Theodor Becker (23 June 1840 in

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on ''Katalog der Paläarktischen dipteren'' published in Budapest from 1903.

Selected works

*1902. Die Meigenschen Typen der sog. Musciden Acalyptratae (Muscaria, Holometopa).''Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie'' 2: 209–256, 289–320, 337–349. *1903. Die Typen der v. Roser’schen Dipteren-Sammlung in Stuttgart. Diptera Cyclorrhapha Schizophora. ''Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg'' 59: 52–66. *1903. Aegyptische Dipteren gesammelt und beschrieben (Fortsetzung und Schluss).''Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin'' 2(3): 67-192. *1905. Cyclorrhapha Schizophora: Holometopa. In Becker, T., Bezzi, M., Kertész, K.& Stein, P. (eds): ''Katalog der paläarktischen Dipteren''. Vol. 4, 272 pp., G. Wesselényi in ''Hódmezövásárhely'', Budapest.Bibliography 330 *1907 Zur Kenntnis der Dipteren von Zentral Asien. - I. Cyclorrhapha Schizophora,Holometopa und Orthorrhapha Brachycera. ''Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l.Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg'' 12: 253–317. *1907 Die Ergebnisse meiner dipterologischen Frühjahrsreise nach Algier und Tunis 1906. ''Zeitschrift für systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie'' 7: 369–407. *1907. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna Nordsibiriens. Résultats scientifiques de l’Expédition polaire Russe en 1900–1903, sous la direction du Baron E. Toll. Section E: Zoologie. Volume I. Livr.10. ''Mémoires de l.Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg'', VIII Série, Classe Physico-Mathématique 18(10): 1–6. *1908. Dipteren der Kanarischen Inseln. ''Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin'' 4(1): 1–180. *1908. Dipteren der Insel Madeira. ''Mitteilungen aus dem zoologischen Museum in Berlin'' 4(1): 181–206. *1909. Collectionis recueillis par M. Maurice de Rothschild dans l’Afrique orientale anglaise. Insectes: Diptères nouveaux. ''Bulletin du Muséum National d.Histoire Naturelle,Paris'' 15: 113–121. *1910. Voyage de M. Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et dans l’Afrique orientale(1904-1906). Diptères nouveaux. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' 79: 22–30. *1910. Dipteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokótra. ''Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse'',71: 1-30. *1910. Dipterologische Sammelreise nach Korsika (Dipt.). I. Orthorrhapha brachycera.''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 6: 635–665. *1910. 1910 Chloropidae. Eine monographische Studie. ''Archivum Zoologicum Budapest'' 1:23-174 *1913. Dipteren aus Marokko. ''Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l.Académie Impériale de Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg'' 18: 62–95. *1916. Fauna Faeröensis. Orthorrhapha Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha aschiza und Schizophora (excl. Anthomyiinae). ''Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographieund Biologie der Tiere, Jena'' 39:121-134. *1920. Diptères brachycères. Mission du Service Géographique de l.Armée pour la mesure d.un arc de Méridien Equatorial en Amérique du Sud, 1899–1906, 10(1919)(2):163-215. *1922. ''Diptères''. In: ''Extrait du voyage de M. le Baron Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique Orientale Anglaise (1904-1905)''. pp. 796–836, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris.

Collection

Becker's collection is in the Natural History Museum of Berlin.

References

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