Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch
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Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818 , Düben
, Torgau
- 8 July 1889
, Dresden
was a German
entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Kirsch was Curator
of Entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
in Dresden.
His collection is shared between Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu), Bytom
and *Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
, Dresden
'. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli
Düben
Düben is a village and a former municipality in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 March 2009, it is part of the town Coswig....
, Torgau
Torgau
Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district Nordsachsen.Outside Germany, the town is most well known as the place where during the Second World War, United States Army forces coming from the west met with forces of the Soviet Union...
- 8 July 1889
, Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Kirsch was Curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
of Entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000-50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can...
in Dresden.
His collection is shared between Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu), Bytom
Bytom
Bytom is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central-western district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Bytom is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka river .The city belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship since...
and *Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden
The State Museum of Zoology in Dresden is a natural history museum that houses 10,000-50,000 specimens, including skeletons and large insect collections. Many are types. The collection suffered war damage and whilst catalogued the database is not computerized. Loans are possible and material can...
, Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
'. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli
Troides riedeli
Troides riedeli is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands. Very little is known of the life history and distribution....
Works
Partial list- 1865 Beiträge zur Käferfauna von BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. Berl. Entomol. Zeitschr., 9: 40-104. - 1875 Neue Käfer aus MalaccaMalaccaMalacca , dubbed The Historic State or Negeri Bersejarah among locals) is the third smallest Malaysian state, after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, on the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and the state of Johor to the south...
. Mitt. Kgl. Zool.Mus. Dresden, 1: 3-34. - 1876 Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Coleopteren-fauna von Neu GuineaNew GuineaNew Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. Mitt. Kgl. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 2: 137-161. - 1876 Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt. Deutsch. Entomol. Zeitschr., 20: 81-133.
- 1883 Neue südamerykanische Kafer. Berl. Entomol. Zeitschr., 27: 187-213.