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The Senckenberg German Entomological Institute (; SDEI or DEI) is a German
Entomology Information Center
/ref> keeps: * 24,000 monographies, anthologies * 48,000 volumes of periodicals of about 2.400 journals and series (titles), among them 850 current serial journals * 118,000 separata * 1,500 further media (maps, films, CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, VHS) The archives are also associated here, which comprise: * 120 bequests of entomologists * A collection of 6,000 portraits including photographs, engravings, prints, and press clippings of entomologists * A collection of objects related to entomology, such as postcards, small figurines, or costume jewellery
Official website
DEZ History
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The Senckenberg German Entomological Institute (; SDEI or DEI) is a German entomological
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology
Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the ...
research institute devoted to the study of insect
Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...
s. Founded in 1886, the institute has an extraordinary insect collection and a world-class entomological library. Since 2009, the SDEI has been part of the Senckenberg Nature Research Society
The Senckenberg Nature Research Society (, until 2008 ''Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft'') is a German scholarly society with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.
Overview
Its purpose is to conduct research in the natural sciences a ...
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Insect collections
The department of Phylogenetic Systematics and Taxonomy of Insects maintains about 3 million pinned insects and uncounted specimens in the wet collection, among others the collections of: * Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824-1902) * Karl Bleyl (1908-1995) * Carl Julius Bernhard Börner (1880-1953) *Peter Friedrich Bouché
Peter Friedrich Bouché (15 February 1785, in Berlin – 3 April 1856, in Berlin) was a German botany, botanist and entomologist.
His collection is in the German Entomological Institute.
References
*Anonym 1858: ''Accentuated list of British L ...
(1784-1856)
* Gustav Breddin (1864-1909)
* Adolf Willy Lothar Dieckmann (1920-1990)
* Karl Friedrich Ermisch (1898-1970)
* Karl Flach (1856-1920)
* Gerrit Friese (1931-1990)
*Johann Georg Haag-Rutenberg
Johann Georg Haag-Rutenberg (10 October 1830 Frankfurt am Main – 20 November 1879 Frankfurt am Main) was a German entomologist, lawyer and farmer, who was also an authority on the Coleoptera. His acronym is Haag.http://www.zobodat.at/biografien/ ...
(1830-1880)
*Lucas Friedrich Julius Dominikus von Heyden
Lucas Friedrich Julius Dominikus von Heyden (22 May 1838, Frankfurt – 13 September 1915, Frankfurt) was a German entomologist specialising in beetles (Coleoptera). He wrote with Edmund Reitter and Julius Weise ''Catalogus coleopterorum Europae, ...
(1838-1915)
* Walther Hermann Richard Horn (1871-1939)
* Carl Friedrich Ketel (1861-1906)
* Hermann Kläger (1847-1923)
* Hermann Albert Friedrich Köller (1885-1968)
* Wilhelm Koltze (1839-1914)
*Ernst Gustav Kraatz
Ernst Gustav Kraatz (13 March 1831 – 2 November 1909) was a German entomologist. He collected and described numerous beetles including Staphylinidae. Kraatz was a founding member of the Berlin Entomological Club (Berliner Entomologischer Verein) ...
(1831-1909)
*Friedrich Wilhelm Konow
Friedrich Wilhelm Konow (11 July 1842, in Mechow – 18 March 1908, in Teschendorf) was a German priest and amateur entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera especially Tenthredinidae.
Konow was born in Mechow where he attended the school w ...
(1842-1908)
*Karl Friedrich Lange Karl may refer to:
People
* Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name
* Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne
* Karl of Austria, last Austrian Emperor
* Karl (footballer) (born 1993), Karl Cachoe ...
(1844-1913)
* Otto Leonhard (1853-1929)
* Karl Wilhelm Letzner (1812-1889)
* Bernhardt Lichtwardt (1857-1943)
* Walter Liebmann (1885-1974)
* Gustav Adolf Lohse (1910-1994)
*Axel Leonard Melander
Axel Leonard Melander (3 June 187814 August 1962) was an American entomologist specialising in Diptera and Hymenoptera. Specimens collected by Melander are held at the German Entomological Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.
...
(1878-1962)
* Julius Melzer (1878-1934)
* Wilhelm Mink (1807-1883)
* Karl-Heinz Mohr (1925-1989)
* Julius Neresheimer (1880-1943)
* Heinrich von Oettingen (1878-1956)
* Lorenz Oldenberg (1863-1931)
*Carl Robert Osten-Sacken
Carl Robert Osten-Sacken or Carl-Robert Romanovich, Baron von der Osten-Sacken, Baron Osten Sacken (21 August 1828, – 20 May 1906) was a German-Russian diplomat and entomologist. He served as the Russian consul general in New York City duri ...
(1828-1906)
* Gustav Paganetti-Hummler (1871-1949)
*Paul Pape
Paul Pape (born July 17, 1952) is an American actor. He is known for the role of Double J in the 1977 film ''Saturday Night Fever''. Post Saturday Night Fever, he has appeared in over 20 films. He also played a supporting role in the 2008 racing v ...
(1859-1933)
* Helmuth Patzak (1927-1988)
* Ernst Pietsch (1872-1930)
* Karl Ritter (1909-1998)
* William Henry Rolph (1847-1883)
* Arthur Leopold Albert Maria Rottenberg (1843-1875)
*Max Saalmüller
Max Saalmüller (26 November 1832 in Römhild, Germany – 12 October 1890 in Bockenheim (Frankfurt am Main), Bockenheim) was a Prussian lieutenant colonel and Germany, German entomologist.
List of works
* Illustrations for ''Der Heerwurm'' ...
(1832-1890)
* Johann Christian Rudolf Sachse (1802-1891)
*Hans Sauter
Hans Sauter (6 June 1925 – 1 October 2014) was an Austrian gymnast. He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and the 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known ...
(1871-1948)
* Ludwig Wilhelm Schaufuss (1833-1890)
* Karl Gotthilf Schenkling (1835-1911)
* Sigmund Schenkling (1865-1946)
Entomological Information Center
The Entomology Information Center/ref> keeps: * 24,000 monographies, anthologies * 48,000 volumes of periodicals of about 2.400 journals and series (titles), among them 850 current serial journals * 118,000 separata * 1,500 further media (maps, films, CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, VHS) The archives are also associated here, which comprise: * 120 bequests of entomologists * A collection of 6,000 portraits including photographs, engravings, prints, and press clippings of entomologists * A collection of objects related to entomology, such as postcards, small figurines, or costume jewellery
See also
*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 ...
External links
Official website
DEZ History
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References
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