Walther Hermann Richard Horn

Walther Hermann Richard Horn (19 October 1871 – 10 July 1939) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He was born in Berlin, where he also died.

He was first a physician then Director of the German Entomological Institute.

Selected works

• 1890. Fam. Throscidae, Eucnemidae (part), pp. 193–256. in: F. D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. III. Part 1. Porter, London.
• 1894. Fam. Eucnemidae (part) in: F. D. Godman and O. Salvin (eds), Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. III. Part 1. Porter, London.
• 1908. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae Subfam. Cicindelinae. in: Wytsman P.(ed.), Genera Insectorum. Fascicule 82A. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp. 1–104, pls. 1–5.
• 1910. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae Subfam. Cicindelinae. in: P. Wytsman (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Fascicule 82B. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp. 105–208, pls. 6–15.
• 1915. Coleoptera Adephaga. Fam. Carabidae Subfam. Cicindelinae. in: P.Wytsman (ed.), Genera Insectorum. Fascicule 82C. P. Wytsman, Brussels, pp.209–486, pls. 16–23.
• 1926. Pars 86. Carabidae: Cicindelinae. IN: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, 345 pp.

Collection

Horn's collection World Cicindelidae including larvae Larven and general Coleoptera collections (North Africa (1896), Ceylon (1899), North and South America (1902) and Persian Gulf (1926) are conserved in the German Entomological Institute.

References

• Anonym [Horn, W. H. R.] Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria 60 2
• Anonym 1939 [Horn, W. H. R.] Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. 71 153
• Arrow, G. J. 1939: [Horn, W. H. R.] Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 75 204-205
• De Beaux, O. 1940: [Horn, W. H. R.] Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. G. Doria 60(2)
• Osborn, H. 1937: Fragments of Entomological History Including Some Personal Recollections of Men and Events. Columbus, Ohio, Published by the Author 1 1-394.
• Osborn, H. 1952 ''A Brief History of Entomology Including Time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to Modern Times with over Five Hundred Portraits. Columbus, Ohio, The Spahr & Glenn Company
• Solari 1939 [Horn, W. H. R.] Boll. Soc. Ent. Ital. 71 153-154