Alexander Yersin (entomologist)

Not to be confused with Alexandre Yersin.

Alexander Yersin (5 April 1825, Morges- 2 September 1863, Lavaux) was a Swiss entomologist.

Alexander Yersin was a teacher. His entomological interests included Dermaptera, Mantodea and Orthoptera. His collection is conserved in the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Vienna) and in the Natural History Museum of Geneva. His publications include Sur quelques Orthoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de la France Bull. Soc. vaud. Hist. nat., 8 p., 1 plate (1854) and Note sur quelques Orthoptères nouveaux ou peu connus d'Europes Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., pp. 509–537, pl. 10 (1860).

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