William Lundbeck

William Lundbeck (16 October 1863 in Aalborg – 18 May 1941 in Kongens Lyngby) was a Danish entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was a Professor in the University Museum in Copenhagen. Lundbeck's most important work was Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols.

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Before turning to insects, however, he participated on the Ingolf expedition to the North Atlantic in 1895-1896 and produced three significant reports on the deep sea porifera collected by the expedition.[1]

Collection

Lundbeck's insect collection is in The Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (Zoologisk Museum, Københavns Universitet).[2]

Notes
  1. Wolff, Torben (1967). Danish expeditions on the seven seas. Copenhagen: Rhodos.
  2. Meier, Rudolf. "Collection inventory of the Diptera collection of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC)". Københavns Universitet. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

Sources
  • Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). - Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
  • Heller, W. 1943: [Lundbeck, W.] - Notulae Ent. 23 60
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