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Ignacio Ribera
Ignacio “Nacho” Ribera (9 March 1963 – 15 April 2020) was a Spanish entomologist who authored 104 species, 16 genera, 3 subgenera, and 1 family of beetles, along with two species of worms (Nematomorpha). Career Born in Barcelona, Ignacio grew up in Martorell and was the second of six children. He graduated from the University of Barcelona in the 1980s with a degree in biology, followed by a PhD from the Spanish National Research Council. His PhD dissertation was titled "Estudio de los Hydradephaga (Coleoptera) del Pirineo y Prepirineo: morfometría y ecología." Throughout his early career, Ribera worked at the Scottish Agricultural College, University of Murcia, Natural History Museum, London, and the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. In 2008 he obtained a position at the Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (Spanish National Research Council), where he remained until his death. As an entomologist, Ribera focused on the study of water and cave beetles, authoring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits,Barcelona: Población por municipios y sexo – Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (National Statistics Institute) its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boreonectes Riberae
''Boreonectes'' is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 16 described species in ''Boreonectes''. They are found in North America, the Neotropics, and the Palearctic. Species These 16 species belong to the genus ''Boreonectes'': * '' Boreonectes aequinoctialis'' (H.Clark, 1862) * '' Boreonectes alpestris'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes coelamboides'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes dolerosus'' (Leech, 1945) * '' Boreonectes emmerichi'' (Falkenström, 1936) * '' Boreonectes expositus'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes funereus'' (Crotch, 1873) * ''Boreonectes griseostriatus'' (De Geer, 1774) * '' Boreonectes ibericus'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes inexpectatus'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * '' Boreonectes macedonicus'' (Guéorguiev, 1959) * '' Boreonectes multilineatus'' (Falkenström, 1922) * '' Boreonectes panaminti'' (Fall, 1923) * '' Boreonectes riberae'' (Dutton & Angus, 2007) * ''Boreonectes spenceri'' * ''Boreonectes st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Entomologists
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2020 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the penumbral lunar eclipse and the annular solar eclipse, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Ghe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agabus Alexandrae
Agabus ( el, Ἄγαβος) was an early follower of Christianity mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a prophet. He is traditionally remembered as one of the Seventy Disciples described in Luke . Biblical and traditional accounts According to extrabiblical tradition, Agabus appears to have been a resident of Jerusalem. He is said to have been one of the seventy disciples, mentioned in the Gospel of Luke, commissioned to preach the gospel. It is said that Agabus was with the twelve apostles in the upper room on the day of Pentecost. According to Acts , he was one of a group of prophets who travelled from Jerusalem to Antioch. The author reports that Agabus had received the gift of prophecy and predicted a severe famine, which occurred during the reign of the emperor Claudius.Maas, A. in Also, according to Acts , 'a certain prophet', ( gr, τις) named Agabus met Paul the Apostle at Caesarea Maritima in AD 58. He was, according to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bibl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochthebius Bernard
''Ochthebius'' is a genus of minute moss beetles in the family Hydraenidae. There are at least 460 described species in ''Ochthebius''. See also * List of Ochthebius species References Further reading * * External links * Staphylinoidea Articles created by Qbugbot {{staphylinoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarragona
Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tarragonès and Catalonia. Geographically, it is bordered on the north by the Province of Barcelona and the Province of Lleida. The city has a population of 201,199 (2014). History Origins One Catalan legend holds that Tarragona was named for ''Tarraho'', eldest son of Tubal in c. 2407 BC; another (derived from Strabo and Megasthenes) attributes the name to ' Tearcon the Ethiopian', a seventh-century BC pharaoh who campaigned in Spain. The real founding date of Tarragona is unknown. The city may have begun as an Iberian town called or , named for the Iberian tribe of the region, the Cossetans, though the identification of Tarragona with Kesse is not certain. William Smith suggests that the city was probably founded by the Phoenicians, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trechus Riberai
''Trechus'' is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe) and the Near East. The name is derived from the Greek word ''trécho'', meaning "I run". It contains the following species: A * '' Trechus abakumovi'' Belousov & Kabak, 1996 * ''Trechus abdurakhmanovi'' Belousov, 1990 * '' Trechus abeillei'' Pandelle, 1872 * '' Trechus academiae'' Deuve, 1992 * '' Trechus acco'' Ueno, 1991 * '' Trechus achillecasalei'' Deuve, 1998 * ''Trechus acuticollis'' Sciaky & Pavesi, 1994 * '' Trechus aduncus'' Barr, 1962 * ''Trechus adustus'' Jeannel, 1962 * '' Trechus aedeagalis'' Schmidt, 2009 * ''Trechus aethiopicus'' Alluaud, 1918 * ''Trechus agni'' Deuve & Quinnec, 1985 * ''Trechus agouzicus'' Deuve & Queinnec, 1992 * ''Trechus akibensis'' Belousov, 1990 * ''Trechus akkusianus'' Donabauer, 2005 * ''Trechus aksuensis'' Belousov & Kabak, 1996 * ''Trechus alajensis'' Belousov & Kabak, 1994 * ''Trechus alanicus'' Belousov, 1990 * ''Trechus albanicus'' Apfelbeck, 1907 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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