Jakob Heinrich Laspeyres (; 9 April 1769,

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– 28 November 1809, Berlin) 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 ...

especially interested in

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. He was a

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in Berlin. Laspeyres collection is in

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.Biographies of Entomologists(German)
The

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'' Laspeyresia'' is named after him.

Works

*''Kritische Revision der neuen Ausgabe des systematischen Verzeichnisses von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend''. Illigers’s Magazine (von Karl Illiger). Braunschweig, Karl Reichard, 1803 *''Sesiae Europaeae Iconibus et Descriptionibus illustratae'', 32 pp., 1 pl. Berlin
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Other references

* Horn, W. H. R. & Schenkling, S. 1928-1929: Index Litteraturae Entomologicae, Serie I: die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. - Berlin-Dahlem, Selbstverlag W. Horn 1-4 XXI p., 1426 p., 4 Tafeln German lepidopterists 1769 births 1809 deaths {{Entomologist-stub