Eugenio Truqui, also Eugen Truqui (born ? in Turin - died May

1860 Events January–March * January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. * January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusett ...

, in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

) 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 ...

who specialised in

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

. His insect collections from

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

are held by Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino.

Biography

Professor ''Eugenio Truqui'' served his country for eighteen years as a

Consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

, especially in Cyprus, Syria and in Mexico, before being transferred in 1857 to Brazil.Gabriella Chiaramont
I RAPPRESENTANTI DEL REGNO DI SARDEGNA IN BRASILE (1834-1859)
Università degli Studi di Padova Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche, Geografiche e dell’Antichità He arrived in Rio de Janeiro on March 1, 1857, with the title of Regent of the General Consulate of the

Kingdom of Sardinia The Kingdom of Sardinia,The name of the state was originally Latin: , or when the kingdom was still considered to include Corsica. In Italian it is , in French , in Sardinian , and in Piedmontese . also referred to as the Kingdom of Savoy-S ...

. In 1860 he contracted

Yellow fever Yellow fever is a viral disease of typically short duration. In most cases, symptoms include fever, chills, loss of appetite, nausea, muscle pains – particularly in the back – and headaches. Symptoms typically improve within five days. In ...

that with

Cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...

was claiming victims in the European colonies and decimated the population of Brazil. Many European families and European consuls abandoned Rio de Janeiro, but he refused to leave his service. He died in Rio de Janeiro in May 1860.

The Entomologist

During his stay in Cyprus attached to the Consulate of the

in Cyprus and Syria he wrote a paper entitled ''Anthicini insulae Cypri et Syriae'', published by the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino.Anthicini insulae Cypri et Syriae
Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, seconda serie, tomo XVII, p. LXXV Moreover he produced the first significant collection of

Carabidae 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 fami ...

from the island of Cyprus. After his death, this collection was examined by the eminent coleopterist Flaminio Baudi di Selve, with the descriptions of several new species.Christodoulos Makris, Gabriel Georgiou, Kevin Austin and Emma Smal
Additions to our knowledge of the ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) fauna of Cyprus
Zoology in the Middle East 43, 2008: 91–98. ISSN 0939-7140 With Flaminio Baudi di Selve he had previously edited ''Studi Entomologici'', Stamperia degli Artisti Tipografi, Torino, Italy. He identified the species of darkling beetles '' Iphthiminus italicus'' (Truqui 1857).

Works

* Eugenio Truqui - ''Amphicoma et Eulasia : insectorum et coleopterorum genera'' – Torino, Excudebant Sodales Typographi, 1847 * Eugenio Truqui - ''Anthicini insulae Cypri et Syriae'' – Torino, Officina Regia, 1855. * Eugenio Truqui - ''Illustrazione di una lapide fenicia: trovata fra le rovine dell' antica Chition, e cenni su questa città'' – Torino, Stamperia sociale degli artisti A. Pons e C., 1852. * Flaminio Baudi di Selve; Eugenio Truqui; Antoine Joseph Jean Solier; Camillo Rondani; Carlo Giuseppe Gené - ''Studi entomologici'' – Torino, Stamperia degli artisti tipografi, 1848.

References

*Conci, C.; Poggi, R. 1996: ''Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data''. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 75, S. 159-382, pp. 159–382. *Passerin d'Entrèves, P. 1983: ruqui, E.''Atti XII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia'', Sep., pp. 31–34 *Poggi, R.; Conci, C. 1996: ruqui, E.''Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana'', Genova pp. 113 {{DEFAULTSORT:Truqui, Eugenio Italian entomologists 1860 deaths Year of birth missing

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The Entomologist

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