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Carl
Gustav
von Mannerheim
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Mannerheim, noble by birth and wealthy by inheritance, was possibly
the greatest figure of the old Russian school of coleopterology. His
first paper was published in 1823, and his last was published in
1854. He described many new taxa of beetles, and some of them were
scarabs. He continued to describe new species even during his
lengthy term as governor of Finland. He died during a visit to
Stockholm to inspect the Schönherr collection. He had a very large
library, and it remains in the museum in Helsingfors. Although
he was never in U. S. territory, he had scientific men collecting
for him. He published the Coleopterous Fauna of California,
which included descriptions of 300 species. He described 21 American
genera and 244 American species, and the types of most still exist.
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Reference
Dow, R. P. 1914.
The Russian masters in Coleoptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn
Entomological Society 9: 96-101.
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