Carl Gustav Jablonsky
Appearance
Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. He died at the age of 31. He willed his works to his colleague, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst , who became a naturalist and entomologist.[1]
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Jablonsky%27s_Natursystem_Plate.jpg/220px-Jablonsky%27s_Natursystem_Plate.jpg)
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Jablonsky1.jpeg/220px-Jablonsky1.jpeg)
Jablonsky's Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.
Works
[edit]With Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten, als eine Fortzetsung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet: Käfer
References
[edit]- ^ "Carl Gustav Jablonsky". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Plates from Natursystem Insekten:Käfer at the University of Copenhagen library
- Zoologica Göttingen State and University Library Digitised Natursystem Insekten