August Ferdinand Kuwert (15 October 1828, Nidden – 14 August 1894, Wernsdorf, südl. von Königsberg) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. He was a Rittergutsbesitzer (owner of an estate or Junker) near the Prussian town of Wernsberg. Kuwert described many new species of Passalidae, Cleridae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Elmidae, Heteroceridae and Dryopidae. Works Partial list 1891 Systematische Uebersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift I:161-192. 1897 Die Passaliden Dichotomisch Bearbeitet, die Arten. Nov. Zool. 4:274-306 References Anonym 1894 [Kuwert, A. F.] Insektenbörse, Stuttgart 11 : 191-192 Anonym 1894 [Kuwert, A. F.] Leopoldina Halle 30 : 207 External links Nekrolog Coleoptera Poloniae Kuwert publications list via browser German entomologists 1828 births 1894 deaths