Adolph Schenck

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Adolph Schenck (born April 11, 1803 in Dillenburg , † February 23, 1878 in Weilburg ) was a German entomologist .

Life

Philipp Adolph Schenck was a son of Justice Councilor Johann Jacob Schenck (born May 23, 1763 in Siegen, † February 14, 1805 in Dillenburg) and Sophie Karoline, born. Jaeckel, from Herborn (1767–1836).

At the age of 9 he sustained a knee injury while playing, which developed into paralysis of his right leg; therefore he had to use a walking aid all his life. Against this background, his entomological collecting activities are of particular importance.

Schenck attended the pedagogy in Dillenburg until 1818, then the grammar school Philippinum Weilburg , where he passed the Abitur in 1821. He then studied philology, natural sciences and education in Göttingen and in 1824 passed the teaching qualification examination in the subjects natural sciences, mathematics, ancient languages ​​and history in Weilburg. Schenck then worked as a private teacher and taught mathematics at the Weilburg high school. From 1828 to 1830 he worked as an assistant teacher at the Progymnasium in Hadamar , where he then held the position of 2nd vice principal until 1835.

On August 1, 1830, Adolph Schenck married Julie Stöckicht, who came from Braubach (* 1811, † November 24, 1882 in Weilburg). In the autumn of 1835 he returned to the Dillenburg Pedagogy as 1st Vice-Rector , held the position of Vice-Rector there from Easter 1841 to 1845 and was also appointed Professor during this time.

In 1845 Schenck was transferred against his will to the grammar school in Weilburg and in 1876 first senior teacher there. At his own request, he retired on October 1, 1876. Schenck was a corresponding member or honorary member of several scientific societies and associations. In recognition of his services to entomology, the Philipps University of Marburg awarded him the Dr. phil. H. c. and he was appointed bearer of the Red Eagle Order.

Services

Adolph Schenck is considered "one of the most remarkable German entomologists". He was the discoverer and describer of numerous species of insects, in particular ants, wasps and bees belonging to the hymenoptera. Of the bee species known from Germany, 43 were scientifically described by Schenck for the first time and named with the name that is still valid today. A large number of the bee species he named are on the red list today. He described u. a. the black-bellied leafcutter bee ( Megachile nigriventris ) . Among the ants he described u. a. 1852 the social-parasitic ant species Strongylognathus testaceus and the also social-parasitic, worker-free Anergates atratulus , whose males are larva-like and wingless.

A large part of his natural history collections has been lost, only a small part, the around 13,750 specimens of Hymenoptera , came to the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt in 1968 . The largest part of the collection of bees from Carl Ludwig Kirschbaum that he worked on still exists in the Wiesbaden Museum , including the specimens described for the first time. Schenck wrote a large number of scientific publications about his research.

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  • Schenck, A. 1840. About the teaching of natural sciences in pedagogies and high schools. In: Program of the Pedagogy in Dillenburg, continued 1841, Dillenburg, pp. 3 - 38, pp. 3–65.
  • Schenck, A. 1845. Instructions for determining the species of plants growing wild in the Duchy of Nassau and its surroundings, along with preliminary pedagogical and didactic remarks. In: Program of the Pädagogium zu Dillenburg 1845, Dillenburg, pp. 1–111
  • Schenck, A. 1851. Description of Nassau bee species. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History Volume 7, Wiesbaden, pp. 1–106.
  • Schenck, A. 1852. Description of Nassau ant species. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 8, Wiesbaden, pp. 1–149.
  • Schenck, A. 1853 Description of Nassau species of the fold wasp family (Vesparia, Diploptera). In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 9, Wiesbaden, pp. 1–87.
  • Schenck, A. 1853. Addendum to the description of Nassau bee species (see volume 7). In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 9, Wiesbaden, pp. 88–307.
  • Schenck, A. 1853. The Nassau ant species. In: Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, Volume 14, Stettin, pp. 157–163.
  • Schenck, A. 1853. Monograph of the gregarious wasps with special consideration of the Nassau species. In: Program of the royal grammar school in Weilburg for the school year 1853, 24 pp.
  • Schenck, A. 1855. On some difficult genera and species from the bee family. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 10, Wiesbaden, pp. 137–149.
  • Schenck, A. 1855. About the ant mentioned in Book VIII Eciton testaceum. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 10, Wiesbaden, p. 150
  • Schenck, A. 1855. Register for the description of Nassau bee species in Volume VII, Volume IX and X. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 10, Wiesbaden, pp. 151-160.
  • Schenck, A. 1856. Description of the golden wasps (Chrysidida) found in Nassau together with an introduction to families in general and a brief description of the other German species. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 11 :; Wiesbaden, pp. 13-89.
  • Schenck, A. 1856. Systematic classification of Nassau ants according to Mayr. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 11, Wiesbaden, pp. 90–96.
  • Schenck, A. 1857. Description of the digger wasps found in Nassau. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 12, Wiesbaden, pp. 1–341.
  • Schenck, A. 1859. The Nassau bees. Revision and addition of previous edits. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 14, Wiesbaden, pp. 1–414.
  • Schenck, A. 1859. The German generic names of bees. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 14, Wiesbaden, pp. 415–416.
  • Schenck, A. 1859. The honeybee from the Hymettus. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 14 Wiesbaden, pp. 417–419.
  • Schenck, A. 1860. Hymenoptera aculeata and addendum to Nassaus Aculeaten, Stettiner Entomologische Zeitschrift Volume 21, Stettin, pp. 132–157 and 417–419
  • Schenck, A. 1861. Additions and corrections to the description of the Nassau digger wasps (Book XII), gold wasps (Book XI), bees (Book XIV) and ants (Book VIII and XI). In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 16, Wiesbaden, pp. 137–207.
  • Schenck, A. 1863. Contributions to the knowledge of the Nassau cynipids (gall wasps) and their galls. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 17, Wiesbaden, pp. 123–260.
  • Schenck, A. 1863. Natural history of the ants and instructions for determining the Nassau species Part 1 1863 and Part 2 1864. In: Programm des Gymnasium zu Weilburg 1863, Weilburg, pp. 1 - 39, pp. 1–24.
  • Schenck, A. 1866. List of the Nassau Hymenoptera aculeata with the addition of the other German species. In: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift Volume 10, Berlin, pp. 317–369.
  • Schenck, A. 1867. Additions to the list of the Nassau Hymenoptera aculeata. In: Berlin Entomological Journal Volume 11, Berlin, p. 156
  • Schenck, A. 1868. Descriptions of the Nassau bees. Second addendum. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History, Volume 21, Wiesbaden, pp. 269–382.
  • Schenck, A. 1870. Die Goldwespen with identification table of the Nassau and brief description of the other German species. In: Program of the grammar school in Weilburg, Weilburg, pp. 1–17.
  • Schenck, A. 1871. Comments on some of the bees described in Volume XXX of the Stettiner Entomological Journal and on some difficult species Andrena. In: Stettiner Entomological Journal Volume 31, Stettin, pp. 104-107 and 407-414
  • Schenck, A. 1872. Several rare, partly new Hymenoptera. In: Stettiner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Volume 32, Stettin, pp. 253-257.
  • Schenck, A. 1873. About some controversial and dubious species of bees. In: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Volume 17, Berlin, pp. 243–259.
  • Schenck, A. 1874. From the bee fauna of Nassau I. In: Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, Volume 18, Berlin, pp. 161–173 and 337–347
  • Schenck, A. 1875. From the bee fauna of Nassau II. In: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Volume 19, Berlin, pp. 321–332.
  • Schenck, A. 1876. About some species of bees. In: Entomologische Nachrichten 2, Putbus, pp. 92-93.

swell

  • Andert, Hagen: Hymenoptera-type material of Philipp Adolph Schenck in the Natural History Collection of the Museum Wiesbaden (MWNH) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae, Sphecidae sl, Pompilidae). In: bembiX 30 2010, pp. 2-11.
  • Bernhardt, Emanuel: Necrology by Professor A. Schenck. In: Program of the royal grammar school in Weilburg for the school year 1878, Weilburg 1878, pp. 1–8.
  • Peters, Dieter Stefan: Schenck collections in the Senckenberg Museum. In: Natur und Museum 9/1968, Frankfurt 1968, pp. 391–393.
  • Wolf, Heinrich: Adolph Schenck in memory. In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 99, Wiesbaden 1968, pp. 12-17.
  • Wolf, Heinrich: Nassau bees (Hym. Apoidea). In: Yearbooks of the Nassau Association for Natural History 92, Wiesbaden 1955

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Red list and list of total species of bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Germany. Agricultural publisher. Münster 2011.
  2. ↑ Schenck, A. 1852. Description of Nassau ant species. Yearbook of the Association for Natural History in the Duchy of Nassau 8: 1-149.
  3. ^ Andert, Hagen: Hymenoptera-type material of Philipp Adolph Schenck in the Natural History Collection of the Museum Wiesbaden (MWNH) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae, Sphecidae sl, Pompilidae). In: bembiX 30 2010, pp. 2-11.
personal data
SURNAME Schenck, Adolph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schenck, Philipp Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entomologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillenburg
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1878
Place of death Weilburg