Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid
Caspar Erasmus Duftschmid properly Kaspar was an Austrian naturalist and physician who made significant contributions to entomology, especially Coleoptera.
Chrysolina herbacea, a beetle described by Duftschmid
He was born in Gmunden 19 November 1767 and died in Linz 17 December 1821.
His best-known work, introducing many new genera and species is Fauna Austriaca. Oder Beschreibung der österreischischen Insekten für angehande Freunde der Entomologie. Volume 1 1804 1805?, Volume 2 1812, Volume 3 1825. Linz and Leipzig. His collection of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera from Upper Austria is in Oberösterreiches Landesmuseum - Biologiezentrum The natural history museum of Upper Austria (in German), Linz. The labels are lost and the insects incorporated into the general collection.
References
- Duméril, C. A. M. C. 1823 [Biographien] Paris; Strasbourg, F. G. Levrault.
- Kusdas, K. & Reichl, E. R. [Hrsg.] 1973: Allgemeines. In Kusdas, R. & Reichl, E. R. [Hrsg.] 1973: Die Schmetterlinge Oberösterreichs. Teil 1: Allgemeines, Tagfalter. Linz : 1-266 : 1-37.
- Mitter, H. 2003: Zur Geschichte der *Käferkunde in Oberösterreich. Denisia 8 131-137, 7 Abb.
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