Benjamin August Gimmerthal (1779, Zittau- 1848,

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

(then

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)) was a German

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 ...

who specialised in

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 ...

. His collection of

Chloropidae The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtu ...

is held by the Museum of Systematic Zoology, University of Latvia, Riga. The remaining Diptera and other insects by the Natural History Museum of Latvia
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Works

partial list *Gimmerthal B.A. (1842). Uebersicht der Zweifluegler (Diptera Ln) Lief- und Kurlands. ''Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes de Moscou'' 15: 639-659. *Gimmerthal, B.A. (1845) Erster Beitrag zu einer Künftig zu Bearbeitenden Dipterologie Russlands. ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou'' 18, 287–331. *Gimmerthal B.A. (1847). Vierter Beitrag zur Dipterologie Russlands ''Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes de Moscou'' 20: 140-208.

References

*Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: ''Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum'' (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). 1; 2 Leiden, Backhuys Publishers, VII+1-426; 427-871 S., B15:A2283:1,2, pp. 1: 301-303, Schr.verz. * Spuris, Z. 1997: immerthal, B. A.Latvijas Entomol. Arhivs 4, pp. 49–51. German entomologists 1848 deaths 1779 births Dipterists {{entomologist-stub