Zoltán Kaszab

Zoltán Kaszab (23 September 1915 – 4 April 1986) was a Hungarian entomologist and a specialist on the Tenebrionidae and Meloidae beetle families.

Kaszab was born in Farmos and took an interest in nature early and after his secondary school he went to Pázmány Péter University, Budapest and studied chemistry.

He then worked as a paid trainee until 1950 and became the head of the Coleoptera department in 1955 and General Director in 1970, retiring in 1986.

He specialized in the Tenebrionidae and Meloidae and produced numerous descriptions and contributed to eight volumes on beetles in the Fauna of Hungary publications series.

Apart from beetles he also collected numerous other taxa including reptiles and small mammals.