- John Nietner
John Nietner ( ?
Potsdam -1874) was a German naturalist chiefly interested inbotany andentomology . He was a plantation owner inCeylon and described many new insect species from the island.Works
*Entomological papers, being chiefly descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits etc., as appear in any way interesting. "J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal" 25: 381-394, 523-554 (1856).
*Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist". (2)19: 241-249, 374-388 (1857).
*Entomological papers, being chiefly descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera with such observations on their habits etc., as appear in any way interesting. "J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal" 26: 132-153 (1857).
*Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist". (3)2: 175-183, 418-431 (1858).
*"Observations on the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon". Colombo, Ceylon : Publisher unknown 31 pp. (1861).
*"The coffee tree and its enemies: being observations on the natural history of the enemies of the coffee tree in Ceylon". Colombo : A.M. & J. Ferguson (1880).Collection
His insect collection is in Museum für Naturkunde , Berlin and the
Deutsches Entomologisches Institut
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