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Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a
Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internati ...
entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
who specialised in
Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grass ...
, and a botanist. Von Wattenwyl was a
postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...
. He described many new
taxa In biology, a taxon ( back-formation from '' taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular n ...
of Orthoptera. His collection is conserved in the
Naturhistorisches Museum The Natural History Museum Vienna (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most important natural history museums worldwide. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest muse ...
in Vienna, the Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (
Natural History Museum of Bern The Natural History Museum of Bern (german: Naturhistorisches Museum Bern) is a museum in Bern, Switzerland. In its teaching and research it cooperates closely with the University of Bern.Bern, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden,
Senckenberg Museum The Naturmuseum Senckenberg is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its type in Germany. The museum contains a large and diverse collection of birds with 90,000 bird skins, 5,050 egg sets, 17,0 ...
in Frankfurt A.M. an
Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum
Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
.


Works

* With Leonardo Fea Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées) Genova, Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti (1893)


References

*Anonym 1915
runner von Wattenwyl, C. Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
'' Ent. Rec. J. Var''. 27 *Bolivar, I. 1915
runner von Wattenwyl, C. Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
''Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat''. 15 *Burr, M. 1900
runner von Wattenwyl, C. Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
'' Ent. Rec. J. Var''. 12 *Kaltenbach, A. P. 2003. "Die Orthopterensammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien und ihre Geschichte".'' Denisia'' 8 57–61, 2 Photos *Nonveiller, G. 1999 ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia''. Zagreb, *Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej: 1-390 *Rabaey, K. 2006 Biografie van Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. ''Phasma'' 16(62) : 22-23 * *Reitter, E. 1914
runner von Wattenwyl, C. Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. Running is a type of gait characterized by an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is ...
''Wien. ent. Ztg.'' 33


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