Carl Gustav Jablonsky

Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator. He was also the private secretary to the Queen of Prussia, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern. He died at the age of 31. He willed his works to his colleague, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst , who became a naturalist and entomologist.[1]

Plate from Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten
Plate from Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten

Jablonsky's Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.

Works

With Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten, als eine Fortzetsung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet: Käfer

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References
  1. "Carl Gustav Jablonsky". Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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