Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller (21 March 1864 , Rappoltenkirchen, Tulln (district)

Tulln (district)

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 – 25 December 1945, Dresden

Dresden

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) , was an Austria

Austria

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n entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
He was a Professor and Section leader in the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden

Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden

The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000-50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can...

 where his collection is maintained.
Heller was a taxonomist

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

.He described many new species of world fauna.
He was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society

Stettin Entomological Society

The Entomological Society of Stettin or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin , was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were members, as were many from England, Sweden, Italy, France, and Spain...

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Publications

Partial list

• Heller, K.M. 1895. Erster Beitrag zur Papuanischen Kaeferfauna. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5 (16): 1–17
• Heller, K.M. 1898. Neue Käfer von Celebes. Abhandlungen und Berichte Konigl. Zoologischen und Antrhopologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 7: 1-40, pl. 3.
• Heller, K.M. 1900. Systematische Aufzählung der Coleopteren mit Neubeschreibungen von Arten von E. Brenske und J. Faust. pp. 615–626 in Semon, R. (ed.). Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5 778 pp.
• Heller, K.M. 1901. Dritter Beitrag zur Papuanischen Käferfauna. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 10: 1–20
• Heller, K.M. 1908. Vierter Beitrag zur Papuanischen Käferfauna. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden, 12 (1): 1–34 + 1 pl.
• Heller, K.M. 1915. Neue papuanische Rüsselkafer. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1915 (5): 513–528.
• Heller, K. M. 1916. Die Kafer von Neu-Caledonien und benachbarten Inselgruppen. Nova Caledonia Zool. 2: 229-364.
• Heller, K. M. 1923. Neue philippinische Kafer. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 84: 6-8.