was an Italian

Italy

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 entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera but also Heteroptera

Heteroptera

Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. Sometimes called "true bugs", that name more commonly refers to Hemiptera as a whole, and "typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative since among the Hemiptera the heteropterans are most consistently and...

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He wrote Europae et circummediterraneae Faunae Tenebrionidum specierum, quae Comes Dejean in suo Catalogo, editio 3, consignavit, ejusdem collectione in R. Taurinensi Musaeo asservata, cum auctorum hodierne recepta denominatione collatio. Pars tertia. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 20: 225-267 (1876) , Catalogo dei coleotteri del Piemonte Torino, Tip. e. Lit. Camilla E. Bertolero (1889) and very many shorter works on beetles.He described many new species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

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His insect collection, mainly Palearctic

Palearctic

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...

 is shared between Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova

The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova is a natural history museum in Genoa, northern Italy.-External links:*...

 , Turin Museum of Natural History

Turin Museum of Natural History

The Turin Museum of Natural History was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of naturali history, originated from specific research campaigns and donations...

 and Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte

External links

• Important Works on Staphylinidae pdf
• Internet Archive Digitised Catalogo dei coleotteri del Piemonte
• Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte http://www.regione.piemonte.it/museoscienzenaturali/sezioni/ento.htm
• DEI ZALF Portrait, obituary and biography list.