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Paul Hahnel

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Name
  
Paul Hahnel


Died
  
1887

Paul Hahnel (17 April 1843, Schlegenburg in Leobsanütz, Silesia - 12 May 1887, Manicore) He collected Lepidoptera and Coleoptera in Venezuela (1877/79) and made two Amazon expeditions the first 1879-1884) and the second, with Otto Michael 1885/87). His collection was sold to Otto Staudinger and Andreas Bang-Haas

Based on Hahnel's collection of frogs from Yurimaguas, Peru, George Albert Boulenger described eight new species and named one of them, Ameerega hahneli, after him.

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Paul Hahnel Wikipedia