Friedrich Weber (entomologist)

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Friedrich Weber (1781 ? , Kiel - 21 March 1823 was a German entomologist.

Weber was a pupil of Johan Christian Fabricius (1745-1808).He wrote Nomenclator entomologicus and in 1801 Observationes entomologicae.These two works contained the first descriptions of many new insect species and also first descriptions of other invertebrates.

[edit] Partial list of works

  • 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. Gottingen.

[edit] Source

  • S.L. Tuxen (1967). The entomologist J.C. Fabricius, Annual Review Entomology, 12 : 1-14. ISSN 0066-4170

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