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August Ferdinand Kuwert

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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.

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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

References

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  • Anonym 1894 [Kuwert, A. F.] Insektenbörse, Stuttgart 11 : 191-192
  • Anonym 1894 [Kuwert, A. F.] Leopoldina Halle 30 : 207
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