Stephan von Breuning (entomologist)


Stephan von Breuning was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, particularly Cerambycidae.

Career

An amateur working on the rich collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, he described 7894 taxa of Cerambycidae.

Works

The complete list of his entomological works has been published in the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, number 41.
One of his most famous remains Études sur les Lamiaires, published in Novitates entomologicae, 1934–1946.

Personal life

He gave the photo shown together with a text to be published after his death. Von Breuning lived with his wife in a small studio rue Durantin, Paris 18ème at the top of an old building.