Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743 – 1807) was a German naturalist and entomologist.

Herbst was born in Petershagen bei Minden. He was the joint editor, with Carl Gustav Jablonsky, of Naturgeschichte der in-und ausländischen Insekten (1785–1806, 10 volumes), which was one of the first attempts at a complete survey of the order Coleoptera.

Herbst's other works included Anleitung zur Kenntnis der Insekten (1784–86, 3 volumes), Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse (1782–1804, 3 volumes), Einleitung zur Kenntnis der Wür-mer (1787–88, 2 volumes) and Natursystem der ungeflügelten Insekten (Classification of the unwinged insects) (1797–1800, 4 parts).