Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti (13 February 1823 in

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– 18 September 1902) was an Italian

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who specialised in

Sternorrhyncha The Sternorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains the aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects, groups which were traditionally included in the now-obsolete order "Homoptera". "Sternorrhyncha" refers to the rearward position of the mouthparts re ...

. He was Professor of

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and

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in Florence, associated with

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where his collection remains today at La Specola. He was especially interested in pest species, mainly

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scale insect Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient grouping than the ...

s and other pests that attack

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and

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es. He described many new

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. He was a member of the founding committee of

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Works

(partial list) *1867 Studii sulle Cocciniglie. ''Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali''. Milano 3: 1-87. *1868 (separate), 1869. Introduzione alla seconda memoria per gli studi sulle cocciniglie, e catalogo dei generi e delle specie della famiglia dei coccidi. ''Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali'' 11: 721-738. *1876. ytilaspis flavescens sp. n., on orange and citron, Italy. (?=M. anguinus Boisd.).(In Italian.) A''nnali di Agricoltura''. (Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio). Firenze, Roma 1876: 1-36. *1879. iaspis blankenhornii.''Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana'', Firenze 1879: 17, 32. *1879. Notizie e indicazioni sulla malattia del pidocchio della vite o della fillossera (Phylloxera vastatrix). Roma. Tipografia Eredi Botta 1879 (Estratto da "Annali di Agricoltura" 1879.Num.11). In 8°, *1881. Relazione intorno ai lavori della R. Stazione di Entomologia Agraria di Firenze per gli anni 1877-78. Parte scientifica. Fam. coccidi. ''Annali di Agricoltura''. Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio, Firenze, Roma No. 34: 134-161. *1884. Relazione intorno ai lavori della R. Stazione di Entomologia Agraria di Firenze per gli anni 1879-80. Article V. - omotteri. (In Italian). Annali di Agricoltura. Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio, Firenze, Roma 1884 Nos 86-89: 383-414. *1886. Sull'insetto che danneggia i gelsi. ''Rivista di Bachicoltura'' (1885) 18: 1-3. *1886. Sull'insetto che danneggia i gelsi. ''Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana'' 19: 184-186. *1891 ''Animali ed insetti del tabacco in erba e del tabacco secco''. Con 100 figure intercalate e 3 tavole litografiche. Firenze-Roma : Tip. dei fratelli Bencini. /0

References

*Anonym 1903: argioni Tozzetti, A.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 39 *Bargagli, P. 1902: argioni Tozzetti, A. ''Boll. Soc. geogr. ital''. 34 *Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75 159-382, 418 Fig. {{DEFAULTSORT:Targiano Tarzetti, Adolfo Italian entomologists 1823 births 1902 deaths