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.

  1. ^ "Carl Gustav Jablonsky". Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2016.