Wilhelm Petersen (entomologist)
Wilhelm Konstantin Frommhold Petersen (12 June 1854 in Lihula – 3 February 1933 in Tallinn) was an Estonian entomologist, lepidopterist of Baltic-German descent. He was the first who paid attention to the importance of the characteristics of genitalia in insect taxonomy. He was an early representative of the recognition concept of species. Published works Die Lepidopteren-Fauna des arktischen Gebiets von Europa und die Eiszeit, Mag. Diss., 1881 Reisebriefe aus Transkaukasien und Armenien, 1884 Fauna baltica, Band I: Rhopalocera, 1890 Über indifferente Charaktere als Artmerkmale. Zur Frage der geschlechtlichen Zuchtwahl Eesti päevaliblikad. Systematische Bearbeitung der Tagfalter Estlands, 1927 Lepidopteren-Fauna von Estland, 2 Bände, 1924 Die Blattminierer-Gattungen Lithocolletis und Nepticula, 2 Bände, 1927-1929 References 1854 births 1933 deaths People from Lääneranna Parish People from Kreis Wiek Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire Zoologists from the Russian Empire Estonian zoologists Lepidopterists 19th-century Estonian people 20th-century Estonian scientists