Harry Urad Brailovsky Alperowitz (born in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

on May 30, 1946) is a biologist. He earned his BA, MA and Ph.D. in biological sciences at the Faculty of Sciences,

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigges ...

. His main academic interest is the

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

, biology, and biogeography of

Coreidae Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a family, the Coreidae ar ...

, especially those found in Mexico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). As an entomological authority he is cited as Brailovsky. Brailovsky has published over 200 academic works on Coreoidea describing over 660 new species..

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Mexican biologists 1946 births Living people Hemipterists {{biologist-stub