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Creagris Bigemmis
''Creagris'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: * ''Creagris bigemmis'' Andrewes, 1931 * ''Creagris binoculus'' Bates, 1892 * ''Creagris bisignata'' Landin, 1955 * ''Creagris distacta'' (Wiedemann, 1823) * ''Creagris hamaticollis'' Bates, 1892 * ''Creagris labrosa'' Nietner, 1857 * ''Creagris lineola'' Andrewes, 1926 * ''Creagris rubrothorax'' Louwerens, 1949 * ''Creagris wilsonii'' (Castelnau, 1867) References Anthiinae (beetle) Taxa named by John Nietner {{AnthiinaeBeetle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nietner
John Nietner born Johannes Werner Theodor Nietner (19 May 1828 - 21 February 1874) was a Prussian-born naturalist chiefly interested in botany and entomology. Born in Potsdam, he became a naturalized British citizen and owned a coffee plantation in Ceylon. During his stay in Ceylon from 1851 to 1874 he collected and described numerous insect species from the island. He also sent specimens for study by experts in Europe and many species such as '' Cethosia nietneri'' were named after him by others. Interested in insect pests, he wrote a booklet on the pests of coffee in 1861. Biography Johannes was born in Paretz, near Potsdam where his father Theodor Eduard Nietner (1790-1871) and mother Charlotte Louise Albertine or Bertha née Sello (1802-1835) belonged to court-gardener families. Theodor worked from 1822 as head gardener in the court of Queen Louise and Friedrich Wilhelm III. Bertha belonged to the court-gardener family of Sello and two of her brothers worked in the gardens a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
