Gustaf von Paykull
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Gustav von Paykull (21 August 1757 – 28 January 1826) was a Swedish friherre (circa baron) and Marshal of the Court, ornithologist, and entomologist.
He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy from 1791 and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stockholm, through his 1819 donation of his extensive zoological collections to the academy (now in the Swedish Museum of Natural History). He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1801[1] and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1804.[2]
Publications
His best-known publications are:
- Monographia Histeroidum. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp. (1811).
- Fauna Suecica. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman 3 volumes. (3 volumes, 1798, 1799, 1800)
Species named in his honor
- The red false black widow spider, Steatoda paykulliana
- The pantropical jumping spider, Plexippus paykulli[3]
- The band-bellied crake, Porzana paykullii[4]
- Scolopax paykullii,[4] probably the red breasted snipe,[5] or short-billed dowitcher, now known as Scolopax grisea
- Tortrix paykulliana[4] – synonym of Epinotia ramella
- Alucita paykullella[4] – synonym of Micropterix paykullella
- Amarygmus paykulii[4] – Tenenbrionine beetle
References
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter V" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ^ Cates, Jerry (2011-01-21). "A Pantropical Jumping Spider from Walden Marina, Montgomery, Texas". Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ a b c d e "Kongl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar FÖR ÅR 1826". The Swedish Academy of Sciences. p. 356. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ Richardson, John; Swainson, William; Kirby, William (1831). "Fauna Boreali-americana, Or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America: The birds". Retrieved 2019-04-27.
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