Gustaf von Paykull

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Gustaf von Paykull

Gustav von Paykull (21 August 1757 – 28 January 1826) was a Swedish friherre (circa baron) and Marshal of the Court, ornithologist, and entomologist.

He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy from 1791 and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stockholm, through his 1819 donation of his extensive zoological collections to the academy (now in the Swedish Museum of Natural History). He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1801<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1804.<ref name=AAAS>Template:Cite web</ref>

Publications

His best-known publications are:

• Monographia Histeroidum. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp. (1811).
• Fauna Suecica. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman 3 volumes. (3 volumes, 1798, 1799, 1800)

Species named in his honor

• The red false black widow spider, Steatoda paykulliana
• The pantropical jumping spider, Plexippus paykulli<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• The band-bellied crake, Porzana paykullii<ref name="Svenska_vetenskapsakademiens">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Scolopax paykullii,<ref name="Svenska_vetenskapsakademiens"/> probably the red breasted snipe,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or short-billed dowitcher, now known as Scolopax grisea
• Tortrix paykulliana<ref name="Svenska_vetenskapsakademiens"/> – synonym of Epinotia ramella
• Alucita paykullella<ref name="Svenska_vetenskapsakademiens"/> – synonym of Micropterix paykullella
• Amarygmus paykulii<ref name="Svenska_vetenskapsakademiens"/> – Tenenbrionine beetle

External links

• Image of Paykull