Johann Christian Mikan

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Johann Christian Mikan (5 December 1769 , Teplitz – 28 December 1844 , Prague was a German botanist zoologist and entomologist.

Mikan was a Professor of Botany in Prague. He was one of the leading naturalists on the Austrian Brazil Expedition. He wrote Monographia Bombyliorum Bohemiae , iconibus illustatrata . Pragae (Prague) 1796 and Dellecctus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis Vidabonae (Vienna) 1820-25).

Mikan described many new species including the Black Lion Tamarin.

The standard author abbreviation J.C.Mikan is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

[edit] References

  • Anonym 1852 [Mikan, J. C.] Lotos 2 63-65.
  • Eiselt, J. N. 1836 Geschichte, Systematik und Literatur der Insectenkunde, von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Als Handbuch für den Jünger und als Repertorium für den Meister der Entomologie bearbeitet. Leipzig, C. H. F. Hartmann .
  • Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden.
  • Stearn, T. 1956 Mikan's Dellecctus Florae et Faunae Brasiliensis J.Soc.Bibliog.Nat.Hist. 3(3):135-136.]


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