Nikolay Ilyich Baranov (sometimes Baranoff; russian: Николай Ильич Баранов; 1887,

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-1981,

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who specialised in

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. His collection of

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is held by the

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Washington D.C. Baranov described many new species. He worked as an entomologist at the Institute of Hygiene in

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Works

partial list *Baranov, N. 1926. Über die serbischen Simuliiden. ''Neue Beitr. syst. Insektenkde'', 3: 183–194. *Baranov, N. 1931. Neue orientalische Sarcophaginae (Dipt.). ''Konowia'' 10: 110–15. *Baranov, N. 1931. Studien an pathogenen und parasitischen Insekten III. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Raupenfliegengattung ''Carcelia'' R.D. ''Arbeiten aus der Parasitologischen Abteilung Institut für Hygiene und Schule für Volksgesundheit in Zagreb'' 3: 1-45 *Baranov, N. 1932 Neue orientalische Tachinidae. ''Encycl. Entomol.'' (B) II 6: 83–93. *Baranov, N. 1932 Larvaevoridae (Ins. Dipt.) von Sumatra, I. ''Misc. Zool. Sumatrana'' 66: 1–3 *Baranov, N. 1932 Zur Kenntnis der formosanischen Sturmien (Dipt. Larvaevor.). ''Neue Beitr. Syst. Insektenkd. Berl''. 5: 70–82. *Baranov, N. 1934 Mitteilungen über gezüchtete orientalische Larvaevoriden. (Insecta, Diptera). ''Entomol. Nachrbl.'' 8: 41–49. *Baranov, N. 1934 Neue Gattungen und Arten der orientalischen Raupenfliegen (Larvaevoridae)". ''Encyclopédie Entomologique. Série B. Mémoires et Notes. II. Diptera.'' 7: 160–165. *Baranov, N. 1934 Zur Kenntnis der Raupenfliegenfauna der Salomon-Inseln (Dipt., Tachinidae). ''Stylops'' 3: 181–84. *Baranov, N. 1934 Zur Kenntnis der parasitären Raupenfliegen der Salomonen, Neubritanniens, der Admiralitäts-Inseln, der Fidschi-Inseln und Neukaledoniens, nebst einer Bestimmungstabelle der orientalischen Sturmia-Arten. ''Veterinarski Archiv'' (Zagreb) 4: 472–85. *Baranov, N. 1934 Übersicht der orientalischen Gattungen und Arten des Carcelia-Komplexes (Diptera: Tachinidae). ''Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond.'' 82: 387–408. *Baranov, N. 1935. Neue paläarktische und orientalische Raupenfliegen (Dipt., Tachinidae). ''Veterinarski Archiv'' (Zagreb) 5: 550–60. *Baranov, N. 1936. Weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der parasitären Raupenfliegen (Tachinidae=Larvaevoridae) von den Salomonen und Neubritannien. ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist''. (10) 17: 97–113. *Baranov, N. 1938a. Weiteres über die Tachiniden (s.l.) der Salomon-Inseln. ''Veterinarski Archiv'' (Zagreb) 8: 170–74. *Baranov, N. 1938b. Neue indo-australische Tachinidae. ''Bull. Entomol. Res''. 29: 405–14. *Baranov, N. 1942. Ein neuer Vespidenparasit von Java und eine mit ihm verwandte Fliege von den Salomon-Inseln. ''Veterinarski Archiv'' (Zagreb) 12: 161–63.

References

*Nonveiller, G. 1999 ''The Pioneers of the research on the Insects of Dalmatia''. Zagreb, Hrvatski Pridodoslovni Muzej, 1-390 *Sisojevič, P. 1982: aranov, N. I.''Acta Entomologica Jugoslavica'', Zagreb 18:109-116, Portr. + Schr.verz. Russian entomologists 1981 deaths 1887 births Soviet zoologists {{Russia-scientist-stub