Einar Lönnberg
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| Born | 24 December 1865 |
| Died | 21 November 1942 (aged 76) |
Axel Johann Einar Lönnberg (24 December 1865 – 21 November 1942) was a
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
(Swedish Natural History Museum) from 1904 to 1933.
In 1891 he obtained his PhD from the
vertebrates at the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm. In 1910 – 1911 he participated in an expedition to East Africa. From 1925 to 1942 he served as prefect
of the Kristineberg Marina Forskningsstation (Kristineberg Marine Zoological Station).
In regard to his zoological research, his primary focus dealt with mammals, birds and fish, but he also made significant contributions in his studies of
hardly anyone has known so much about so many branches of zoology as Lönnberg".In 1904 he founded the influential journal of biology, Fauna och Flora. As a conservationist he worked hard for laws protecting
waterfowl and reindeer. In 1922 he became an honorary member of the British Ornithologists' Union
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Some species that Lönnberg described
Reptiles
- Tupinambis duseni now Salvator duseni 1910 (yellow tegu)
- Isopachys gyldenstolpei1916 (Gyldenstolpe's snake skink)
- Mabuya irregularis now Trachylepis irregularis 1922 (alpine meadow skink)
Mammals (subspecies)
- Equus quagga borensis 1921 (Maneless zebra)
- Orycteropus afer erikssoni 1906 (North Congo aardvark)
Fish
- Artedidraco mirus 1905 (South Georgian plunderfish)
Co-authored with Lars Gabriel Andersson
- Aipysurus tenuis 1913 (Arafura seasnake)
- Atractaspis engdahli 1913 (Engdahl's burrowing asp)
- Eroticoscincus graciloides1913 (elf skink)
- Oedurella taeniata now Strophurus taeniatus 1913 (phasmid striped gecko)
- Lygosoma brachyosoma now Concinnia brachyosoma 1915 (northern bar-sided skink)
- Eulamprus tympanum1915 (highland water skink)
- Lygosoma mjobergi now Glaphyromorphus mjobergi 1915 (Atherton Tableland skink)
Written works by Lönnberg that have been published in English
- "Linnean type-specimens of birds, reptiles, batrachians, and fishes in the Zoological Museum of the Royal University of Upsala", 1896
- "Is the Florida box tortoise a distinct species", 1897
- "Reptiles and batrachians collected in German New Guineaby the late Dr Erik Nyman", 1900
- "Swedish Royal Academy of Science", 1905
- "Contributions to the fauna of South Georgia, 1906
- "Mammals", 1908
- "A new lizard and a new frog from Paraná", 1910 (co-author L. G. Andersson)
- "Birds collected by the Swedish Zoological Expedition to British East Africa1911", 1911
- "Reptiles, batrachians and fishes collected by the Swedish Zoological Expedition to British East Africa 1911", 1911
- "Mammals collected by the Swedish Zoological Expedition to British East Africa 1911", 1912
- "Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. III. Reptiles", 1913 (co-author L. G. Andersson)
- "On a collection of reptiles from Kismayu", 1913 (co-author L. G. Andersson)
- "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. VII. Reptiles collected in northern Queensland", 1915 (co-author L. G. Andersson)
- "Zoological results of the Swedish Zoological Expeditions to Siam1911-1912 and 1914. 2. Lizards", 1916
- "Mammals collected in Central Africa by Captain E. Arrhenius, 1917
- "On a new fossil Hystridae, 1924
- "Some speculations on the origin of the North American ornithic fauna", 1927.[3]
See also
References
- Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches
- ^ The Tree of Life Web Project Onykia loennbergii.
- ^ Boulenger GA. 1908. Description of a new Elapine Snake of the Genus Apisthocalamus, Blgr., from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Eighth Series 1: 248-249. (Apisthocalamus loennbergii, new species).
- ^ WorldCat Identities (list of publications).
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