Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stackelberg (sometimes Shtakel'berg; ; 1897–1975) was a

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entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. Stackelberg was born in

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and specialised on

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advance ...

, notably Syrphidae. He joined the staff of the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences in 1920, and in 1929 he was made the director of the Diptera Division. From 1942 he was the head of the Department of Entomology. He taught entomology to I. A. Rubtsov, B. B. Rohdendorf, Ye. N. Savchenko, and N. A. Violovitch. He wrote over 160 scientific papers.

Selected works

Fauna USSR series

*1970 Family Milichiidae. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):593-601. *1970. Family Tethinidae. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):355-356. *1970. Family Canacidae. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):602-603 *Gutsevich, A. V., A. S. Monchadsky and A. A. Stackelberg 1974. ''Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Diptera'' Volume III No. 4 Mosquitoes Family Culicidae. 408 pp. Translated and reprinted from Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst. No. 100. 1971, 384 pp. [Translation by Rose Lavoott, ed by Prof. O. Theodor. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1974.]

Other

*Stackelberg, A.A. (1924) Syrphidarum novarum palaearcticarum diagnoses. ''Wiener entomologische Zeitung'' 41, 25-29. *Stackelberg, A (1929): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. I. ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. I.''Rev. Rusa. Entom.'' XXIII. nos. 3-4 *Stackelberg, A (1930): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. II. ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. II.''Zool. Anzeiger'' Bd. 90. Heft 3/4 *Stackelberg, A (1930): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. III. ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. III.''Konowia'' Bd. IX. Heft 3.

References

*Thompson, F. C. & Sabrosky, C. W. 1977. Aleksandr Aleksandrovitsh Stackelberg - 1897-1975. ''Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington'' 78: 499-500. bituary

External links

Papers on SyrphidaeEOL
Taxa described by Stackelberg {{DEFAULTSORT:Stackelberg, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Russian entomologists 1897 births 1975 deaths Soviet entomologists Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery