Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
Encyclopedia
Sweden
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naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
and 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...
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Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of LundLund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius
Anders Jahan Retzius
Anders Jahan Retzius was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist.-Biography:Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also trained as an apothecary apprentice. He reveived the position of docent of chemistry at...
. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh
Carl Adolph Agardh
Carl Adolph Agardh was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.-Biography:...
as professor of botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
and practical economy in 1836, retiring as emeritus in 1853. In 1831, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
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He is best known as an entomologist. His collections of Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n, Lapland and world Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
and Orthoptera
Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.Many insects in this order produce sound by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps...
are in the Zoological Museum of the University of Lund
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
. His students include Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom
Anders Gustaf Dahlbom was a Swedish entomologist.Dahlbom was born in Härberga parish in Östergötland County, son of a military surgeon...
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Selected works
- 1810-1812 Dissertatio de Fæcundatione Plantarum
- 1821 Orthoptera Sueciae disposita et descripta. Lundae (Lund),132 pp.
- 1828 Fauna Insectorum Lapponica
- 1835 Monographia Scatophagarum Scandinaviæ
- 1837 Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum Dipterorum, in Fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum. Isis (OkenLorenz OkenLorenz Oken was a German naturalist.Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss in Bohlsbach in Baden and studied natural history and medicine at the universities of Freiburg and Würzburg. He went on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a Privatdozent , and shortened his name to Oken...
's) - 1838 Conspectus plantarum in horto botanico et plantatione Universitatis Typis excudit Carolus Fr. Berling
- 1838-1840 Insecta Lapponica. L. Voss, Lipsiae (Leipzig),1139 pp.
- 1842-1854. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Lundbergiana, Lundae (Lund),6 volumes.
- 1855. Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus duodecimus seu supplementum tertium, continens addenda, corrigenda & emendanda tomis undecim prioribus. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae (Lund)
External links
- Short biography (in Swedish)
- Internet Archive Digital versions of Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta, Conspectus plantarum in horto botanico et plantatione Universitatis and Insecta Lapponica