Name Ernst Germar | ||
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Died July 8, 1853, Halle, Germany |
Ernst Friedrich Germar (3 November 1786 – 8 July 1853) was a German professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum at Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. He monographed the heteropteran family Scutelleridae.
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In 1845, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Published works
Amongst Germar’s publications are:
He was also editor of the entomological journal Zeitschrift für die Entomologie, which was published from 1839 to 1844.
Collections
Non Coleoptera Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (DEI)
References
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