Carl Stål (21 March 1833 – 13 June 1878) 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 ...

specialising in

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

. He was born at Karlberg Castle, Stockholm on 21 March 1833 and died at Frösundavik near Stockholm on 13 June 1878. He was the son of architect, author and officer Carl Stål then Colonel, Swedish Corps of Engineers. He matriculated at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

in 1853, studying medicine and passing the medico-philosophical examination in 1857. He then turned to entomology and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Jena in 1859. The same year he became assistant to

Carl Henrik Boheman Carl Henrik Boheman (10 July 1796 – 2 November 1868) was a Swedish entomologist. Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814. He had been an enthusiastic entomologist since chi ...

in the Zoological department of the

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in Stockholm, where, in 1867, he was appointed keeper with the title of professor. He made collecting trips in Sweden and throughout Europe and visited other museums including the collection of

Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is cons ...

in Kiel. His study of the Fabrician types resulted in his "Hemiptera Fabriciana". A significant part of Stål's work was the study of insects collected from

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, the majority of which were poorly understood at the time. Although Stål, who was regarded as the world's foremost worker on Hemiptera, published most on this order, he also worked on

Orthoptera Orthoptera () is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets, including closely related insects, such as the bush crickets or katydids and wētā. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grassho ...

and to a lesser extent on

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

and

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...

, naming well over 1000 new

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and over 1500 new species over his brief career. In 1869, he was elected a member of the

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Works (selection)

* Stål. 1860. ''Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna''. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 2(7):1–84 * Stål. 1862. ''Hemiptera Mexicana enumeravit speciesque novas descripsit''. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 23 * Stål. 1862. ''Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-traktens Hemipter-fauna''. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. 2 3:1-75 * Stål. 1863. ''Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones''. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3 1:571-603 * Stål. 1866. ''Hemiptera Africana''. 2:1-181 * Stål. 1866. ''Hemiptera Africana''. 4:1-275 * Stål. 1868. ''Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. I.'' Konglika Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 7(11):1-148 * Stål. 1870. ''Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1.'' Konglika Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 9(1):1-232 * Stål. 1872. ''Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 2.'' Konglika Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 10(4):1-159 * Stål. 1873. ''Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3.'' Konglika Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 11(2):1-163 * Stål. 1874. ''Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4.'' Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar. 12(1):1-186

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stal, Carl 1833 births 1878 deaths Swedish entomologists Hemipterists Hymenopterists Swedish zoologists Uppsala University alumni Scientists from Stockholm

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