August Emil Holmgren
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August Emil Holmgren was a Swedish
entomologist mainly interested in the Hymenoptera
, especially Ichneumonidae
.
He was professor in the Forstakademie in Stockholm
Holmgren was the author of:
Sweden
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entomologist mainly interested in the Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera is one of the largest orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees and ants. There are over 130,000 recognized species, with many more remaining to be described. The name refers to the heavy wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν : membrane and...
, especially Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae is a family within the insect order Hymenoptera. Insects in this family are commonly called ichneumon wasps. Less exact terms are ichneumon flies , or scorpion wasps due to the extreme lengthening and curving of the abdomen...
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He was professor in the Forstakademie in Stockholm
Holmgren was the author of:
- Hymenoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring Jordeni under befäl af C.A. Virgen Aren 1851-53. II Zoologi 1 Insecta pp. 391-442 pl. viii. (1868).
- Bidrag till kännedomen om Beeren eilands och Spetsbegrens insekt-fauna. Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & söner (1869).
- Skandinaviens foglar (Birds of Sweden) in Handbok i zoologi för landtbrukare, skogshushållare, fiskeriidkare och jägare P.A. Norstedt & söner, Stockholm (1866).