Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786 - 1853) was a German

Germany

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 professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum

Mineralogy

Mineralogy is the study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization.-History:Early writing...

 at Halle

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

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. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology

Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...

 and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera

Hemiptera

Hemiptera is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs , comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others...

. He monographed the heteropteran family Scutelleridae

Scutelleridae

Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the last section of their thorax into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings...

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Amongst Germar’s publications are:

• Species Cicadarium enumeratae et sub genera distributae. Thon. Ent. Arch. (2)2: 37-57, pl. 1 (1830).
• Observations sur plusieurs espèces du genre Cicada
  Cicada
  A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified...
  
   , Latr. Rev. Entomol. Silbermann 2: 49-82, pls. 19-26 (1834).
• Beiträge zu einer Monographie der Schildwanzen. Zeitschrift für die Entomologie 1(1): 1-146, pl. 1 (1839).
• Über die Elateriden mit häutigen Anhängen der Tarsenglieder. Z. Entomol. (Germar) 1: 193-236 (1839).
• Bemerkungen über Elateriden. Z. Entomol. (Breslau) 5: 133-192 (1844)
• Beiträge zur insektenfauna von Adelaide
  Adelaide
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  . Linn. Entomol. 3: 153-247 (1848)
• Fauna Insectorum Europae There were 24 fascicles in this work August Ahrens producing the first two, Germar and F. Kalfuss the third (1817) and Germar alone the remaining 21.

He also was editor of the entomological journal Zeitschrift für die Entomologie, which was published from 1839 to 1844

In 1845, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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Collections

Non Coleoptera Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

Deutsches Entomologisches Institut

The German Entomological Institute is a German entomological society devoted to the study of insects. Founded in 1886, the society has an extensive library and insect collections...

(DEI)