Jan Daniel Preysler, also known as Johan Daniel Preyssler or Johann Daniel Preyßler (1768,

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

– 23 April 1839) was a Czech

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 ...

. In 1789 he became an adjunct to the Imperial administrative office in Prague, where he was in 1801 promoted to Administrator, and in 1805 became a Counselor. After that, in 1807 he was board member of the St. John the Baptist Orphanage in Prague. Between 1808 and 1832 are no records of his life—he probably lived outside Prague or abroad. He returned to Bohemia in 1833 as a mining engineer in

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. Preysler worked mainly 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 ...

but also on other insects and

spiders Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species dive ...

Works

*1790 ''Verzeichnis böhmischen Insekten''. Prag, 108 pp + 2 medirytiny. *1791 ''Beschreibungen und Abbildungen derjenigen Insekten, welche in Sammlungen nicht aufzubewahren sind, dann aller, die noch ganz neu, und solcher, von denen wir noch keine oder doch sehr schlechte Abbildung besitzen. In: Mayer, J. (ed.): Sammlung physikalischer Aufsätze, besonders die Böhmische Naturgeschichte betreffend, von einer Gesellschaft Böhmischer Naturforscher''. I. Dresden: p. 55 – 151. *Preysler, J. D.& Lindacker J. T. & Hofer J. K.: 1793,'' Beobachtungen über Gegenstände der Natur auf einer Reise durch den Böhmerwald im Sommer 1791''. In: Mayer J. (ed.): ''Sammlung physikalischer Aufsätze, besonders die Böhmische Naturgeschichte betreffend, von einer Gesellschaft Böhmischer Naturforscher''. III. Dresden: p. 135 – 378. New species described by Preysler include ''Claviger testaceus'' Preysler, 1790, ''Cheilosia rufipes'' Preysler, 1793,''Aranea folium'' Preysler, 1791 and '' Chrysopilus asiliformis'' Preysler, 1791. His collection of insects is lost, but several specimens of insects are preserved in the Prague National Museum.

References

*Koleška, Z.: 1990, Seznam biografií čs. entomologů 12. (entomologové nežijíci) opp – Rippl In: Zprávy čs. spol. ent., ČSAV, 26: p. 413 – 452, Tab. 27 – 29: p. 421 – 423. *Groll, E. K. d. 2006, Entomologen der Welt (Biographien, Sammlungsverbleib). Datenbank 2. Version, DEI im ZALF e. V.: Preysler, Jan Daniel“: (internet). Czech entomologists 1768 births 1839 deaths {{Germany-biologist-stub