Carl Ludwig Koch

Who was Carl Ludwig Koch?

Carl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.

Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water and forests. His principal work Die Arachniden was commenced by Carl Wilhelm Hahn. Koch was responsible for the last twelve volumes. He also finished the chapter on spiders in Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten a work by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer.

He also co-authored, with Georg Karl Berendt, an important monograph Die im Bernstein befindlichen Myriapoden, Arachniden und Apteren der Vorwelt on arachnids, myriapods and wingless insects in amber based on material in Berendt's collection, now held in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.

Do not confuse with his son Ludwig Carl Christian Koch who also became a well-known entomologist.