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Issue: Vol. 3127 No. 1: 13 Dec. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-12-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3127.1.2
Page range: 38–52
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 10

The life of René Malaise: from the wild east to a sunken island

Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, Stockholm, Sweden
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (SDEI), Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
General Biography Malaise trap Insecta Hymenoptera Symphyta East Asia

Abstract

A review is presented of the life of the Swedish entomologist René Malaise (1892–1978), the inventor of the “Malaise trap” and one of the most important 20th Century specialists on sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).

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