Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard Suffrian (21 January 1805,

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– 18 August 1876, Bad Rehburg ) 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 specialized in

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 ...

especially

Chrysomelidae The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

. He was a schoolteacher in Münster. Suffrian wrote many short papers and several monographs in both of which he described new

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

and

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...

. His collection is conserved by the Zoological Institute

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. Suffrian was a Member of the

Halle Entomological Society Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hal ...

and the

Stettin Entomological Society The Entomological Society of Stettin (german: Entomologischer Verein zu Stettin) or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin (Szczecin), was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were membe ...

Works

Longer works only * Revision der Europäischen Arten der Gattung Cryptocephalus. ''Linn. Ent.'', 2: 1-194 (1847) * Revision der Europäischen Arten der Gattung Cryptocephalus. (Fortsetzung und Schluss.). ''Linn. Ent.'', 3: 1-152 (1848). *Zur Kenntnis der Europäischen Chrysomelen. ''Linn. Ent.'', 5: 1-280. (1851) *Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Asiatischen Cryptocephalen. ''Linn. Ent.'', 9: 1-169 (1854) *Berichtigtes Verzeichniss der bis jetzt bekannt gewordenen Asiatischen Cryptocephalen. ''Linn. Ent.'', 14: 1-72 (1860).

References

*Berger, M. 2001 iographien ''Abh. Westfäl. Mus. Naturk.'' 63(3) 115-117, Portrait. *Dohrn, C. A. 1877 uffrian, C. W. L. E. ''Ent. Ztg. Stettin'' 38:106-117. *Marseul, S. A. de 1883 Les Entomologistes et leurs Écrits. ''L'Abeille'' (4) 21(=3) 61-12, 108-109 *Westwood, J. O. 1877 uffrian, C. W. L. E. ''Proc. Ent. Soc. London , London 877XL ''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Suffrian, Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard 1805 births 1876 deaths German entomologists