Miloš Černý

Graduated in 1975 as agricultural engineer in the field of phytotechnology (Agronomical University, Brno, Czech Republic).

1976–1990 agronomist and zootechnicist in OSEVA Jaroměřice nad Rokytnou, 1991–1992 agricultural adviser in the Research Institute for Plant Production (VÚRV) Praha-Ruzyně, Regional Centre Zlín, 1992–2012 adviser in the ZEPOR Cooperation, Praha, Regional Centre Písek, Regional Workplace Zlín.

His non-professional career in entomology started in 1975. His main interest has been devoted to research of the mining flies of the family Agromyzidae (Diptera). During 1985-2016 he described 64 species of Agromyzidae new to science from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical Regions and he is the author or co-author of 68 research papers dealing with this family.