Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1834 |
| Died | 1882 |
| Nationality | American |
Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage (1834–1882) was an American insect collector. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, but travelled to the United States in 1860 where he settled in Bosque County, Texas.[1][2][3]
Belfrage collected thousands of insect specimens near his home and sold them to collectors and scientists all over the world.[3] Many species were first described based on specimens he collected.[2][4][5] Scientists sometimes named these newly described species after him, such as the moth Caloptilia belfragella[4] and the beetle Peploglyptus belfragei.[5]
References
- ↑ Gustav Wilhelm Belfrage at the SIA archives.
- 1 2 Leon F. Harvey (1875). "On Texan Lepidoptera collected by Mr. Belfrage". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 3: 3–16. ISSN 0096-4131. Wikidata Q93561883.
- 1 2 Mary Colwick Orbeck (1987). "Gustaf W. Belfrage, Texas Entomologist". Swedish American Genealogist. 7 (1): 27–31. Wikidata Q123420583.
- 1 2 V. T. Chambers (January 1875). "Tineina from Texas". The Canadian Entomologist. 7 (1): 7–12. doi:10.4039/ENT77-1. ISSN 0008-347X. Wikidata Q100275988.
- 1 2 John L. Leconte (1880). "Short Studies of North American Coleoptera". Transactions of the American Entomological Society and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences. 8 (3/4): 163. doi:10.2307/25076392. ISSN 1945-516X. JSTOR 25076392. Wikidata Q56191364.
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