La Società Entomologica Italiana
Encyclopedia
La Società Entomologica Italiana, the Italian Entomological Society, is Italy’s
foremost society devoted to the study of insects. The society is famous for promoting applied entomology and many of its past members have saved millions from deadly diseases such as malaria
.
The society was founded on 31 October 1869, near the "Regio Museo di Storia Naturale", the Royal Natural History Museum (effectively "Museo zoologico de La Specola") in Florence
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The Society had been promoted almost two years before by a group of Italian and other scientists from various institutions across Italy. On 1 January 1868, 21 members of a committee called "Comitato dei Promotori della Società Entomologica Italiana" signed a "manifesto" letter. Coordinated by Alexander Enrico Haliday
were four Academic Associates. Emilio Cornalia
, then director of del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Milan
o, the author of works of applied entomology, such as "La Monografia del bombice del gelso" published in 1856; Giovanni Passerini
, university professor of Botany at the Università di Parma
; Paolo Savi
, director of the "Museo zoologico dell'Università di Pisa
", and author of "Ornitologia Toscana", Tuscany Birds (1827–1831), who had also promoted the first congress of Italian scientists, Primo Congresso degli Scienziati Italiani at Pisa in 1839 an author of notes on breeding Samia cynthia
, an alternative silk producer of optimal quality "shantung" and Achille Costa
, holder of the first chair of Entomology and director of Museo zoologico dell'Università di Napoli. Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti
and Pietro Stefanelli
are also listed as one of the Comitato.Fernandino Maria Piccioli
was an editor.
The founding of the society was a part of the Risorgimento
.
La Società Entomologica Italiana collaborates with Unione Zoologica Italiana
, the Italian Zoological Society in maintaining a website listing the Italian Fauna FaunaItalia.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
foremost society devoted to the study of insects. The society is famous for promoting applied entomology and many of its past members have saved millions from deadly diseases such as malaria
Malaria
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease of humans and other animals caused by eukaryotic protists of the genus Plasmodium. The disease results from the multiplication of Plasmodium parasites within red blood cells, causing symptoms that typically include fever and headache, in severe cases...
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The society was founded on 31 October 1869, near the "Regio Museo di Storia Naturale", the Royal Natural History Museum (effectively "Museo zoologico de La Specola") in Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
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The Society had been promoted almost two years before by a group of Italian and other scientists from various institutions across Italy. On 1 January 1868, 21 members of a committee called "Comitato dei Promotori della Società Entomologica Italiana" signed a "manifesto" letter. Coordinated by Alexander Enrico Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday
Alexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
were four Academic Associates. Emilio Cornalia
Emilio Cornalia
Emilio Cornalia was an Italian naturalist. He was born in Milan and died in the same city.He was conservator from 1851 to 1866, and director from 1866 till his death, of the Milan Museum of Natural History, and was interested in all areas of biology.He was one of the group of leading scientists...
, then director of del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
o, the author of works of applied entomology, such as "La Monografia del bombice del gelso" published in 1856; Giovanni Passerini
Giovanni Passerini
Giovanni Passerini was an Italian botanist and entomologist , born on June 16, 1816 or 1819 in Pieve di Guastalla. He died on April 17 , 1893 in Parma ....
, university professor of Botany at the Università di Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
; Paolo Savi
Paolo Savi
Paolo Savi , was an Italian geologist and ornithologist.Savi was born in Pisa, son of Gaetano Savi, professor of Botany at the University of Pisa. The younger Savi became assistant-lecturer on zoology at the university in 1820, was appointed professor in 1823, and lectured also on geology...
, director of the "Museo zoologico dell'Università di Pisa
Pisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
", and author of "Ornitologia Toscana", Tuscany Birds (1827–1831), who had also promoted the first congress of Italian scientists, Primo Congresso degli Scienziati Italiani at Pisa in 1839 an author of notes on breeding Samia cynthia
Samia cynthia
The Ailanthus silkmoth is a saturniid moth, used to produce silk fabric but not as domesticated as the silkworm, Bombyx mori. The moth has very large wings of 113-125 mm, with a quarter-moon shaped spot on both the upper and lower wings, whitish and yellow stripes and brown background...
, an alternative silk producer of optimal quality "shantung" and Achille Costa
Achille Costa
Achille Costa was an Italian entomologist appointed director of the Zoological Museum of Naples. He founded the entomological collections in Naples and described many new species....
, holder of the first chair of Entomology and director of Museo zoologico dell'Università di Napoli. Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti
Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti
Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Homoptera. He was Professor of Botany and Zoology in Florence, associated with Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze where his collection remains today at La Specola...
and Pietro Stefanelli
Pietro Stefanelli
Pietro Stefanelli was an Italian Professor of Entomology. mainly interested in Lepidoptera and Odonata.He was a founding member of the Italian Entomological Society...
are also listed as one of the Comitato.Fernandino Maria Piccioli
Fernandino Maria Piccioli
Ferdinando Maria Piccioli was an Italian entomologist. He specialised in Hymenoptera and Coleoptera.Born at San Felice, Piccioli was an “Assistant” at the Stazione di Entomologia Agraria in Florence...
was an editor.
The founding of the society was a part of the Risorgimento
Italian unification
Italian unification was the political and social movement that agglomerated different states of the Italian peninsula into the single state of Italy in the 19th century...
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La Società Entomologica Italiana collaborates with Unione Zoologica Italiana
Unione Zoologica Italiana
Unione Zoologica Italiana is an Italian scientific society devoted to Zoology especially that of Italy.The Society was founded in 1900.Publications include The Italian Journal of Zoology previously , published under the name of Il Bollettino di Zoologia.Archivio zoologico italiano : pubblicato...
, the Italian Zoological Society in maintaining a website listing the Italian Fauna FaunaItalia.
Famous members
- Giovanni Battista GrassiGiovanni Battista GrassiGiovanni Battista Grassi was an Italian zoologist, known for work demonstrating that mosquitos carry the malaria parasite Plasmodium in their digestive tract, on the embryological development of honey bees, on parasites, particularly the vine parasite phylloxera, migrations and metamorphosis in...
- Camillo RondaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
- Alexander Henry HalidayAlexander Henry HalidayAlexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
- Achille CostaAchille CostaAchille Costa was an Italian entomologist appointed director of the Zoological Museum of Naples. He founded the entomological collections in Naples and described many new species....
External Links
- BHL Parts of Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana