Oleg Leonidovich Kryzhanovsky (28 May 1918,

Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administrat ...

– 15 June 1997) was a Soviet

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 ...

especially

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 ...

and

Histeridae Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or Hister beetles. This very diverse group of beetles contains 3,900 species found worldwide. They can be easily identified by their shortened elytra that leaves two of the seven t ...

. Kryzhanovsky published more than 250 scientific works including 6

monograph A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject. In library cataloging, ''monograph ...

s (for list see External Link). He described 135 new species of beetles.

References

*Anonym 2000 ryzhanovskij, O. L.''Trudy Russk. ent. Obsc.'' 71 54-55, Portr. (Caricature) *Medvedev, G. S.; Korotyaev, B. A. & Tanasijtschuk, V. N. 1998 ryzhanovskij, O. L.''Entomologitscheskoje Obozrenije'' 77(1) 250-257. Portrait *Turin, H.; Penev, L. & Casale, A. rsg.2003 ''The Genus Carabus in Europe. A Synthesis''. Sofia-Moscow, Pensoft Publishers : XV+1-511 p.

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