Johann Kaspar Füssli

Johann Kaspar Füssli

Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslins or Fuessly (9 March 1743 – 4 May 1786), was a Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher.

He was born in Zurich, the son of Johann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser. He was thus the brother of Henry Fuseli (Johann Heinrich Füssli) (3 December 1745 – 17 April 1825).

• He married:
  • Verena Störi in 1770
  • Anna Elisabeth Kilchsperger in 1774.

The only spider species he described (as Fuesslin, 1775) is the daddy long-legs spider, Pholcus phalangioides, also known as cellar spider.^[1]

He died, aged 43, in Winterthur.

Publications

• Verzeichnis der ihm bekannten Schweitzerischen Inseckten (1775)
• Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie two tomes (1778–79)
• Neue Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie (1781–86).

References

1. "The Nearctic Spider Database: Pholcus phalangioides (Fuesslin, 1775) Description". canadianarachnology.org. Archived from the original on 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2016-08-29.

External links

• Johann Kaspar Füssli in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
• BHL Scan of Verzeichniss der ihm bekannten Schweizerischen Inseckten : mit einer augemahlten Kupfertafel: nebst der Ankhundigung eines neuen Insecten Werks Joh. Caspar Fuesslins 1775.