Charles Frederic August Schaeffer

Charles Frederic August Schaeffer (12 June 1860 – 29 August 1934) was an American entomologist who specialized in the beetles, particularly chrysomelids and weevils. He described 109 species in 91 genera and some species like Taphrocerus schaefferi Nicolay & Weiss were described from his collections and named after him.

Schaeffer, standing middle, in 1914 with other Brooklyn entomologists

Schaeffer was born in London to a family of Germans. When the family returned to Germany, he was educated there and became interested in insects at a very young age. It is not known when he moved to the United States but he was one of the founding members of the Brooklyn Entomological Society in 1892. He was an active member of the group and in 1898, he became an assistant to William Beutenmüller of the American Museum of Natural History, becoming a curator in 1902 at the Brookyln Museum Institute of Arts and Sciences. He made numerous collecting trips mainly in Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina; Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas (Esperanza Ranch east of Brownsville); and the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. He described numerous species in his publications.[1][2][3]

Schaefers's publications include:

Schaeffer, C. (1916). "New species of Throscidae (Col.)". Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society. 11: 62–63.

  • Schaeffer, C. (1916). "Two new species of Cebrio". Bulletin Brooklyn Entomological Society. 11: 107–108.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1916). "New species of the family Elateridae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 24: 256–267.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1917). "Notes on a few Eucnemidae and descriptions of new Elateridae". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 12: 39–44.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1917). "On some new and known Melandryidae". Canadian Entomologist. 49 (10): 357–360.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1917). "On Merium and some blue Callidium". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 25 (3): 183–187.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1918). "On some genera and species of the family Ostomidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 26: 190–201.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1918). "Miscellaneous coleopterological notes and descriptions". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 26: 211–214.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1919). "Synonymical and other notes on some species of the family Chrysomelidae and descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 27: 307–340.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1921). "New species of North American clerid beetles of the genus Aulicus.". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 59 (2365): 151–159.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1924). "On new and old Chrysomelidae". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 32: 138–145.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1925). "Revision of the New World species of the tribe Donaciini of the coleopterous family Chrysomelidae". Brooklyn Museum Science Bulletin. 3 (3): 45–164.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1925). "New species and varieties of North American Cassidini (Coleoptera, Chrysomeildae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society". 33: 233–237. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Schaeffer, C. (1926). "New species of Boloschesis (=Chamys) with notes on known species (Coleoptera; Chrysolemidae; Fulcidacinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28(8): 181–187.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1928). "Notes on the species of Lina and allied genera (Coleoptera; Chrysom.)". The Canadian Entomologist. 60: 42–47.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1928). "The North American species of Hydrothassa with notes on other Chrysomeidae and a description of new species and a variety (Col.)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 36: 287–291.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1929). "The North American species of Parandra (Cerambycidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 24: 38–40.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1931). "On a few new and known Coleoptera". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 26: 174–176.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1931). "New species of Disonycha and notes (Col. Chrysomelidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 39: 279–285.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1932). "Notes on some Galerucinae with desctriptions of new species (Col., Chrysomelidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 64: 236–239.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1932). "Notes on some Halticinae with descriptions of new species (Col., Chrysomelidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 27: 239–245.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1932). "Notes and descriptions of new Cerambycidae". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 27 (3): 152–154.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Notes on some Hispini and Cassidini and descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 9: 103–109.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short Studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41: 296–325.
  • Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short Studies in the Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41: 457–480.

References
  1. Burke, H.R. (2004). "Notable Weevil Specialists of the Past" (PDF). Curculio. 49: 5–7.
  2. Davis, W.T. (1942). "In memory of Charles Schaeffer. Compiled from memoranda found among the papers of the late Charles W. Leng". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 50: 209–210.
  3. Osborn, H. (1946). "Charles F. A. Schaeffer (1960-1934)". Fragments of Entomological History, Part II. Columbus, Ohio. pp. 109–110.
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