- Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg
Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg (
10 January 1818 inNaumburg (Saale)–19 January 1898 , Halle) was a Germanentomologist .Life
After 1836 Taschenberg studied
mathematics andnatural sciences inLeipzig andBerlin .He went, then, as an auxiliary teacher to the Franckesche Stiftungen and dedicated himself to arranging the importantbeetle collection of professor Germar and with the curation and study of the insect collection of the zoological museum particularly the entomology collections.He worked as a teacher in
Seesen for two years and then in fiveZahna for five years but in 1856 he became “Inspektor“ at the zoological museum in Halle and in 1871 he was appointed extraordinary professor. His insect studies were mainly applied toagriculture ,horticulture andsilviculture and he is an important figure in the history ofEconomic entomology .He also described new insect species in several orders.His sonErnst Otto Wilhelm Taschenberg was also an entomologist specialising in Hymenoptera.Works
*"Was da kriecht und fliegt, Bilder aus dem Insektenleben". (Berlin 1861);
*"Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Tiere, die in Deutschland den Feld-, Wiesen- und Weidekulturpflanzen schädlich werden." (Leipzig 1865);
*"Die Hymenopteren Deutschlands" (Leipzig 1866);
* "Entomologie für Gärtner und Gartenfreunde". (Leipzig 1871);
*"Schutz der Obstbäume und deren Früchte gegen feindliche Tiere". (2. Aufl., Stuttgart 1879);
*"Forstwirtschaftliche Insektenkunde". (Leipzig 1873);
*"Das Ungeziefer der landwirtschaftlichen Kulturgewächse". ( Leipzig 1873);
*"Praktische Insektenkunde". 5 Bde. (Bremen 1879-80);
*"Die Insekten nach ihrem Nutzen und Schaden". (Leipzig 1882);
*"Die Insekten, Tausendfüker und Spinnen'. (Leipzig und Wien 1892). He also worked on the insects forAlfred Brehm 's "Tierleben" (2. Aufl. 1877) and on zoological and entomological posters for school use.Collection
Taschenberg's faunistic collection of Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera from Sachsen-Anhalt is in the
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg .External links
*Literature at the
German National Library [http://dispatch.opac.d-nb.de/DB=4.1/REL?PPN=117614467]
* [http://www.entomologentagung2003.uni-halle.de/history.html History of entomology at Halle] in Germanources
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