August Ferdinand Kuwert

German entomologist (1828-1894)
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGerman entomologist (1828-1894)
PlacesGermany
wasZoologist Entomologist
Work fieldBiology
Gender
Male
Birth15 October 1828
Death14 August 1894 (aged 65 years)
The details

Biography

August Ferdinand Kuwert (15 October 1828, Nidden – 14 August 1894, Wernsdorf, südl. von Königsberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.

He was a Rittergutsbesitzer (owner of an estate or Junker) near the Prussian town of Wernsberg. Kuwert described many new species of Passalidae, Cleridae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Elmidae, Heteroceridae and Dryopidae.

Works

Partial list

  • 1891 Systematische Uebersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift I:161-192.
  • 1897 Die Passaliden Dichotomisch Bearbeitet, die Arten. Nov. Zool. 4:274-306
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