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Ernst Gustav Kraatz (13 March 1831 – 2 November 1909) was a German entomologist. He collected and described numerous
gives a complete list the list of his publications and the species described.
Andreas Wessel, 2007 D.E.Z. – A history. 150 years of scientific publishing in entomology Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 54 (2007) 2, 157–167 / DOI 10.1002/mmnd.200700016Herman, L.H. (2001). Catalog of the Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Ernst Gustav Kraatz (13 March 1831 – 2 November 1909) was a German entomologist. He collected and described numerous beetle
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 ...
s including Staphylinidae.
Kraatz was born in Berlin
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on 13 March 1831. He studied law in the University of Heidelberg
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and at the University of Bonn
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but found no interest in it and through the influence of Carl August Dohrn he shifted to study entomology at the University of Berlin
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and later became was a professor. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera. Kraatz worked on the beetle fauna of the whole world using the vast collections in the Natural History Museum of Berlin and described numerous species. Loss of eyesight led to stoppage of work and he died in Berlin. His collection is held by Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
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.
Works
*Kraatz, G. (1856a-1857a) ''Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands''. Abt. 1. Coleoptera. Zweiter Band. Berlin: Verlag der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, viii+1080 pp. *Kraatz, G. ''Prof. Dr. Gustav Kraatz. 50 järingen Jubilaeum'' 164 pages, 4 plates 1906gives a complete list the list of his publications and the species described.
References
Further reading
Andreas Wessel, 2007 D.E.Z. – A history. 150 years of scientific publishing in entomology Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 54 (2007) 2, 157–167 / DOI 10.1002/mmnd.200700016
External links
* 1831 births 1909 deaths German entomologists 19th-century German zoologists {{entomologist-stub