Ernst von Ballion

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Ernst von Ballion

Ernst Ernestovich Ballion (also known as Ernst von Ballion; Russian: Эрнест Эрнестович Баллион; 18 December 1816, in Novorossisk – 9 September 1901, in Novorossisk) was a Russian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, especially Tenebrionidae.

Works[edit]

Partial list

  • Eine centurie neuer Käfer aus der Fauna der russischen Reiches Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 43,. 320–353 (1870).
  • Verzeichniss der im Kreise von Kuldsha gesammelten Käfer, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 53 (2), 253–289 (1878).

Collections[edit]

His collections are conserved in the Zoological Museum of Odessa University and in the Forest Technical Academy Saint Petersburg where his extensive collection of world Lepidoptera is also conserved.