Alexander Mocsáry
Hungarian entomologist
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Alexander Mocsary, sometimes Hungarian: Mocsáry Sándor (27 September 1841, Nagyvárad (Romanian: Oradea) - 26 December 1915, Budapest) was a Hungarian entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.
Born27 September 1841
Died26 December 1915 (aged 74)
Disciplineentomology
InstitutionsHungarian Natural History Museum
Alexander Mocsáry | |
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| Born | 27 September 1841 |
| Died | 26 December 1915 (aged 74) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | entomology |
| Institutions | Hungarian Natural History Museum |
Main interests | Hymenoptera |
He was the Curator of the Hungarian Natural History Museum where his collection of mainly Hungarian insects of all orders is conserved. He described many new taxa.
Works
- Ordo. Hymenoptera. In: Paszlavsky, J.: Fauna Regni Hungariae. Regia Societas Scientiarum Naturalium Hungarica, Budapest: 7–113 (1918)
