title: Horst Aspöck, encyclopedist and entomologist extraordinaire - a personal appreciation.
abstract: The paper provides an overview of the life and work of Prof. Dr. Horst Aspöck, the doyen of neuropterology, on the occasion of his 75(th) birthday. It particularly emphasizes his outstanding contributions to the development of neuropterology since the 1960s.
authors.affiliation: Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut fuer Evolutions- und Biodiversitaetsforschung, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohl
keywords: Biography; Megaloptera; Neuroptera; Neuropterida; Raphidioptera; history of science