Johannes Eusebius Voet (24 January 1706 in

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– 28 September 1778 in

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, and

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. Johannes was the son of Carel Burchat Voet (1671-1745) who was court-painter to the Earl of Portland and also an entomologist.

Entomologist and poet

Voet is the author of ''Catalogus Systematicus Coleopterorum''. This work, one of the earliest to follow

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s created by Voet, but fails to fulfill the requirement in the

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(Article 11.4) that for scientific names to be available, the entirety of the work in which they appear must be consistently binomial (the standard established by Linnaeus); Voet's names varied from 2 to 5 names in series, thus violating this requirement, so none of Voet's names, even those which happened to be binomial, are available for use in modern scientific literature, though many were later used by other authors who thereby gained official authorship of the names themselves (e.g. '' Sternotomis chrysopras''), while other authorities, unaware of the provisions of the ICZN, still occasionally cite Voet as the author.Krell, F-T. (2012) On nomenclature and synonymy of ''Trichius rosaceus'', ''T. gallicus'', and ''T. zonatus'' (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). ''Zootaxa'' 3278: 61–68. He was also a poet. His debut was ''Stichtelyke gedichten en gezangen'' (1744), and in 1764 he published a translation of the

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. 82 of his translations were included in the official Dutch translation of the Psalms published in 1773.

References

External links

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Profile of Voet in the Dutch digital library DBNL

Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the entomological literature from the beginning until 1863 : online database - version 1.0 - Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
1706 births 1778 deaths Dutch entomologists Dutch illustrators Dutch male poets People from Dordrecht {{netherlands-scientist-stub