Alfons MJ Evers

Alfons MJ Evers (born July 9, 1918 in Amsterdam , † March 18, 1998 in Krefeld ) was a German manufacturer , publisher , antiquarian and coleopterologist .

Life

In 1959 Evers had to take a longer break due to health problems, some of which he spent in the Canary Islands . A series of excursions to the Canary Islands and twice to Morocco followed over the years . His further world trips took him in 1980 to Japan (with a visit to the Entomological World Congress in Kyoto ) and Indonesia , 1981 to the Galapagos Islands , 1982 to Hawaii and Tahiti , 1983 to the USA ( Florida ) and 1984 to South Africa . Then he spent a few vacations in the Canaries and one last time in 1994 in Morocco. He used all of these trips for entomological studies.

Publications

• About the origin of excitators and their importance for the evolution of the Malachiidae (Col.). Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica , Helsinki 1963
• Synopsis of the genus Apalochrus Er. and the related genera of the world (Col., Malachiidae). Royal Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgie͏̈ 1987
• Synopsis of the Malachiidae Entomocera of Africa. Royal Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgie͏̈ 1990
• The genus Sphinginopalpus Pic 1903 (Col. Malachiidae) in Central Africa. Royal Museum voor Midden-Afrika, Tervuren, Belgie͏̈ 1997

Honors / awards

• 1982 Awarded the Rhineland Taler for the field of natural history, landscape conservation (see list of Rhineland Taler sponsors )
• 1985 Awarded the Fabricius Medal by the German Society for General and Applied Entomology
• 1994 Award of an honorary doctorate (Dr. rer. Nat. Hc) by the Philipps University of Marburg
• 1995 Ernst Jünger Prize for Entomology

Web links

• Literature by and about Alfons MJ Evers in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alfons Evers - Vita
• Alfons MJ Evers 1918 - 1998 on the website of the Working Group of Rhenish Coleopterologists