Carlo Bassi (1807, in

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– 1856, in

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) was an Italian

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. He was honorary curator of entomology in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan from 1841 to his death in 1856. He was a specialist in

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. Bassi wrote "Description du genre ''Malacogaster''" in Guérin-Méneville's ''Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie com- parée et de Paleontologie'' 1833 and in the 1834 issue of '' Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'') he erected the

carabid Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ...

genus ''Cardiomera''. His collection and extensive library of works on Coleoptera is conserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan.

References

* Amedeo Benedetti, ''La Biblioteca del Museo di storia naturale di Milano'', Biblioteche Oggi, Milano, Ed. Bibliografica, n. 5, giugno 2005. Italian entomologists 1807 births 1856 deaths {{entomologist-stub