Background
He was the son of Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg.
entomologist university professor Zoologist
He was the son of Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg.
From 1879, after studying zoology at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, he worked alongside his father at the zoological institute in Halle. After his father’s death, he became curator (Kustos) of the Institute’s museum and professor of entomology. He worked on all Hymenoptera but mainly Cynipidae.
His collections are held by Halle University (Biozentrum).