Rasmus Carl Stæger
Rasmus Carl Staeger (1800 - 1875) was a Danish entomologist.
Staeger was born and died in Copenhagen, over the course of his life serving as a judge, financial advisor to the Danish government, and entomologist, focusing on Diptera. His foci were Dolichopodidae, Sepsidae and Chironomidae.
Works
- Systematisk Fortegnelse over de i Danmark hidtil fundne Diptera (1840)
- Danske Dolichopoder (1842-43)
- Systematisk Fremstilling af den danske Favnas Arter af Antliatslægten Sepsis (1844)
- Grønlands Antliater beskrevne (1845)
Some Diptera described by Staeger
- Sepsis ciliata Sepsidae
- Oxycera falleni Stratiomyidae
- Syrphus hyperboreus Syrphidae
- Siphona strigata Tachinidae
- Dolichopus angustifrons Dolichopodidae
- Sybistroma crinipes Dolichopodidae
Collection
Staeger’s Diptera collection is in the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen.Collection contents online [1].