Hans Pochon (1900–1977) was a Swiss entomologist and an authority on Buprestidae beetles.
Plate from Charles Kerremans' Monograph on Buprestidae
From 1931 he worked at the Musee d'histoire naturelle in Fribourg and restructured its entomological collections. As the museum did not have a collection of local Coleoptera, he donated his own collection.[1] During his career he gathered some 16 000 specimens of Buprestidae, many of species new to science.[2]
Publications
edit- Coleoptera - Buprestidae (Volume 2 of Insecta helvetica) - Hans Pochon (Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, 1964)
- Buprestidae collection from Catalonia
References
edit- ^ Freiburg, Etat de Fribourg / Staat. "MHN : Le Musée d'histoire naturelle à Pérolles 1897-1973 - Etat de Fribourg". www.fr.ch.
- ^ "Natural History Museum of Bern". nmbe.ch.