Global Ant Project -- World Ant Taxonomists

Johann Ludwig Christ (1739-1813)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Johann Ludwig Christ (1739-18 November 1813) was a German naturalist, gardener and pastor.

He was a specialist in Hymenoptera who published in 1791 Naturgeschichte, Klassifikation und Nomenklatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. He also studied fruit trees and wrote Vollständige Pomologie (2 volumes, 1809-1822).

ANT TAXONOMY

 

PUBLICATIONS

Christ, J. L. 1791. Naturgeschichte, Klassification und Nomenclatur der Insekten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. Frankfurt: Hermann, 535 pp.

REFERENCE

Bolton B, Alpert G, Ward PS, Naskrecki P. 2007. [CD-ROM] Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press.