Hans Silfverberg

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Hans Silfverberg (b. 1943) is a Finnish entomologist from the Finnish Museum of Natural History. [1] The beetle species Apion silfverbergi , [2] Hyperaspis silfverbergi , [3] and Sasajiscymnus silfverbergi are named in his honour. [4]

He has described the following taxa, among others:

Among his scientific contributions is a list of the Coleoptera present in the Baltic and Nordic countries, which he published in 1992. [8]

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References

  1. "Hans Silfverberg". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. Bajtenov, M.S. (1983). "Material der Gattung Apion Hbst. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) aus UDSSR in den Sammlungen des Zoologischen Museums der Universitat Helsinki". Annales Entomologicae Fennicae (in German). 49 (2): 59–60.
  3. Fürsch, H. (1972). "Die Hyperaspis Arten Afrikas mit Ausnahme des Mittelmeergebietes (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)". Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale (in German). 201: 1–48.
  4. Fürsch, H. (1989). "Die Pseudoscymnus-Arten Afrikas (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)". Annales Entomologici Fennici (in German). 55: 133–135.
  5. Silfverberg, Hans (1982). "A generic revision of the group Prosmidiites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 13 (2): 173–182. doi:10.1163/187631282x00075.
  6. Silfverberg, Hans (1978). "Oorlogia nigriceps n.gen., n.sp. from Namibia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 9 (1): 78–79. doi:10.1163/187631278X00269.
  7. Silfverberg, Hans (1978). "Taenala, a new genus of African Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 9 (1): 31–34. doi:10.1163/187631278X00188.
  8. Gonget, Hans (2021). The Nemonychidae, Anthribidae and Attelabidae (Coleoptera) of Northern Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. p. 5. ISBN   978-90-04-27367-2.