Carl Henrik Boheman (10 July 1796 – 2 November 1868) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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 ...

. Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814. He had been an enthusiastic

since childhood, and was called by the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...

in 1841 to the position of professor and keeper of the Department of Entomology of the

Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( sv, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, literally, the National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg. The ...

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. He had been made a member of the Academy in 1838. He retired from the Museum in 1867. Boheman was a specialist in

coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

, and particularly in

Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

and

Rhynchophora ''Rhynchophora'' is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family (biology), family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. ''Rhynchophora'' comprises two species of slender woody vines native to Madagascar. The distinctive th ...

, he collaborated in particular with

Carl Johan Schönherr Carl Johan Schönherr (10 June 1772 – 28 March 1848) was a Swedish entomologist who revised the taxonomy of beetles, including weevils. Born in Stockholm, Schönherr was son of a German immigrant who had established himself as a silk manufact ...

(1772–1848) in his great work on

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

. His other works included ''Årsberättelse om framstegen I insekternas myria ach arachnidernas naturalhistoria under åren 1845 och 1846'' (1847), ''Insecta Caffraria'' (two volumes, 1848–1857), ''Monographia Cassididarum Holmiæ'' (four volumes, 1850–1862) and the ninth part, devoted to

Cassidinae The Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles) are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. The antennae arise close to each other and some members have the pronotal and elytral edges extended to the side and covering the legs so as ...

, in ''Catalogue of coleopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum'' (1856). Boheman who wrote 49 important papers described many common species some from San Francisco, California taken on the 1851–1853 expedition voyage of the ''Eugenie'' ''Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omring Jorden, Entomologiska Bidrag'' (1858–1859), as well as very many other North American Coleoptera. His grandson was diplomat

Erik Boheman Erik Carlsson Boheman (19 January 1895 – 18 September 1979), was a Sweden, Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party (Sweden), Liberal People's Party.

and his great-grandson was actor Erland Josephson.

Works

Partial list * ''Insecta Caffrariae annis 1838–1845 a J.A. Wahlberg collecta. Coleoptera.'' Holmiae : Fritze & Norstedt Vol. 1 8 + 625 pp.(1851). {{DEFAULTSORT:Boheman, Carl Henrik 1796 births 1868 deaths Swedish entomologists Coleopterists Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences