Walther Hermann Richard Horn (19 October 1871 – 10 July 1939) 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 ...

who specialised in

beetle 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 ...

s (Coleoptera). He was born in

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, where he also died. He is not to be confused with the American entomologist

George Henry Horn George Henry Horn (April 7, 1840 – November 24, 1897) was a U.S. entomologist who specialized in the study of beetles. Born in Philadelphia, Horn attended the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a degree in medicine in 1861 ...

who also studied Coleoptera. Walther Horn was first a

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then the director of the

German Entomological Institute The Senckenberg German Entomological Institute (german: Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, SDEI or DEI) is a German entomological research institute devoted to the study of insects. Founded in 1886, the institute has an extraordinar ...

Selected works

* 1903. Zur Kenntnis der paläarktischen Cicindelen. Münchener koleopterologische Zeitschrift, 1(4):337-346. * 1908. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam.

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 ...

Subfam.

Cicindelinae Tiger beetles are a family of beetles, Cicindelidae, known for their aggressive predatory habits and running speed. The fastest known species of tiger beetle, ''Rivacindela hudsoni'', can run at a speed of , or about 125 body lengths per second. ...

. in: Wytsman P.(ed.), ''Genera Insectorum''. Fascicule 82A. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp. 1–104, pls. 1–5. *1910. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae Subfam. Cicindelinae. in: P. Wytsman (ed.), ''Genera Insectorum''. Fascicule 82B. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp. 105–208, pls. 6–15. *1915. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae Subfam. Cicindelinae. in: P. Wytsman (ed.), ''Genera Insectorum''. Fascicule 82C. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp. 209–486, pls. 16–23. *1926. Pars 86. Carabidae: Cicindelinae. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk, Berlin, 345 pp. *1928–1929. With

Sigmund Schenkling Sigmund Schenkling (11 July 1865, in Laucha an der Unstrut – 16 December 1946, in Eisleben) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Schenkling's collection is held by the German Entomological Institute. It is notable for ...

''Index Litteraturae Entomologicae'' Horn, Berlin-Dahlem. A bibliography of entomology, covering the early printed works on entomology through to 1900 and describing over 25,000 printed items.

Collection

Horn's collection World Cicindelidae including larvae Larven and general Coleoptera collections (

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(1896),

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

(1899),

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and

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(1902) and

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

(1926) are conserved in the

References

*Anonym orn, W. H. R.''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria'' 60 2 *Anonym 1939 orn, W. H. R. ''Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 71 153 *Arrow, G. J. 1939: orn, W. H. R.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 75 204-205 *De Beaux, O. 1940: orn, W. H. R. ''Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria'' 60(2) *Osborn, H. 1937: ''Fragments of Entomological History Including Some Personal Recollections of Men and Events''. Columbus, Ohio, Published by the Author 1 1-394. *Osborn, H. 1952 ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits. Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company *Solari 1939 orn, W. H. R.''Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital''. 71 153-154

External links

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''Index Novus Litteraturae Entomologicae''
Completely revised new edition of the "Index Litteraturae Entomologicae'' Bibliography of the literature on entomology from the beginning until 1863 {{DEFAULTSORT:Horn, Walther Hermann Richard Coleopterists German entomologists Scientists from Berlin 1871 births 1939 deaths