Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken
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Julius Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken also Sommer (15 April 1770 – 8 February 1856) was a German
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...

 entomologist.

He was co-editor, with Ernst Friedrich Germar
Ernst Friedrich Germar
Ernst Friedrich Germar was a German professor and director of the Mineralogical Museum at Halle. As well as being a mineralogist he was interested in entomology and particularly in the Coleoptera and Hemiptera. He monographed the heteropteran family Scutelleridae.Amongst Germar’s publications...

 of Magazin der Entomologie Hendel & Son. Halle
Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...

. also known as Germar's Magazine in which he wrote many articles and described new species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 and genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 especially in the Tineidae
Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in over 300 genera. Most of the tineid moths are small or medium-sized, with wings held roofwise over the body at rest...

.

Works

Partial list
  • Zincken, J. L. T. F. 1817: Die Linneischen Tineen in ihre natürlichen Gattungen aufgelöst und beschrieben. Magazin der Entomologie, Halle 2: 24–113.
  • Zincken, J. L. T. F. 1818: Die Lineeischen Tineen in ihre natürlichen Gattungen aufgelöst. Magazin der Entomologie, Halle 3: 114, 133, 143.
  • Zincken, J. L. T. F. 1821: Die Linnéeischen Tinee'n, in ihre natürlichen Gattungen aufgelöst und beschrieben. Magazin der Entomologie, Halle 4: 231–245.
  • Zincken, J. L. T. F. 1821: Nachtrag zur Monographie der Gattung Chilo
    Chilo
    Chilo may refer to:*Chilo of Sparta, one of the Seven Sages of Greece*Chilo, Ohio, a village in Clermont County, Ohio*Chilo, Bhutan*Chilo , a genus of crambid moths...

    . Magazin der Entomologie, Halle 4: 246–258.
  • Zincken genannt Sommer, J. L. T. F. Anweisung zum Seidenbau überhaupt und insbesondere in Bezuge auf das nördliche Deutschland, nach den neuesten Verbesserungen desselben und nach eigenen Erfahrungen und über die Naturgeschichte des Seidenspinners selbst angestellten Versuchen abgefasst. …, Braunschweig, Meyer 1829
  • Zincken genannt Sommer, J. L. T. F.Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Java. Erste Abtheilung. (in: Nova Acta Leopoldina Bd. 15, 1.), Bonn, 1831
  • Zincken genannt Sommer, J. L. T. F.Anweisung für Gartenbesitzer und Landleute, wie dieselben in jedem Monate des Jahres zu verfahren haben, um in ihren Gärten Obst und Gartenfrüchte vor den Zerstörungen durch schädliche Insekten an leichtesten zu schützen…, Braunschweig, Meyer 1832


Zincken's collection was sold on his death. Its subsequent history is unknown.
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