Wilhelm Petersen (entomologist)
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Wilhelm Konstantin Frommhold Petersen (12 June 1854 in Lihula
Lihula
Lihula is a town in Estonia with population of 1,614 . It is a centre of a rural municipality in Lääne County.The castle of Leal was first mentioned in 1211. It was the centre of Diocese Saare-Lääne...

 – 3 February 1933 in Tallinn
Tallinn
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) was an Estonian
Estonia
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 (Baltic-German) entomologist, lepidopterist
Lepidopterist
A lepidopterist is a person who specialises in the study of Lepidoptera, members of an order encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...

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He was the first who paid attention to the importance of the characteristics of genitalia in insect taxonomy. He was an early representative of the recognition concept of species.

Published works

  • Die Lepidopteren-Fauna des arktischen Gebiets von Europa und die Eiszeit, Mag. Diss., 1881
  • Reisebriefe aus Transkaukasien und Armenien, 1884
  • Fauna baltica, Band I: Rhopalocera, 1890
  • Über indifferente Charaktere als Artmerkmale. Zur Frage der geschlechtlichen Zuchtwahl
  • Eesti päevaliblikad. Systematische Bearbeitung der Tagfalter Estlands, 1927
  • Lepidopteren-Fauna von Estland, 2 Bände, 1924
  • Die Blattminierer-Gattungen Lithocolletis und Nepticula, 2 Bände, 1927-1929
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