Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter
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Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter (5 November 1820 Dresden
-18 March 1880 in Dresden was a German
entomologist who specialised in beetles, or Coleoptera.
Kiesenwetter’s Coleoptera collection is in the Museum of Natural History, Munich and his Hymenoptera
and Heteroptera
are in Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
-18 March 1880 in Dresden was a German
Germany
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entomologist who specialised in beetles, or Coleoptera.
Kiesenwetter’s Coleoptera collection is in the Museum of Natural History, Munich and his Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
and Heteroptera
Heteroptera
Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs", that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and...
are in Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000-50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can...
Works
partial list- 1857 Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands, Coleoptera 4(1):1-176.
- 1857 Bemerkungen über Lacordaires Buprestiden-System. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift1:169-171.
- 1858. Beiträge zur Käferfauna Griechenlands. Stück 4 (Parnidae, Heteroceridae, Lamellicornia,Buprestidae). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 2:231-249.
- 1859. Anthaxia plicata, p. 58. In: H. Schaum, Beiträge zur europäischen Käfer. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3:42-59.
- 1859. Synonymische Bemerkungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3:91-92.
- 1870 en la Península Ibérica (Coleoptera, Hydrochidae). Boln Asoc. esp. Ent. 22(1/2): 145-149. 1998
- 1874. Die malocodermen Japans nach dem Ergebnisse der Sammlungen des Herrn. G. Lewis während der Jahre 1869-1871. Berliner Entomol. Zeitschrift, 18: 241-288
- 1874. Synonymische Bemerkungen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 18:440-441.
- 1877 with T.Kirsch Die Käferfauna der Aukland-Inseln, nach Herm. Krone's Sammlungen beschrieben. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 21: 153-174.
- 1879. Neue Amur-Käfer. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 23(1):145-146.
- 1879. Coleoptera Japoniae collecta a Domino Lewis et aliis. Deut. Entomol. Z. 23: 305-320.
- 1880 with T.Kirsch. Neue Anthaxia-Arten. Entomologische Monatsblätter 19:129-133.