Carl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula

Brazilian whiteknee tarantula

The Whitebanded Tarantula , is a species of tarantula native to forests of Brazil. It is commonly referred to as the whiteknee tarantula, giant whiteknee tarantula, giant white knee tarantula or Brazilian giant whiteknee tarantula as a homage to its brilliant black and white banded legs...

 and Common house spider

Common house spider

The common house spider , referred to as American house spider internationally, is a spider species of the genus Parasteatoda which is mainly indigenous to the New World, with P. tepidariorum australis also encountered in some parts of Myanmar and Pakistan...

. He was born in Kusel

Kusel

Kusel is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Kusel. It is situated approx. 30 km north-west of Kaiserslautern....

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and died in Nuremberg, Germany.

Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work Die Arachniden (1831-1848) (16 volumes) was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn

Carl Wilhelm Hahn

Dr. Carl Wilhelm Hahn was a German zoologist and author of the first German monograph on spiders. C. W. Hahn was an all-round natural scientist – not at all unusual for his time. Surprisingly he seems to have been almost forgotten...

 (1786-1836). Koch was responsible for the last twelve volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten (Elements of the insect fauna of Germany) a work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer

Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer

Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...

 (1755-1829).

He also co-authored, with Georg Karl Berendt

Georg Karl Berendt

Georg Karl Berendt was a German physician and paleontologist who was a native of Danzig.He studied medicine and botany at the University of Königsberg, and from 1814 practiced medicine in Danzig. He is remembered for amassing a large collection of amber inclusions that amounted to 4216 specimens...

, an important monograph Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt (1854) on arachnids, myriapods and wingless insects in amber

Amber

Amber is fossilized tree resin , which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents...

 based on material in Berendt's collection, now held in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Do not confuse with his son Ludwig Carl Christian Koch

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...

 (1825-1908) who also became a well-known entomologist.

Works

• Die Pflanzenläuse, Aphiden. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg 1857.
• Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Zeh, Nürnberg 1837–50.
• Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Pustet, Regensburg 1835–44.
• Die Arachniden. Zeh, Nürnberg 1831–48.
• System der baierischen Zoologie. Nürnberg, München 1816.(A general work on the zoology of Bavaria
  Bavaria
  Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
  
   of some importance in bird
  Bird
  Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
  
   taxonomy.

Literatur

• Roesler, Rudolf: Karl Ludwig Koch (1778-1857). in Oberpfälzer Heimat. Auflage 42, Weiden 1997/98.

External links

• Online Works