Gustav von Paykull (21 August 1757 – 28 January 1826) was a

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) and

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, and

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. He was a member of the

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from 1791 and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in

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, through his 1819 donation of his extensive zoological collections to the academy (now in the

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). He was elected a member of the

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in 1801 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the

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in 1804.

Publications

His best-known publications are: *''Monographia Histeroidum''. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp. (1811). *''Fauna Suecica''. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman 3 volumes. (3 volumes, 1798, 1799, 1800)

Species named in his honor

* The red false black widow spider, ''Steatoda paykulliana'' * The pantropical jumping spider, ''Plexippus paykulli'' * The band-bellied crake, ''Porzana paykullii'' * ''Scolopax paykullii'', probably the red breasted snipe, or

short-billed dowitcher The short-billed dowitcher (''Limnodromus griseus''), like its congener the long-billed dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Central America, the Caribbea ...

, now known as ''Scolopax grisea'' * '' Tortrix paykulliana'' – synonym of ''

Epinotia ramella ''Epinotia ramella'' is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, China (Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia), Japan, Russia and Kazakhstan. The wingspan is . The forewings are ochreous-whi ...

'' * ''Alucita paykullella'' – synonym of ''

Micropterix paykullella ''Micropterix paykullella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is distributed locally across the whole Alps, occurring in France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. ...

'' * ''Amarygmus paykulii'' – Tenenbrionine beetle

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1757 births 1826 deaths Swedish nobility Swedish entomologists 18th-century Swedish zoologists 19th-century Swedish zoologists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{entomologist-stub