Emil vom Brück was a German

Germany

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 dealer

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 and entomologist mainly interested in Coleoptera.

Brück led an extensive correspondence with the coleopterists of his time,especially Ernst Gustav Kraatz

Ernst Gustav Kraatz

Ernst Gustav Kraatz was a German entomologist.Kraatz was born in Berlin on 13 March, 1831 and died in the same city where he was a Professor at the University of Berlin. He was mainly interested in Coleoptera...

, Lucas von Heyden, Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter

Ernest August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter

Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter Ernst August Hellmuth von Kiesenwetter (5 November 1820 Dresden-18 March 1880 in Dresden was a German entomologist who specialised in beetles, or Coleoptera....

 and Alexander Henry Haliday

Alexander Henry Haliday

Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...

. He made collecting trips to Italy

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 and Spain

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 and financially supported the expeditions of Gustav Zebe into the Balkans

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, Greece

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 and Crete

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.

The expeditions to Spain were in the spring of 1868 and 1870, when he met Lucas von Heyden in Granada

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. He collected in Gibraltar

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, Puerto Santa Maria, Seville

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, Alicante

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, Malaga

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, Cartagena

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 and Valencia.

He became a member of the Entomological Society of The Netherlands in 1853 and in 1858 joined the Entomological Society of Berlin.

External links

• Koleopterologie In German two portrait photographs and manuscript photo.