Friedrich Julius Schilsky
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Friedrich Julius Schilsky (1848-1912) was a German
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 entomologist.
He was Secretary of the Entomological Society of Berlin. His principal work was a catalogue of German beetles Systematisches Verzeichnis der Käfer Deutschlands, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer geographischen Verbreitung. Zugleich ein Käfer-Verzeichnis der Mark Brandenburg (Berlin, 1888). In 1894, he continued Die Käfer Europas started by Heinrich Carl Küster
Heinrich Carl Küster
- Bibliography : Küster H. C. . "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz: 1-56. Nurnberg, Bauer und Raspe. ....

 (1807-1876), briefly succeeded by Ernst Gustav Kraatz
Ernst Gustav Kraatz
Ernst Gustav Kraatz was a German entomologist.Kraatz was born in Berlin on 13 March, 1831 and died in the same city where he was a Professor at the University of Berlin. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera...

 (1831-1909) and Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter
Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter
Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter (5 November 1820 Dresden-18 March 1880 in Dresden was a German entomologist who specialised in beetles, or Coleoptera....

 (1820-1880). Schilsky,wrote the seventeen last volumes (completed 1911). His collections are in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.
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