Sigmund Schenkling (11 July 1865, in Laucha an der Unstrut – 16 December 1946, in Eisleben) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
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Schenkling's collection is held by the German Entomological Institute. It is notable for Cleridae, Erotylidae, Languriidae, Helotidae and Endomychidae the families he specialised in.
Works
[edit]Major works only.
- 1928-1929. With Walther Hermann Richard Horn Index Litteratuae Entomologicae Horn, Berlin-Dahlem.A bibliography of entomology,covering the early printed works on entomology through to 1900 and describing over 25,000 printed items.
- As editor the multi-authored and multi-volumed Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk,Berlin.
References
[edit]- Rohlfien, K. 1994 [Schenkling, S.] Studia dipterologica 1(1) 9-10.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Sigmund Schenkling at the Internet Archive
- Index Novus Litteraturae Entomologicae Completely revised new edition of the "Index Litteraturae Entomologicae Bibliography of the literature on entomology from the beginning until 1863