Johann Friedrich Jaennicke (7 January 1831 in

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a. M. – 1 April 1907 in

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) was a German "Regierungsrat" and

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 ...

mainly interested in

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

Works

*As Jaennicke, F. (note The author's full initials are J.F.) 1867. Neue exotische Dipteren. ''Abh. Senckenberg. Naturforsch. Ges.'' 6: 311–407. (November) **This was reprinted, 1868, as "Neue exotische Dipteren aus den Museen zu Frankfurt a. M. und Darmstadt," 99 p.

Collection

Jaennicke's collection is in Senckenberg Museum

References

* Geller-Grimm, F. (1999): Raubfliegen-Typen des Senckenberg-Museums in Frankfurt am Main, das überwiegend von Wiedemann und Jaennicke bearbeitet wurde (Insecta, Diptera, Asilidae). ''Senckenbergiana biol.,'' 78: 205–217; Frankfurt a.M.

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