Hans Kotzsch
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Hans Kotzsch was a German
entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
.
From 1925 Kotzsch owned the entomological dealership "Hermann Wernicke
" in Dresden.From here he sold insects collected on his many collecting trips ( Rybatschi-Halbinsel
(1933), Armenia
(1934), Hindu Kush
(1936), Iran
and Afghanistan
(1939) Turkey
and China
.Many of his specimens are in Museum Alexander Koenig
in Bonn and in Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
In 1948 two years before his death he purchased the business collection "Staudinger
" - Bang-Haas
from the widow of Otto Bang-Haas
.Like most dealers of his time Kotzsch described many new subspecies of "exotic" butterflies, particularly from South America
. Most are these are unsound but his taxonomic work on Palaearctic fauna is much better.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
.
From 1925 Kotzsch owned the entomological dealership "Hermann Wernicke
Hermann Wernicke
Hermann Wernicke was a German entomologist.From 1898 Wernicke was an insect dealer in Dresden. He also sold collecting equipment and natural history books. In 1899 he wrote Anleitung zur Deutschen Normalpräparation der Schmetterlinge...
" in Dresden.From here he sold insects collected on his many collecting trips ( Rybatschi-Halbinsel
Rybachy
Rybachy, is a rural settlement in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, the northern part of former East Prussia. From the high Middle Ages to 1945, Rybachy was named Rossitten, a German settlement on the Curonian Spit, part of Prussia and then of Germany until the end of World War II...
(1933), Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
(1934), Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush
The Hindu Kush is an mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and northern Pakistan. The highest point in the Hindu Kush is Tirich Mir in the Chitral region of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.It is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakoram Range, and is a...
(1936), Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
(1939) Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
and China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.Many of his specimens are in Museum Alexander Koenig
Museum Koenig
The Alexander Koenig Research Museum is a natural history museum and zoological research institution in Bonn, Germany. The museum is named after Alexander Koenig, who donated his collection of specimens to the institution...
in Bonn and in Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
In 1948 two years before his death he purchased the business collection "Staudinger
Otto Staudinger
Otto Staudinger was a German entomologist and a natural history dealer considered one of the largest in the world specialising in the collection and sale of insects to museums, scientific institutions, and individuals....
" - Bang-Haas
Andreas Bang-Haas
Andreas Bang-Haas was a Danish entomologist and insect dealer.In 1879 he entered into the business of the insect dealer Otto Staudinger.He married Staudinger's daughter in 1880 and became co-owner of the firm, now "Staudinger & Bang-Haas", in 1884 or 1887.The business was eventually taken over by...
from the widow of Otto Bang-Haas
Otto Bang-Haas
Otto Bang-Haas was a German entomologist and insect dealer.His collection of microlepidoptera is in the National Museum of Denmark and of Coleoptera in the Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria, Genoa....
.Like most dealers of his time Kotzsch described many new subspecies of "exotic" butterflies, particularly from South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. Most are these are unsound but his taxonomic work on Palaearctic fauna is much better.
Works
Beginning list- 1929 Nue Falter aus dem Richthofengebirge Entomologische Zeitschrift 43 (16): 204-206, fig. 1-10.
- 1936 Ein Sommer unter den Kurden. Ent. Rundsch. 53: 313-317
- 1939 Neue Weibform von Baronia brevicornis Salv. Entomologische Zeitschrift 53(46):360.
- 1936. Falternenbreiten aus meiner Hindukusch-Expedition Entomologische Rundschau. Bd. 54.5. S. 50–52.
- 1939. Weitere Falterneuheiten aus meiner Hindukusch-Expedition 1936 Entomologischen Rundschau 55 (1): 9-10.