Hermann Rudolph Schaum
Hermann Rudolph Schaum was a professor in Berlin and an entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera.
Up until 1847, he worked as a general practitioner in Stettin, afterwards traveling to England, North America and Egypt, where he accumulated an impressive collection of insects. He later served as a professor of entomology at the University of Berlin. On September 15, 1865, he died in Bonn from consequences of a stroke.
The beetle species Diochus schaumi is named after him. Schaum was a Member of the Entomological Society of Stettin.Selected works
- "Analecta entomologica", 1841.
- Verzeichniss der Lamellicornia mélitophila, 1841.
- "Catalogus coleopterorum Europae", 1852 - Catalog of European Coleoptera.
- Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands, - Natural history of German entomology.
- Necrophilus arenarius Roux, die mutmassliche Larve von Nemoptera, 1860 - "Necrophilus arenarius", the alleged larvae of Nemoptera.
- "Descriptions of four new genera of Carabidae".
- "Contributions to the knowledge of the Cicindelidae of tropical Asia containing descriptions of new species, a list of those hitherto described, and synonymical notes,.
