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Friedrich Wilhelm Erdmann Clasen

German entomologist

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Source revisionAug 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ5503936 ↗
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Friedrich Wilhelm Erdmann Clasen (29 October 1792, Hagenow – 2 May 1882, Rostok) was a German entomologist who specialized in Coleoptera.

Clasen was a teacher at the state school (Stadtschule) in Rostok.He was the author of Beitrage zur Kaeferfauna Mecklenburgs Abtlg. Osterprogr. Gr.Stadtschule zu Rostock (1845) and between 1853 and 1861 a number of other scientific paper on the beetles of Mecklenburg

His collection is in the Zoological Institute Museum in Greifswald[link removed]

References

Müller-Motzfeld, G., 1990 Coleopteren-Sammlung CLASEN wiederentdeckt Ent.Nachr. Ber. (Dresden) 34: 81-83.

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