Carl August Lundström (1844–1914) was a

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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 ...

especially

Nematocera The Nematocera (the name means "thread-horns") are a suborder of elongated flies with thin, segmented antennae and mostly aquatic larvae. This group is paraphyletic and contains all flies but species from suborder Brachycera (the name means "sh ...

. He was a Professor in

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. His insect collection is held by the

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Works

partial list *Lundstrom, C. 1911. Neue oder wenig bekannte eurapäische Mycetophiliden ''Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici'' 9: 390-419 *Lundstrom, C. 1912. Neue oder wenig bekannte europaische Mycetophilidae 11. ''Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici'' 10: 514-522. *Lundstrom, C. 1912. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren Finlands. - Supplement 2. Mycetophilidae. ''Acta Soc. Fauna Flora Fenn.'' 36(1): 1-39. *Lundstrom, C. 1914. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dipteren Finlands. - Supplement 3. Mycetophilidae. ''Acta Soc. Fauna Flora Fenn''. 39(3): 1-26.

References

*Anonym 1915: undström, C. A.''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung'', Wien 34: 68 *Frey, R. 1945: undström, C. A.''Luonnon Ystävä'' 1: 12-15 *Silfverberg, H. 1995: undstrom, C. A.''Memoranda Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, Helsingfors'' (= Helsinki) 71:39-49 Finnish entomologists Scientists from the Grand Duchy of Finland 1914 deaths 1844 births Dipterists {{entomologist-stub