Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard Suffrian (21 January 1805 , Wunsdorf , Teltow-Fläming

Teltow-Fläming

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 – 18 August 1876 , Bad Rehburg

Rehburg-Loccum

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 ) was a German

Germany

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 entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera especially Chrysomelidae.

He was a schoolteacher in Münster. Suffrian wrote many short papers and several monographs in both of which he described new species

Species

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 and genera

Genus

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.His collection is conserved by the Zoological Institute University of Halle-Wittenberg

University of Halle-Wittenberg

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Suffrian was a Member of the Halle Entomological Society and the Stettin Entomological Society

Stettin Entomological Society

The Entomological Society of Stettin or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin , was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were members, as were many from England, Sweden, Italy, France, and Spain...

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Works

Longer works only

• Revision der Europäischen Arten der Gattung Cryptocephalus. Linn. Ent., 2: 1-194 (1847)
• Revision der Europäischen Arten der Gattung Cryptocephalus. (Fortsetzung und Schluss.). Linn. Ent., 3: 1-152 (1848).
• Zur Kenntnis der Europäischen Chrysomelen. Linn. Ent., 5: 1-280. (1851)
• Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Asiatischen Cryptocephalen. Linn. Ent., 9: 1-169 (1854)
• Berichtigtes Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Asiatischen Cryptocephalen. Linn. Ent., 14: 1-72 (1860).