{{Short description|Austrian Roman Catholic priest and entomologist}} thumb|230px|Gabriel Stobl '''Gabriel Strobl''' (3 November 1846 in Unzmarkt, Styria, Austrian Empire – 15 March 1925 in Admont, Benediktinerstift) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and entomologist who specialised in Diptera.

In 1866 the then 20-year-old Gabriel Strobl became a Roman Catholic priest monk (''Pater'') at the Benedictine monastery Admont Abbey (Stift Admont). A devastating monastery fire in 1865 had destroyed the Natural History Cabinet (a museum) and its contents which had included Joseph Stammel’s Universe. He was entrusted by Abbot Karlmann Hieber (served 1861–1868) with rebuilding the Natural History Museum. In 44 years of work - until his stroke in 1910 - Gabriel Strobl built up the Museum anew. In his first 12 years of work, he devoted himself principally to botany, before dedicating himself completely to entomology for the following 32 years. Although his published work is mainly on Diptera he also worked on Hymenoptera and Coleoptera of the Balkan peninsula which was partially ruled by Austria-Hungary until 1918.<ref name="Chvala2008">{{cite journal |last1=Chvála |first1=Milan |title=The Types of Diptera (Insecta) described by Pater Gabriel Strobl |journal=Studia Dipterologica Supplement |date=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–281}}</ref>

== Partial list of publications == On Diptera:

*1880. ''Dipterologische Funde um Seitenstetten. Ein Beitrag zur Fauna Nieder-Österreichs''. Programm des Kaiserlich-königlichen Ober-Gymnasiums der Benedectiner zu Seitenstetten 14: 3-65. *1892. Die osterreichischen Arten der Gattung ''Hilara'' Meig. (Mit Beruckischtigung der Arten Deutschlands und der Schweiz.). ''Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien'' 42: 85–182.<ref name="Strobl1892">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=Gabriel |title=Die osterreichischen Arten der Gattung ''Hilara'' Meig. (Mit Beruckischtigung der Arten Deutschlands und der Schweiz.) |journal=Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich |date=1892 |pages=85–182 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137963#page/205/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1893. Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna des österreichischen Littorale. ''Wien. Ent. Ztg''. 12: 29–42, 74–80, 89–108, 121-136 and 161–170. *1893. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 29 (1892): 1–199.<ref name="Strobl1893">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=Gabriel |title=Die Dipteren von Steiermark |journal=Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. |date=1893 |volume=(1892) 29 |pages=1–199 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35306#page/7/mode/1up |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> *1894. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 30 (1893): 1–152. *1898. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. IV Theil. Nachträge. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 34 (1897): 192–298.<ref name="Strobl1898b">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=P.G. |title=Die Dipteren von Steiermark. IV Theil. |journal=Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark. |date=1898 |volume=34 [1897] |pages=192–298 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45394#page/308/mode/1up |access-date=30 October 2021}}</ref> *1898b. Fauna diptera Bosne, Hercegovine I Dalmacie. Glasn. Zemalj. ''Muz. Bosni Herceg''. 10: 387–466, 562-616 (in Serbian).<ref name="Strobl1898">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=P. Gabriel |title=Fauna Diptera Bosne, Hercegovine i Dalmatije |journal=Glasnik Zemaljskog museja u Bosni i Hercegovini |date=1898 |volume=10 |pages=387–466, 561–616}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. II. Theil. ''Wiener entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 12–27.<ref name="Strobl1899">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=P. Gabriel |title=Spanische Dipteren. II. Theil |journal=Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. |date=1899 |volume=18 |pages=12–27 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/34/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. III.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 77–83.<ref name="Strobl1899a">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. III.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1899|volume=18|pages=77–83 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/99/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. IV.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 117–128.<ref name="Strobl1899b">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. IV.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1899|volume=18|pages=117–128 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/139/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. V.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 144–148.<ref name="Strobl1899c">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. V.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1899|volume=18|pages=144–148 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/166/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. VI.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 213–229.<ref name="Strobl1899d">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. VI.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1899|volume=18|pages=213–229 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/235/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1899. Spanische Dipteren. VII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 18: 246–250.<ref name="Strobl1899e">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. VII.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1899|volume=18|pages=246–250 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11515286#page/268/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900. Spanische Dipteren. VIII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 1–10.<ref name="Strobl1900a">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. VIII.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1900|volume=19|pages=1–10 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11976225#page/23/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900. Spanische Dipteren. IX.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 61–70.<ref name="Strobl1900b">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. IX.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1900|volume=19|pages=61–70 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11976225#page/83/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900. Spanische Dipteren. X.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 92–100.<ref name="Strobl1900c">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. X.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1900|volume=19|pages=92–100 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11976225#page/114/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900. Spanische Dipteren. XI.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung''. 19: 169–174.<ref name="Strobl1900d">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. XI.Theil |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1900|volume=19|pages=169–174 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11976225#page/191/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900. Spanische Dipteren. XII.Theil. ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung (Schluss.)''. 19: 207–216.<ref name="Strobl1900e">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=P. Gabriel|title=Spanische Dipteren. XII.Theil (Schluss.) |journal= Wiener Entomologische Zeitung |date=1900|volume=19|pages=207–216|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11976225#page/229/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1900a. Dipterenfauna von Bosnien, Herzegovina und Dalmatien. ''Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herzeg''. 7: 552–670. (German translation of the paper published in 1898b, with additions). *1900b. Spanische Dipteren. IX. ''Theil. Wien. Ent. Ztg''. 19: 61–70. *1901. Tief's dipterologischer Nachlass aus Kärnten und Österreich-Schlesien. ''Jahrb. Naturh. Landesmus. Kärnten'' 26 (1900): 171–246. *1902. Novi prilozi fauni diptera Balkans'kog poluostrva [New contributions on the dipterous fauna of the Balkan peninsula]. ''Glasn. Zemalj. Muz. Bosni Herceg''. 14: 461–517.<ref name="Strobl1902">{{cite journal|last1=Strobl|first1=Pater Gabriel|title=Novi prilozi fauny diptera balkanskog poluostrova. [New additions to the fauna of Balkan peninsula]|journal=Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja u Bosni i Hercegovini, Sarajevo|date=1902|volume=14|pages=461–517}}</ref> *1904. Neue Beiträge zur Dipterenfauna der Balkanhalbinsel. ''Wiss. Mitt. Bosn. Herzeg.'' 9: 519–581. (German translation of Strobl 1902) *1906. Spanische Dipteren II. Mem. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. (Madrid), Segunda Epoca 3(1905): 271-422<ref name="Strobl1906">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=Gabriel |title=Spanische Dipteren II |journal=Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. |date=1906 |volume=3 |issue=1905 |pages=271–422 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44583#page/387/mode/1up |access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> *1909. with Czerny, L. Spanische Dipteren. III. ''Beitrag. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 59(6): 121–310.<ref name="StroblCzerny1909">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=P. Gabriel |last2=Czerny |first2=Leander |title=Spanische Dipteren. III |journal=Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich. |date=1909 |volume=59 |issue=6 |pages=121–310 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137015#page/521/mode/1up |access-date=26 May 2019}}</ref> *1910. Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag. ''Mitt. Naturw. Ver. Steiermark'' 46(1909): 45-293.<ref name="Strobl1910">{{cite journal |last1=Strobl |first1=Pater Gabriel |title=Die Dipteren von Steiermark. II. Nachtrag |journal=Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark |date=1910 |volume=(1909)46 |pages=45–292 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/93344#page/593/mode/1up |access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref>

On Hymenoptera: *1900-1903. ''Ichneumoniden Steiermarks'' (''und der Nachbarländer''). 388 p.

thumb|230px|left|Gabriel Strobl Diptera collection at Admont Abbey

== Collections == Strobl's Diptera and Coleoptera (excepting exotic, i.e. Non-European species) are in the Natural History museum at Admont Abbey (Stift Admont) as well as are all his Lepidoptera. The exotic Coleoptera and Cicadidae, and all the Hymenoptera are in Landesmuseum Joanneum (Joanneum National Museum) <ref>[http://www.kultur.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10089184/7716775/ Landesmuseum Joanneum:Â Kultur – Land Steiermark<!-- bot-generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218125847/http://www.kultur.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/10089184/7716775/ |date=2007-12-18 }} at www.kultur.steiermark.at</ref> in Graz. The Syrphidae via H. R. Meyer are in the Hessisches Landesmuseum in Darmstadt.<ref>[http://www.hlmd.de/w3.php?nodeId=300&fl=0 Hlmd&nbsp;|&nbsp;Willkommen<!-- bot-generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312080344/http://www.hlmd.de/w3.php?nodeId=300&fl=0 |date=2007-03-12 }} at www.hlmd.de</ref> {{Botanist|Strobl|Strobl}}

== References == {{Reflist}} * Contreras-Lichtenberg, R. 2003: Die Geschichte der Dipterologie am Wiener Naturhistorischen Museum. '' Denisia'' 8 47–55, 6 Photos. * Gusenleitner, F. 1991: Wildbienenforschung in Österreich. - Kataloge des Oberösterr. Landesmuseums NF (2. Auflage) 10 103–153. * Portrait of Strobl and history of the Admont Abbey Museum [http://www.stiftadmont.at/english/museum/museum/geschichte_naturhistorisches.php] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206000325/http://www.stiftadmont.at/english/museum/museum/geschichte_naturhistorisches.php |date=2014-12-06 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120503074028/http://www.stiftadmont.at/deutsch/museum/museum/beschreibung_naturhistorisches.php Insekt Sammlung]

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