Fermín Martín Piera
Encyclopedia
Fermín Martín-Piera was a specialist in the taxonomy
, systematics
, and phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea
with special reference to dung beetles.
He was also keenly interested in the historical biogeography of these groups. He conducted research in community ecology with the idea of trying to ascertain the underlying causes that determined the diversity of dung beetle communities.
He was the coordinator for the Insecta portion of the Fauna Iberica project and is the author of the first volume on the Scarabaeoidea
of the Iberian Peninsula
.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
, systematics
Systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of terrestrial life, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees...
, and phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
with special reference to dung beetles.
He was also keenly interested in the historical biogeography of these groups. He conducted research in community ecology with the idea of trying to ascertain the underlying causes that determined the diversity of dung beetle communities.
He was the coordinator for the Insecta portion of the Fauna Iberica project and is the author of the first volume on the Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
of the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
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Works
- Martín Piera, F., 1981.- Corología de Onthophagus joannae Goljan, 1953 y Onthophagus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1767).
- Martín Piera, F. & Zunino, M., 1981.- Onthophagus marginalis Gebl.
- Martín Piera, F, 1982.- E. H. Rapoport, Areografia. Estrategias geográficas de las especies(recension).
- Martín Piera, F, 1982.- M. Zunino, Origine ed evoluzione degli Insetti (recension).
- Martín Piera, F, 1983.- Faune des Coléoptères de FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
II. Lucanoidea et ScarabaeoideaScarabaeoideaScarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
. - Martín Piera, F, 1983.- El estatus taxonómico de Onthophagus tesquorum Semenov & Medvedev.
- Martín Piera, F., 1983.- Composición sistemática y Origen Biogeográfico de la fauna Ibérica.
- Martín Piera, F., 1983.- Los Onthophagini Ibero-Baleares.
- Martín Piera, F. & Zunino, M., 1983.- Amphionthophagus.
- Martín Piera, F., 1984.- Los Onthophagini íbero-baleares.
- Martín Piera, F., 1985.- Dos nuevos Palaeonthophagus del Asia Central.
- Martín Piera, F., 1985.- Los géneros de Melolonthini y las especies íbero-balerares de Amphimallon Berthold.
- Martín Piera, F., 1985.- Una nueva especie de Parentius Zunino, 1979 de la Región Oriental.
- Martín Piera, F. & Veiga, C. M., 1985.- Sobre dos especies mal conocidas de ScarabaeoideaScarabaeoideaScarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
. - Martín Piera, F. & Zunino, M., 1985.- Taxonomie et biogéographie des Onthophagus du groupe de l'O..
- Veiga, C. M. & Martín Piera, F., 1988.- Claves para la identificación de la fauna española: Las familias, Tribus y Géneros de los ScarabaeoideaScarabaeoideaScarabaeoidea is a superfamily of beetles, the only subgroup of the infraorder Scarabaeiformia. Around 35,000 species are placed in this superfamily and some 200 new species are described each year...
(Col.) íbero-baleares. - Romero Samper, J. & Martín Piera, F., 1990.- Comportamiento reproductor de Trox perlatus hispanicus Harold.
- Lobo, J. M. & Martín Piera, F., 1993.- Las Causas de la Biodiversidad. ARBOR, 145: 91-113.
- Martín Piera, F., 1998. Escarabajos sagrados. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa.
- Martín-Piera, F. & J. I. López-Colón, 2000. Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea I. En: Fauna Ibérica. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales. C.S.I.C. MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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