Jan Obenberger ( May 15, 1892 in

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 ...

– April 30, 1964) was a Czechoslovak

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 ...

. He was Professor of Zoology at the

Charles University in Prague Charles University ( cs, Univerzita Karlova, UK; la, Universitas Carolina; german: Karls-Universität), also known as Charles University in Prague or historically as the University of Prague ( la, Universitas Pragensis, links=no), is the oldest an ...

. He was a specialist in

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...

. Jan Obenberger was very skilled at colour illustration.

Works

*Obenberger, J. 1928. De generis Aphanisticus Latr. (Col. Bupr.) speciebus aethiopicis. Africké druhy rodu Aphanisticus Latr. Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae 6:77-98. *Obenberger, J. 1935. De regionis aethiopicae speciebus generis Agrili novis (Col. Bupr.). Nové druhy krasců z rodu Agrilus z aethiopské oblasti. Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae 13:149-210. *Obenberger, J. 1937. Révision des espèces exotiques du genre Trachs Fabr. du continent africain. Přehled exotických druhů rodu Trachys africké pevniny. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 15:46-101. *Obenberger, J. 1945. Nový druh rodu Promeliboeus Obenb. (Col. Bupr.). De generis Promeliboeus Obenb. species nova (Col. Bupr.). Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae 23:159-160. Contributions to Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin *Obenberger, J. 1926. Pars 84. Buprestidae I. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1–212. *Obenberger, J. 1930. Pars 111. Buprestidae II. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 213–568. *Obenberger, J. 1934. Pars 132. Buprestidae III. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 569–781. *Obenberger, J. 1935. Pars 143. Buprestidae IV. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 782–934. *Obenberger, J. 1936. Pars 152. Buprestidae V. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 935–1246. *Obenberger, J. 1937. Pars 157. Buprestidae VI. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1247–1714.

References

*Jelinek, J., 1977 Bibliography of scientific papers of prof. Dr. Jan Obenberger. ''Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae'' 39: 5-27.

External links

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Lectotype designations in the Buprestidae collections of the National Museum of Natural History (Coleoptera) {{DEFAULTSORT:Obenberger, Jan Czechoslovak entomologists Academic staff of Charles University Scientists from Prague 1892 births 1964 deaths