Behning, Arvid

Arvid Behning, son of Pastor Liborius Eduard Herbord Behning & Beata Asmus, was born 7 February 1890 [some sources: 7 December 1890) in Galka. He studied at the University of Leipzig and earned a Ph.D. He was a zoologist and hydrobiologist, studying the ecology of the Volga River. He served as the director of the Volga Biological Station in Saratov from 1912 to 1926. 

Dr. Behning was an expert in Crustacea. His name is associated with the Ephemeroptera (mayflies), the genus Behningia Lestage (1930), and the family Behningiidae Tshernova (1938).

He died 6 August 1943 in Tashkent while in custody.