis (1844) *Grønlands Antliater beskrevne (1845)

Some Diptera described by Stæger

*''Sepsis ciliata'' Sepsidae *''Oxycera falleni''

Stratiomyidae The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extan ...

*''Syrphus hyperboreus'' Syrphidae *''Siphona strigata'' Tachinidae *''Dolichopus angustifrons'' Dolichopodidae *''Sybistroma crinipes'' Dolichopodidae

References

External links

Diptera collection
Natural History Museum of Denmark {{DEFAULTSORT:Stæger, Rasmus Carl 1800 births 1875 deaths People from Copenhagen Danish entomologists Dipterists Danish jurists 19th-century Danish politicians