Niklas Westring
Niklas Westring (born November 13, 1797 in Gothenburg , † January 28, 1882 ) was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist .
Westring's main job was from 1816 at the customs office in Gothenburg, where he was the customs administrator from 1834 to 1856.
He is best known for his book Araneae suecicae descriptae , in which he described 308 native Swedish spider species. 124 of these were already known to his predecessors Carl von Linné , Carl De Geer and Carl Jakob Sundevall .
He was on the board of directors of the Gothenburg Museum from 1840 to 1874 and a member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Gothenburg (1843) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1863).
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- Araneae suecicae descriptae, 1860
- Anvisning att ändamalsenligt insamla och conservera arachnider, förnämligast med afseende pa spindlarne, 1858 (instructions for collecting and preserving spiders)
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| SURNAME | Westring, Niklas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish entomologist and arachnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1797 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gothenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1882 |