Sigmund Schenkling (11 July 1865, in

Laucha an der Unstrut Laucha an der Unstrut (, ) is a town in the Burgenlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Unstrut, northwest of Naumburg and west of Freyburg. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (collective municipality) o ...

– 16 December 1946, in

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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 ...

who 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 ...

. Schenkling's collection is held by the

German Entomological Institute The Senckenberg German Entomological Institute (; SDEI or DEI) is a German entomology, entomological research institute devoted to the study of insects. Founded in 1886, the institute has an extraordinary insect collection and a world-class ento ...

. It is notable for

Cleridae Cleridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea. They are commonly known as checkered beetles. The family Cleridae has a worldwide distribution, and a variety of habitats and feeding preferences. Cleridae have many Ecological nich ...

Erotylidae ''Ischyrus quadripunctatus'' Erotylidae, or the pleasing fungus beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Cucujoidea containing over 100 genera. In the present circumscription, it contains 6 tribes ( Tritomini, Dacnini, Megalodacnini, Er ...

, Languriidae, Helotidae and

Endomychidae Endomychidae, or handsome fungus beetles, is a family of beetles with representatives found in all biogeographic realms. There are around 120 genera and 1300 species. The family was established based on the type genus '' Endomychus'', a genus ere ...

the families he specialised in.

Works

Major works only. *1928-1929. With Walther Hermann Richard Horn ''Index Litteratuae Entomologicae'' Horn, Berlin-Dahlem.A bibliography of entomology,covering the early printed works on entomology through to 1900 and describing over 25,000 printed items. *As editor the multi-authored and multi-volumed ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk,Berlin.

References

*Rohlfien, K. 1994 chenkling, S.''Studia dipterologica'' 1(1) 9-10.

External links

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''Index Novus Litteraturae Entomologicae''
Completely revised new edition of the "Index Litteraturae Entomologicae'' Bibliography of the literature on entomology from the beginning until 1863 German entomologists 1865 births 1946 deaths {{entomologist-stub