Ernst Otto Wilhelm Taschenberg

Ernst Otto Wilhelm Taschenberg (23 March 1854 , Halle -20 March 1923) was a German entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera.

He was the son of Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg .From 1879 after studying zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg he worked alongside his father at the Zoological institute in Halle. After his father’s death he became Curator (Kustos) of the Institute’s museum and Professor of Entomology.He worked on all Hymenoptera but mainly Cynipidae. His collections are held by Halle University (Biozentrum).

References

*Moritz, G.; Schneider, K.; Heidecke, D. & Neumann, V. 2004 Die Geschichte der Entomologie am Institut für Zoologie der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. "Mitt. Dt. Ges. allg. angew. Ent". 14 21-30, 18 Fig.27, Portrait
*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 .

External Links

* [http://www.entomologentagung2003.uni-halle.de/history.html History of entomology at Halle] in German