Theodor Emil Schummel was a German

Germany

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 entomologist who specialised in Diptera

Diptera

Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...

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Schummel was a private tutor

Tutor

A tutor is a person employed in the education of others, either individually or in groups. To tutor is to perform the functions of a tutor.-Teaching assistance:...

 in Breslau. He was a member of Schlesische Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur (Silesia

Silesia

Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...

n Society for Patriotic Culture) a largely scientific society which received royal ratification in 1809 after the draft of its constitution was sent to the government in Königsberg

Königsberg

Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...

 and published many of his shorter scientific papers on insects in the society's journal Übersicht der Arbeiten und Veränderungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur, abbreviated Übers Arb. Ver. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Kult.

Works

Partial list

• 1829. Beschreibung der in Schlesien einheimischen Arten einiger Dipteren-Gattungen. 1. Limnobia. Meigen. Beitrage zur Entomologie, Breslau 1: 97-201 Monograph
  Monograph
  A monograph is a work of writing upon a single subject, usually by a single author.It is often a scholarly essay or learned treatise, and may be released in the manner of a book or journal article. It is by definition a single document that forms a complete text in itself...
  
   on Limoniidae
  Limoniidae
  Limoniidae is a family of flies closely related to the crane flies Tipulidae although they can usually be distinguished by the way the wings are held at rest. Limoniids usually hold/fold the wings along the back of the body whereas tipulids usually hold them out at right angles. Members of the...
  
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• 1832. Versuch einer genauen Beschreibung der in Schlesien einheimischen Arten der Familie der Ruderwanzen Ploteres. 56 p., 4 pls. Monograph on Gerromorpha
  Gerromorpha
  Gerromorpha is an infraorder of insects in the "true bug" order Hemiptera. These "typical" bugs are commonly called semiaquatic bugs or shore-inhabiting bugs...
  
  
• 1833. Versuch einer genauen Beschreibung der in Schlesien einheimischen Arten der Gattung Tipula. Meigen. Bachmukke. Beitrage zur Entomologie, Breslau 3: 9-128.Monograph on Tipulidae