Benjamin August Gimmerthal (1779,

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who specialised in

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. His collection of

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is held by the Museum of Systematic Zoology,

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, Riga. The remaining Diptera and other insects by the Natural History Museum of Latvia
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Works

partial list *Gimmerthal B.A. (1842). Uebersicht der Zweifluegler (Diptera Ln) Lief- und Kurlands. ''Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes de Moscou'' 15: 639-659. *Gimmerthal, B.A. (1845) Erster Beitrag zu einer Künftig zu Bearbeitenden Dipterologie Russlands. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 18, 287–331. *Gimmerthal B.A. (1847). Vierter Beitrag zur Dipterologie Russlands ''Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes de Moscou'' 20: 140-208.

References

*Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: ''Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum'' (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). 1; 2 Leiden, Backhuys Publishers, VII+1-426; 427-871 S., B15:A2283:1,2, pp. 1: 301-303, Schr.verz. * Spuris, Z. 1997: immerthal, B. A.Latvijas Entomol. Arhivs 4, pp. 49–51. Entomologists 1848 deaths 1779 births Dipterists Naturalists from the Russian Empire {{entomologist-stub