Julius Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken Explained

Julius Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken or Zinken[1] also Sommer (15 April 1770 in Braunschweig – 8 February 1856 in Braunschweig) was a German entomologist. He also appears in literature cited as Zinken-Sommers and Zinken gennant Sommers.[2] [3]

He was co-editor, with Ernst Friedrich Germar of Magazin der Entomologie Hendel & Son. Halle. also known as Germar's Magazine in which he wrote many articles and described new species and genera especially in the Tineidae.

Zincken's collection was sold on his death. Its subsequent history is unknown.

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  1. Dr. Jul. Leop Theod. Friedr. Zinken genannt Sommer (1757) D. A. M. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Java. Nova Acta Physico-Medica
  2. Book: Balfour, Edward. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures. 21 April 2020. 1873. Scottish and Adelphi Presses. 464.
  3. Book: Kirby, William. An introduction to entomology; or, Elements of the natural history of insects. With plates ... Fourth edition. 21 April 2020. 1828. 466.