Carl Ludwig Koch

Carl Ludwig Koch (September 21, 1778 - August 23, 1857) was a German entomologist, specializing in arachnology. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider.

He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He is the father of Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825-1908) who also became a well-known entomologist.

Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work "Die Arachniden" (1831-1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786-1836). Koch was responsible for the last twelve volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in "Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten" (Elements of the insect fauna of Germany) a work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755-1829).

He also co-authored, with Georg Carl Berendt, an important monograph "Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt" (1854) on arachnids, myriapods and wingless insects in amber based on material in Berendt's collection, now held in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Works

* "Die Pflanzenläuse, Aphiden." Lotzbeck, Nürnberg 1857.
* "Übersicht des Arachnidensystems." Zeh, Nürnberg 1837–50.
* "Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden." Pustet, Regensburg 1835–44.
* "Die Arachniden." Zeh, Nürnberg 1831–48.
* "System der baierischen Zoologie." Nürnberg, München 1816.(A general work on the zoology of Bavaria of some importancein bird taxonomy.

Literatur

* Roesler, Rudolf: "Karl Ludwig Koch (1778-1857)." in "Oberpfälzer Heimat." Auflage 42, Weiden 1997/98.

External links

* [http://www.gbif.de/evertebrata2/Litonline/Koch.html Online Works]