Johan Reinhold Sahlberg

Johan Reinhold Sahlberg
Johan Reinhold and Mimmi Sahlberg
Born	(1845-06-06)6 June 1845 Helsinki
Died	8 May 1920(1920-05-08) (aged 74) Helsinki
Scientific career
Fields	entomologist

Johan Reinhold Sahlberg (6 June 1845, Helsinki – 8 May 1920, Helsinki) was a Finnish entomologist.

Johan Reinhold Sahlberg was the son of Reinhold Ferdinand Sahlberg and grandson of Carl Reinhold Sahlberg. Both his father and grandfather were entomologists. He specialised in Coleoptera and Auchenorrhyncha. Johan Reinhold Sahlberg made expeditions to many parts of Finland, to (Russian) Karelia, Siberia, the Mediterranean area, and to Central Asia. His son Uunio Saalas also became an entomologist.

He wrote Ofversigt af Finlands och den Skandinaviska halfons Cicadariae I (Notiser ur Sallskapets pro Fauna et Flora Fennica Forhandlingar (n.s.) 9 (12): 1-506, pls. 1-2) and Coleoptera Mediterranea que in Aegypto, Palaestina, Syria, Caramania at que in Anatolia occidentali anno 1904. Öfversigt Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens. Förhandlingar, Helsingfors 55A (19): 1-281. 1913.

References

• Anonymous (1920). "Obituary. Prof. John Reinhold Sahlberg". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 56: 138.
• Anonymous (1921). "In memoriam. John Reinhold Sahlberg". Notulae Entomologicae. 1: 21–25.

External links

• "Mimmi Sahlberg".
• "History of the Insect Collections". Natural History Museum of Helsinki. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09.