Ernst von Ballion explained

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

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

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.