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Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg
Born
(1843-04-02)2 April 1843
Tukums, Latvia
Died
19 January 1902(1902-01-19) (aged 58)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
Latvian/Baltic German
Scientific career
Fields
Entomology
Carlos Berg (Latvian: Kārlis Bergs, German: Karl Berg) or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg (Latvian: Frīdrihs Vilhelms Kārlis Bergs, German: Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg) (21 March 1843, Courland – 19 January 1902 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine naturalist and entomologist of Latvian and Baltic German origin.
Having worked a few years in trade, he moved to Riga in 1865 and became curator of the entomological department of the Riga Museum, and then at the Riga Technical University.
In 1873, he was invited by Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892), director of the Museum of Buenos Aires, to join him in Argentina. As early as 1874, Berg began an expedition to Patagonia to collect specimens for the museum. This first collecting trip was followed by others through Argentina, also in Chile and Uruguay.
Apart from a period of two years from 1890 to 1892, spent at the Museo Nacional in Montevideo, he was based in Buenos Aires. He replaced Burmeister as the head of the museum in 1892.
His first specialty was entomology, but he was also dedicated to paleontology and the study of vertebrates. Amongst his many other achievements, he described Cactoblastis cactorum, the cactus moth.
Berg was a fellow of the Entomological Society of London and a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London.
CarlosBerg (Latvian: Kārlis Bergs, German: Karl Berg) or Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Berg (Latvian: Frīdrihs Vilhelms Kārlis Bergs, German: Friedrich Wilhelm...
factors which favor its reproduction. The species was first described by CarlosBerg in 1875. The female adult can reach an average wingspan of 45 mm. Its...
Arctiinae first described by CarlosBerg in 1875. It is found in Argentina and Patagonia. Savela, Markku. "Paracles deserticola (Berg, 1875)". Lepidoptera and...
patterns of genetic diversity from the native range of Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) support the documented history of invasion and multiple introductions for...
Cisthene bisigna is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1875 and is found in Patagonia. Cisthene at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera...
Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Enhydris dussumierii, p. 78). Berg, "Charles" (1901). "Herpetological Notes". Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional...
Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Philodryas baroni, p. 17). Berg C (1895). "Dos reptiles neuvos descritos ". Anales del Museo Nacional de...
uruguayensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1885. It is found in Uruguay. "Stenoma Zeller, 1839" at Markku Savela's...
Didaphne is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae erected by CarlosBerg in 1899. Its only species, Didaphne cyanomela, was described by Berthold...
Parapoynx indomitalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1876. It is found in Uruguay. "GlobIZ search". Global Information...
Megalopyge urens is a moth of the family Megalopygidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1882. It is found in Brazil. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching,...
Hyaleucerea mundula is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1882 and is found in Brazil. Composição de espécies de Arctiidae (Lepidoptera)...
cinnamomellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1875 and is found in Argentina. "GlobIZ search". Global Information...
in the Elaphidiini subfamily. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1889. "Amorupi fulvoterminata (Berg, 1889)". Cerambycidae of the World. Retrieved February...
a genus name by the Argentinian-Latvian naturalist and entomologist CarlosBerg in 1898 as a replacement name for Gilbertina, a name proposed in 1895...
species of longhorn beetle of the subfamily Lamiinae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1889 and is known from Argentina and Uruguay. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic...
subfamily Arctiinae first described by CarlosBerg in 1875. It is found in Argentina. Savela, Markku. "Paracles severa (Berg, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other...
uruguayensis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by CarlosBerg in 1886. It is found in Uruguay. Adults have a pale grey-yellow pattern...
Fernandocrambus euryptellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by CarlosBerg in 1877 and is found in Argentina. "GlobIZ search". Global Information...
Paracles argentina is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by CarlosBerg in 1877. It is found in Corrientes Province, Argentina. The species was...
Arctiinae first described by CarlosBerg in 1877. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia. Savela, Markku. "Paracles tenuis (Berg, 1877)". Lepidoptera...
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