Johannes K.E. Faust (12 February 1832,

Stettin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport, the largest city of northwestern Poland, and se ...

– 18 January 1903,

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) was a German

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 ...

. Faust specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

, especially

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. Th ...

. Faust's beetle collection, including many

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is now conserved mostly in the Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, Germany (SMTD) and the

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in Paris, France (MNHN). He was a Member of the

Entomological Society of Stettin The Entomological Society of Szczecin (), more commonly known as the Entomological Society of Stettin or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Szczecin (formerly Stettin), was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most Ge ...

Works

Partial list *1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Käfer des Europäischen und Asiatischen Russlands mit Einschluss der Küsten des Kaspischen Meers. ''Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae varii sermonibus in Rossia usitatis editae'' 12: 300-330. *1882 Rüsselkäfer aus dem Amurgebiet ''Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr.'' 26 (2), 17–295 *1893 Neue Ost-Sibirische Curculioniden ''Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr.'' 2, 201–205 *1894 Viaggio di

Leonardo Fea Leonardo Fea (Turin 24 July 1852 – Turin 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist. Biography Fea was born in Turin, a son of Paolo Fea, who was professor of painting at Accademia Albertina, and Anna Roda. In ...

in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. ''Annali del’Museo Civico di storia Naturale di Genova''. 34: 153-370 *Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars secunda. Stett. Entomol. Ztg., 1893 (1894), 54:313-367. *1899. Viaggo di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XXIII. Curculionidae. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 40: 1–130.

References

*1903 Nekrolog für Johannes Faust (mit Portrait) ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' Jahrgang 1903: 401-405 * Obit. 1903 ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung'' 22: 36 *Anthony Musgrave (1932). ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors'' Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faust, Johannes German entomologists Coleopterists 1832 births 1903 deaths Zoologists from the Kingdom of Prussia