Essays on the History of Neotropical Dipterology - with Special Reference to Collectors (1750-1905)

Nelson Papavero

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo

1971

216 páginas

7h 12m

ISBN-10: B01M668OSW

The main purpose of this book is to elucidate the problems related to type-localities of the species described by the dipterists of the past two centuries. The information is partly arranged according to the nationality of the collectors and authors. The first volume of his book will cover the periods of Linnaeus, Fabricius. Thunberg, Erich- son, Perty, Wiedeman, and the French authors. In the second volume will be covered the periods of the British authors, the German and Austrian authors, of Wulp and Weyenbergh, the brothers Lynch Arribalzaga, the Italian dipterists, FritzMiiller and Emil Goeldi, Herbert Huntingdon Smith, the Scandinaviam collectors, E. E. Austen, the North American authors of the late 19th century, the Biologia Centrali Americana, ending with the travels of Schunuse. The third volume will contain a gazetteer of the locality names employed by the authors and their actual meaning.