Johannes K.E. Faust (12 February 1832,

Stettin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin language, Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Po ...

- 18 January -1903, Pirna) 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 ...

. Faust specialised in

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 ...

, especially

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

. Faust’s beetle collection, including many types is now conserved mostly in the Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, Germany (SMTD) and the

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loc ...

in Paris, France (MNHN). He was a Member of the

Entomological Society of Stettin The Entomological Society of Stettin (german: Entomologischer Verein zu Stettin) or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin (Szczecin), was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were membe ...

Works

Partial list *1877. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Käfer des Europäischen und Asiatischen Russlands mit Einschluss der Küsten des Kaspischen Meers. ''Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae varii sermonibus in Rossia usitatis editae'' 12: 300-330. *1882 Rüsselkäfer aus dem Amurgebiet ''Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr.'' 26 (2), 17–295 *1893 Neue Ost-Sibirische Curculioniden ''Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr.'' 2, 201–205 *1894 Viaggio di

Leonardo Fea Leonardo Fea (Turin 24 July 1852 – Turin 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist. Biography Fea was born in Turin, a son of Paolo Fea, who was professor of painting at Accademia Albertina, and Anna Roda. In ...

in Birmania e regioni vicine. LX. Curculionidae. ''Annali del’Museo Civico di storia Naturale di Genova''. 34: 153-370 *Reise von E. Simon in Venezuela. Curculionidae. Pars secunda. Stett. Entomol. Ztg., 1893 (1894), 54:313-367. *1899. Viaggo di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XXIII. Curculionidae. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 40: 1–130.

References

*1903 Nekrolog für Johannes Faust (mit Portrait) ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' Jahrgang 1903: 401-405 * Obit. 1903 ''Wiener Entomologische Zeitung'' 22: 36 *Anthony Musgrave (1932). ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775-1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors'' Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faust, Johannes German entomologists Coleopterists 1832 births 1903 deaths