dessart/apstein

[Paul L.Th. Beuk]

>Dear Colleague,
>
>In 1914, J.-J. Kieffer renamed a secondary homonym "Megaspilus apsteini"
>(Hymenoptera Ceraphronoidea Megaspilidae); I never could identify that
>"Apstein" who was neither the collector (an Italian) nor, apparently, a
>member of the staff of the museum where the insect is deposited.
>
>Can some one help me?
>

Dear Paul,

A quick search on the Internet:

Apstein, Carl Heinrich (1862-1950)

APSTEIN, Carl published on the faunistics and production of freshwater
(Germany, Sri Lanka) and marine (Baltic, North Sea, Atlantic, Indian Ocean)
plankton between 1890 and 1912. He is the author of the book "Das
Süßwasserplankton" (1896). Living in Kiel and studying the plankton of the
lakes in the surroundings he mentions in his papers, how difficult it was
to walk to them (25 km one way) carrying weighty equipment and that such
one-day excursions could sometimes be futile efforts, because strong winds
made sampling impossible. (see:
http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/monoculus/copnews/monoc31.htm).

Best wishes,

Paul


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