Biography
Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Berg, German-born Argentine zoologist and paleontologist (Tuckum, Courland, today Latvia 02 April 1843 – Buenos Aires 19 January 1902)
Described Aeolus pyroblaptus a new plague for wheat (1892)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Named genus Anomochilus 1901 and species Philodryas baroni 1895 (Reptilia)
Described 3 valid genera (Gilbertidia 1898, Mataeocephalus 1898 and Parona 1895) and 10 valid species of fishes
Described Odontophrynus occidentalis 1896 (Amphibia)
Described 24 Lepidopteran genera
HONORS
Bergiopteris Kurtz 1921 (Fossil Plants)
Bergolix Linnavuori 1959 (Hemiptera)
Bergallia Oman 1938 (Hemiptera)
Bergemesa Wygodzinsky 1950 (Hemiptera)
Bergmiris Carvalho 1984 (Hemiptera)
Cromobergia Bourquin 1937 (Lepidoptera)
Bergiaria Eigenmann & Norris 1901 (Fishes)
Bergidora Kerremans 1903 (Coleoptera)
Bergidia Breddin 1897 (Hemiptera)