Ferdinand Morawitz | |
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| Born | 3 August 1827 |
| Died | 5 December 1896 |
| Alma mater | Tartu University |
| Known for | work on insects of Central Asia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | entomology |
Ferdinand Ferdinandovich Morawitz (Russian: Фердинанд Фердинандович Моравиц, German: Ferdinand Carl Joseph Morawitz; 3 August 1827 in St. Petersburg – 5 December 1896 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian entomologist.
His parents were German emigrants from Silesia. He was brought up in a private school for boys[citation needed]. In 1853, Morawitz graduated from the Dorpat University (now Tartu University), Estonia with a 'Doctor of Medicine' degree. With a final year dissertation on the anatomy of Blatta germanica. After he graduated, he moved to St Petersburg. He then had a Doctors practise for 15 years until 1879.[1]
But in his spare time he was interested in entomology. He was one of the founding members of the Russian Entomological Society in 1859. He first published scientific work on Coleoptera in 1860.[1]
Morawitz also studied the collection of naturalist Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko, who had collected significant numbers of insects from three explorations from 1869 to 1873 of Central Asia. He recorded 438 species belonging to 36 genera from Central Asia: 68 species of Andrena, 17 species from Europe and 51 new species.[2]
Dr. Ferdinand Morawitz worked mainly on Hymenoptera. He is best known for his work on the bees of Russia and Central Asia. He was one of the prominent entomologists associated with the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science where his brother August Feodorovitsh Morawitz was curator of the insect collections. His collection is shared between the Zoological Museum in St. Petersburg and the Zoological Museum of Odessa University.
- ^ a b "Ferdinand Morawitz". zobodat.at. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ Tadauchi, Osamu (30 June 2006). "The Genus Andrena from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Collected by the Kyushu University Expedition (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae) (1)" (PDF). catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.