Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stackelberg (sometimes Shtakel'berg; russian: Александр Александрович Штакельберг; 1897–1975) was a
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
entomologist
Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...
.
Stackelberg was born in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and specialised on
Diptera
Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...
, notably
Syrphidae. He joined the staff of the
Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences in 1920, and in 1929 he was made the Director of the Diptera Division. From 1942 he was the Head of the Department of Entomology. He taught entomology to I. A. Rubtsov,
B. B. Rohdendorf, Ye. N. Savchenko, and N. A. Violovitch. He wrote over 160 scientific papers.
Selected works
Fauna USSR series
*1970 Family
Milichiidae
Milichiidae are a family of flies. Most species are very small and dark. Details of their biology have not yet been properly studied, but they are best known as kleptoparasites of predatory invertebrates, and accordingly are commonly known as fr ...
. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):593-601.
*1970. Family Tethinidae. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):355-356.
*1970. Family
Canacidae
Canacidae, incorrectly Canaceidae, or beach flies, surf or surge flies, is a family of Diptera. There are 113 species in 12 genera.
The family now includes Tethininae as a subfamily.
Family description
For terms see Morphology of Diptera.
Mi ...
. ''Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR; Diptera and Siphonaptera''. [In Russian; English translation published in 1988 by the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and the National Science Foundation. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Comp., Pvt. Ltd.. 5(2):602-603
*Gutsevich, A. V., A. S. Monchadsky and A. A. Stackelberg 1974. ''Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Diptera'' Volume III No. 4
Mosquitoes Family Culicidae. 408 pp. Translated and reprinted from Akad. Nauk SSSR Zool. Inst. No. 100. 1971, 384 pp. [Translation by Rose Lavoott, ed by Prof. O. Theodor. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 1974.]
Other
*Stackelberg, A.A. (1924) Syrphidarum novarum palaearcticarum diagnoses. ''Wiener entomologische Zeitung'' 41, 25-29.
*Stackelberg, A (1929): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. I.
ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. I.''Rev. Rusa. Entom.'' XXIII. nos. 3-4
*Stackelberg, A (1930): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. II.
ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. II.''Zool. Anzeiger'' Bd. 90. Heft 3/4
*Stackelberg, A (1930): Beiträge zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Syrphiden. III.
ontributions for the knowledge of the Palearctic Syrphiden. III.''Konowia'' Bd. IX. Heft 3.
References
*Thompson, F. C. & Sabrosky, C. W. 1977. Aleksandr Aleksandrovitsh Stackelberg - 1897-1975. ''Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington'' 78: 499-500.
bituary
External links
Papers on SyrphidaeEOL
Taxa described by Stackelberg
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Russian entomologists
1897 births
1975 deaths
Soviet entomologists
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich