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Carl Fredrik Fallén
Swedish botanist and entomologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carl Fredrik Fallén (born 22 September 1764 in Kristinehamn – 26 August 1830) was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.
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Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae (1814–27).
Fallén described very many species of Diptera and Hymenoptera[1]
He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1810.