William Lundbeck Explained

William Lundbeck (16 October 1863 in Aalborg – 18 May 1941 in Kongens Lyngby) was a Danish entomologist mainly interested in Diptera. He was a Professor in the University Museum in Copenhagen.Lundbeck's most important work was Diptera Danica. Genera and species of flies Hitherto found in Denmark. Copenhagen & London, 1902-1927. 7 vols.

The Parts of this work are

• 1907. Stratiomyidae, Xylophagidae, Coenomyiidae, Tabanidae, Leptididae, Acroceridae. Diptera Danica 1. Copenhagen.
• 1908. Asilidae, Bombyliidae, Therevidae, Scenopinidae. Diptera Danica 2. Copenhagen.
• 1910. Empididae. Diptera Danica 3. Copenhagen.
• 1912. Dolichopodidae. Diptera Danica 4. Copenhagen.
• 1916. Lonchopteridae, Syrphidae. Diptera Danica 5. Copenhagen.
• 1922. Pipunculidae, Phoridae. Diptera Danica 6. Copenhagen.
• 1927. Platypezidae, Tachinidae. Diptera Danica 7. Copenhagen.

Before turning to insects, however, he participated on the Ingolf expedition to the North Atlantic in 1895-1896 and produced three significant reports on the deep sea porifera collected by the expedition.^[1]

Collection

Lundbeck's insect collection is in The Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (Zoologisk Museum, Københavns Universitet).^[2]

Sources

• Evenhuis, N. L. 1997: Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). - Leiden, Backhuys Publishers 1; 2 VII+1-426; 427-871
• Heller, W. 1943: [Lundbeck, W.] - Notulae Ent. 23 60

External links

• Diptera Danica at BHL

Notes and References

1. Book: Wolff . Torben . Danish expeditions on the seven seas . 1967 . Rhodos . Copenhagen.
2. Web site: Collection inventory of the Diptera collection of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (ZMUC). Meier. Rudolf . Københavns Universitet. 27 February 2013.