Fritz Netolitzky (1 October 1875 – 1945) was a German botanist (morphology and anatomy) and entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.He described many new species.Fritz Netolitzky was born in Zwickau on 1 October 1875 into a respected family who had lived in Rokitnitz (Eastern Bohemia) since the early 18th century. His grandfather taught him natural history and Fritz Netolitzky went on to study in Prague, Vienna and Strasbourg. Aged 24 he gained a Ph.D. in medicine. Following this he served as a Kaiserjäger for one year and he also served as a doctor on a ‘Kosmos-Linie’ ship registered in Hamburg, a journey which took him along the South American west coast. Fritz Netolitzky taught at the University of Vienna (1896-1899), then at the University of Innsbruck (1899-1904) then at the Univer