Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller

Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725 - 1776) was a German zoologist.

Statius Müller was born in Esens and was Professor of Natural Science at Erlangen. Between 1773 and 1776 he published a German translation of Linnaeus's Natursystem. The supplement in 1776 contained the first scientific classification for a number of species, including the Dugong, the Guanaco, the Potto, the Tricolored Heron, and the enigmatic Hoatzin. He was also an entomologist.

References

• Anonym 1776: [Muller, P. L. S.] Besch. Berlin. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 2 584-592
• Evenhuis, N. L. 1997 Litteratura taxonomica dipterorum (1758-1930). Volume 1 (A-K); Volume 2 (L-Z). Leiden, Backhuys Publishers.