SAMUEL CONSTANT SNELLEN VAN VOLLENHOVEN (1816-1880) AND HIS ENTOMOLOGICAL WORK by J. KRIKKEN, C. VAN ACHTERBERG, P. H. VAN DOESBURG, R. DE JONG 1 ) AND K. W. R. ZWART 2 ) With one plate and three text-figures Hat sich nun ein Entomolog um unsre Wissenschaft nicht bloss in seinem engern Vaterlande und amtlichen Wirkungskreise, sondern auch nach vielen und bedeutenden Richtungen im Grossen und Ganzen so hochverdient gemacht wie Samuel Constant Snellen van Vollenhoven, so gebührt ihm ein Zeugniss der dankbaren Anerkennung. C. A. Dohrn, 1881, Stett. ent. Ztg. 42: 371 Abstract The significance of the entomological work of S. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven (1816-1880) is descri-bed by means of a concise biography, an annotated bibliography, and an annotated list of taxa he pro-posed. The bibliography includes 184 items. The list of taxa includes the names of 9 genera and 471 species proposed by Vollenhoven in the insect orders Dictyoptera, Orthoptera, Hemiptera, Coleopte-ra, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. Contents Preface 235 Biography 239 Bibliography 240 List of genus-group and species-group names 248 Index of genus-group and species-group names 263 Preface Now that we are compiling this account of the entomological activities of S. C. Snellen van Vollenhoven 3 ) a century has passed since he died: the first truly scien-tific entomologist in the Netherlands. Others had preceded him (e.g., Cramer, Stoll, Voet, Merian, Sepp), but their contributions to Dutch entomology were li-mited from a scientific point of view. Vollenhoven's achievements still keep us ') Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden 2 ) Dept. of Entomology, Agricultural University, Wageningen 3 ) The full family name Snellen van Vollenhoven is in this paper abbreviated Vollenhoven. Vollenho-ven should not be confounded with the Dutch lepidopterist P. C. T. Snellen (1832-1911). 235
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