Tikhon Sergeyevich Chicherin (, ; 1869–1904) was a Russian

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 ...

, especially

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

References

*Daniel, K. 1906 schitscherin, T. S. ''Münch. Koleopt. Zeitschr''. 2 1904-1906(3) 389-390. *Jacobson, G. 1904 schitscherin, T. S. ''Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Imp. Akad. Sci.'' 9 XXXII. *Kryzhanovskij, O. L. 1994: schitscherin, T. S.''Entomologitscheskoje Obozrenije'' 73(4) 939-942.

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Russian entomologists 1869 births 1904 deaths 19th-century biologists from the Russian Empire {{entomologist-stub