Friedrich Weber (entomologist)

Friedrich Weber, lithograph by Siegfried Bendixen, 1828

Friedrich Weber (3 August 1781, Kiel – 21 March 1823, Kiel) was a German physician, botanist and entomologist.[1][2] He was a pupil of Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), and wrote Nomenclator entomologicus in 1795 at the age of 14 and Observationes entomologicae in 1801.[1] These two works contained the first descriptions of many new insect species and also first descriptions of other invertebrates like the lobster genus Homarus.

Partial list of works[edit]

  • 1795 : Nomenclator entomologicus secundum entomologian systematicam ill. Fabricii, adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. Chiloni et Hamburgi: C.E. Bohn viii 171 pp.
  • 1801. Observationes entomologicae, continentes novorum quae condidit generum characteres, et nuper detectarum specierum descriptiones. Impensis Bibliopolii Academici Novi, Kiliae, 12 + 116 pp. [xerox: 112-116]
  • with M. H. Mohr 1804. Naturhistorische Reise durch einen Theil Schwedens. Göttingen.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b S. L. Tuxen (1967). "The entomologist J. C. Fabricius". Annual Review of Entomology. 12: 1–15. doi:10.1146/annurev.en.12.010167.000245.
  2. ^ Bousquet, Y. (2016). "Litteratura Coleopterologica (1758–1900): a guide to selected books related to the taxonomy of Coleoptera with publication dates and notes". ZooKeys (583): 1–776. doi:10.3897/zookeys.583.7084. PMC 4868922.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  F.Weber.

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