Carl_Brunner_von_Wattenwyl

Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl

Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl

Swiss entomologist (1823–1914)

Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (13 June 1823, Bern – 24 August 1914, Kirchdorf) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Orthoptera, and a botanist.

Brunner von Wattenwyl, in 1876
Carl Brunner-von Wattenwyl, by Hans Temple (1906).

Von Wattenwyl was a postmaster. He described many new taxa of Orthoptera.

His collection is conserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, the Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern (Natural History Museum of Bern), Bern, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt A.M. and Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museum, Hamburg.

Works

  • With Leonardo Fea : Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées) Genova, Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti (1893)
The standard author abbreviation Brunner is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

References

  • Anonym 1915 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Ent. Rec. J. Var. 27
  • Bolivar, I. 1915 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 15
  • Burr, M. 1900 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Ent. Rec. J. Var. 12
  • Kaltenbach, A. P. 2003. "Die Orthopterensammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien und ihre Geschichte". Denisia 8 57–61, 2 Photos
  • Nonveiller, G. 1999 The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia. Zagreb, *Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej: 1-390
  • Rabaey, K. 2006 Biografie van Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl. Phasma 16(62) : 22-23
  • Rehn, James A. G. (June 1915). "Obituary:Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl". Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 26 (6). Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences: 285–288.
  • Reitter, E. 1914 [Brunner von Wattenwyl, C.] Wien. ent. Ztg. 33

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    International Plant Names Index.  Brunner.
  • Internet Archive Download of Révision du système des orthoptères et description des espèces rapportées
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Carl_Brunner_von_Wattenwyl, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.