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Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

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Nationality
  
German

Name
  
Johann Wilhelm

Institution
  
Museum fur Naturkunde

Institutions
  
Humboldt Museum

Role
  
Author

Fields
  
Entomology, Zoology

Born
  
November 19, 1775Braunschweig (
1775-11-19
)

Died
  
May 10, 1813, Berlin, Germany

Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist.

Illiger was the son of a merchant in Brunswick. He studied under the entomologist Johann Hellwig, and later worked on the zoological collections of Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg. Illiger was professor and director of the zoological museum in Berlin from its formation in 1810 until his death.

Illiger was the author of Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium (1811), which was an overhaul of the Linnaean system. It was a major influence on the adoption of the concept of the 'Family'. He also edited the Magazin fur Insektenkunde widely known as Illiger's Magazine.

Works

  • Beschreibung einiger neuer Kafer, in: Schneider's entomologisches Magazin (1794) - Description of some new beetle.
  • Nachricht von einer in etlichten Gersten- und Haferfeldern um Braunschweig wahrscheinlich durch Insecten verursachten Verheerung, in: Brauschweigisches Magazin 50 (1795). - News about barley and oat fields near Braunschweig likely devastated by insects.
  • Verzeichnis der Kafer Preusens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann (1798) - Directory of beetles found in Prussia.
  • Die Wurmtrocknis des Harzes, in: Braunschweigisches Magazin 49-50(1798) - Bark beetles found in resin.
  • Die Erdmandel, in: Braunschweigisches Magazin 2 (1799) - The nutsedge.
  • Versuch einer systematischen vollstandigen Terminologie fur das Thierreich und Pflanzenreich (2006) - Attempt to systematically complete terminology for the animal and plant kingdoms.
  • Zusatze und Berichte zu Fabricius Systema Eleutheratorus. Magazin fur Insektenkunde 1. viii + 492 pp.(1802).
  • Uber die sudamerikanischen Gurtelthiere, in: Wiedemann's Archiv fur die Zoologie (1804). - On the South American armadillo.
  • Die wilden Pferde in Amerika, in: Braunschweigisches Magazin 7/(1805). - Wild horses in America.
  • Nachricht von dem Hornvieh in Paraguay in Sudamerika, in: Braunschweigisches Magazin 15-16 (1805). - Message about horned cattle of Paraguay.
  • Nachlese zu den Bemerkungen, Berichtigungen und Zusatzen zu Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum Mag. fur Insektenkunde. 6:296-317 (1807).
  • Vorschlag zur Aufnahme im Fabricischen Systeme fehlender Kafergattungen. Mag. fur Insektenkunde 6:318-350 (1807).
  • Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium (1811).
  • Uberblick der Saugthiere nach ihrer Vertheilung uber die Welttheile. Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1804-1811: 39-159 (1815).

    • References

    Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger Wikipedia
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