Pietro Mansueto Ferrari (28 July 1823,

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– 15 June 1893, Crosio,

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) was an

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who specialised in

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, particularly Auchenorrhyncha. He is not to be confused with

Johann Angelo Ferrari Johann Angelo Ferrari (1806-18 May 1876, Vienna was an Austrian entomologist born in Italy who specialised in Coleoptera especially Scolytidae A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was consi ...

also an entomologist. Pietro Ferrari was a

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. He wrote: *Cicadaria agri ligustici. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturales di Genova'' 18: 75-165 (1882) *Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisina raccoltida G. e L. Doria. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturales di Genova''. 1: 439-522 (1884) *Rincoti omotteri raccolti nell'Italia centrale e meridionale dal Prof. G. Cavanna. ''Bullettino della Societá Entomologica Italiana. Firenze''. 17: 269-92 (1885) *Elenco dei rincoti Sardi che si trovano nella collezione del Museo Civico di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturales di Genova. 6: 545-70 (1888) *Res ligusticae XIX. Elenco dei rincoti ligustici (Emitteri e Cicadarii) fin'ora osservati. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturales di Genova''. 12: 549-576 and many other works describing new species. His collection including all his

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is conserved in the

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References

*Wilderman, M. 1894. Ferrari, Professor. ''Jahrbuch Naturwissenschaften'' 9:503. *Gestro, R. 1893. Pietro Mansueto Ferrari. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 33:407-416. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Pietro Mansueto Italian entomologists 1823 births 1893 deaths People from Novi Ligure Scientists from the Kingdom of Sardinia