Ernst von Ballion
Introduction Ernst von Ballion'''Ernst Ernestovich Ballion''' (also known as '''Ernst von Ballion'''; ; 18 December 1816, in Novorossisk – 9 September 1901, in Novorossisk) was a Russian entomologist who specialised in  Coleoptera, especially Tenebrionidae.
Works Partial list* Eine centurie neuer Käfer aus der Fauna der russischen Reiches ''Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc''. 43,. 320–353 (1870). * Verzeichniss der im Kreise von Kuldsha gesammelten Käfer, ''Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc''. 53 (2), 253–289 (1878).
Collections His collections are conserved in the Zoological Museum of Odessa University and in the Forest Technical Academy Saint Petersburg where his extensive collection of world Lepidoptera is also conserved.