Stephan von Breuning (entomologist)

Stephan von Breuning (21 November 1894 – 11 March 1983) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in the study of beetles (coleopterology), particularly within the longhorn family (Cerambycidae).

Career
An amateur working on the rich collections of the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, von Breuning described 7,894 taxa of Cerambycidae.

Works
The complete list of von Breuning's entomological works is published in the Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, number 41. One of his most famous works is Études sur les Lamiaires, published in Novitates Entomologicae, 1934–1946.

Personal life
Von Breuning lived with his wife in a small studio at the top of an old building on rue Durantin, Paris 18ème.