Maurits Lieftinck

Maurits Anne Lieftinck informally Maus Lieftinck (18 February 1904 – 13 April 1985) was a Dutch entomologist who specialized in the Odonata, particularly in Southeast Asia, working from the Bogor Museum where he worked for a significant period.

Lieftinck was born in Amsterdam, the second son of tobacco-importer Gerrard and Elsabet née Esser.

He published on the dragonflies and damselflies of the Netherlands and left his collections to the Amsterdam Museum in 1929.

He moved to the Buitenzorg Museum in Dutch Java and served as in-charge of the Laboratory of Marine Research in Batavia.

He went to live in Rhenen with his wife Cornelia Maria van Veen and continued to research and publish.