Tikhon Sergeyevich Chicherin (russian: Ти́хон Серге́евич Чиче́рин, french: Tikhon Sergeyevich Tschitscherine; 1869–1904) was a Russian

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 ...

who 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

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...

References

*Daniel, K. 1906 schitscherin, T. S. ''Münch. Koleopt. Zeitschr''. 2 1904-1906(3) 389-390. *Jacobson, G. 1904 schitscherin, T. S. ''Ezheg. Zool. Muz. Imp. Akad. Sci.'' 9 XXXII. *Kryzhanovskij, O. L. 1994: schitscherin, T. S.''Entomologitscheskoje Obozrenije'' 73(4) 939-942.

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Russian entomologists 1869 births 1904 deaths Biologists from the Russian Empire {{entomologist-stub