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Kolbe, Wilhelm (2) © Senckenberg DEI, PSlg: 2154
Name: Kolbe, Wilhelm #
Date of birth: 1852-10-09
Place of birth: in Seiffersdorf, Krs. Liegnitz
Date of death: 1929-07-02
Place of death: in Liegnitz
Gender: male
Remark: Rector
Specialisms: Coleoptera
Collection: The Coleoptera collection of Kolbe (Figs 4-7) is the largest of historical beetle collections deposited at MNHW. It consists of over 131 000 specimens representing 6 513 species, subspecies and varieties (Table 1) kept in 217 drawers. Most of the beetles come from Silesia, collected mainly in Legnica and neighbouring areas (towns and villages Dunino, Malczyce, P?tnów Legnicki, Zimna Woda, etc.), in ?aga? and Polkowice; a small fraction is from Karkonosze Mts and Izerskie Mts (Jaloszynski, P.; Ruta, R.; Wanat, M.; Ko?odziejczyk, N. 2014).
Citations:

Heikertinger, F. 1930 Koleopterologische Rundschau, Wien 15, S. 245, B15 10123

Hinke, O. 1919: [Kolbe, W.] Entomologische Blätter. Zeitschrift für die Biologie der Käfer Europas unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Forstentomologie, Berlin 15, S. 172-180, B15 10327

Jaloszynski, P.; Ruta, R.; Wanat, M.; Kołodziejczyk, N. 2014: Coleoptera collections of Wilhelm Kolbe, Richard Scholz and Georg Polentz in the Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław. Genus. International Journal of Invertebbrate Taxonomy - Wrocław , Wrocław 25 (4), S. 615-629, B15:12154

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