Ludwig Carl Christian Koch

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (born November 8, 1825 in Regensburg , † November 1, 1908 in Nuremberg ) was a German entomologist and arachnologist (insect and spider researcher).

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch was the son of the famous arachnologist Carl Ludwig Koch (1778–1857). He studied law at the University of Erlangen before turning to medicine and the natural sciences in 1847. In the same year he joined the Zoological-Mineralogical Association in Regensburg. In 1851 he received his doctorate, from 1853 he worked as a general practitioner in the Nuremberg district of Wöhrd .

He is considered to be one of the four most important representatives of insect and spider science in the second half of the 19th century and, in addition to native species, described z. B. also arachnids from the Mediterranean, from Asia (Siberia, Japan) and Australia. The species he describes have the addition of L. Koch . This work as a specialist researcher in the field of spiders earned him a worldwide reputation as a spider cook . Later Koch mainly dealt with conchylia .

Works

• The genus of Myriapod Lithobius . JL Lotzbeck, Nuremberg 1862
• The Arachnid family of the Drassids . JL Lotzbeck, Nuremberg 1866
• Clear representation of the European chernetids (pseudoscorpions) . Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1873
• Egyptian and Abyssinian arachnids collected by Mr. C. Jickeli. Bauer & Raspe, Nuremberg 1875
• List of the arachnids observed in Tyrol up to now together with descriptions of some new or less known species . 1876
• Japanese arachnids and myriapods . With 2 plates (presented to the meeting on October 3rd, 1877.) In: Negotiations of the k.-k. zoological-botanical society in Vienna , year 1877, volume 27, W. Braumüller, Vienna 1878, pages 735–798 & panels XV u. XVI.
• Arachnids from Siberia and Novaja Zemlya collected by the Swedish expedition in 1875. PA Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm 1879
• The Arachnids of Australia (1871-1883) was finished for him by Eugen von Keyserling .

literature

• Hans-Michael Körner (Ed.) With the collaboration of Bruno Jahn: Great Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. Volume 2 HO. K G Saur, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-598-11460-5 .

Web links

Wikisource: Ludwig Carl Christian Koch  - Sources and full texts