Paolo Magretti (15 December 1854,

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– 30 August 1913,

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) 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 specialized in

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...

studies. He studied

zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

under

Leopoldo Maggi Leopoldo Maggi (Rancio Valcuvia, near Varese, May 15, 1840 – Pavia, March 7, 1905) was an Italian physician, craniologist and naturalist.C. Rovati, C. Violani – Leopoldo Maggi (1849-1905), una lezione per immagine – Università degli Studi d ...

and Pietro Pavesi at the

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, graduating in 1880 with a thesis on Hymenoptera found in

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Dizionario Biografico / Paolo Magretti In 1883 he undertook a zoological expedition to eastern

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

and

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, in which he collected a number of Hymenoptera species new to science.Paolo Magretti (1854-1913)
@ Global Ant Project -- World Ant Taxonomists In 1900, he returned to Eritrea, where he spent two months collecting more zoological specimens. He donated his African collections to the zoological museums in

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and Milan. In addition to his work with African species, he conducted research of Hymenoptera native to

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. During the last years of his life, he worked as a

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at the Natural History Museum of Milan. Magretti was the author of 28 publications on Hymenoptera. Besides his endeavours in entomology, Magretti was also a cyclist, winning the first edition of the

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race in 1876.

Published works

* ''Sugli imenotteri della Lombardia'', 1881 - On Hymenoptera of Lombardy. * ''Risultati di raccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa Orientale'', 1884 - Results in regards to Hymenoptera collected in

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. * ''Nel Sudàn orientale : ricordi d'un viaggio in Africa per studii zoologici'', 1884 - On eastern Sudan; reports on a journey in Africa for zoological study. * ''Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine ... Imenotteri'', 1892 - Travels by

Leonardo Fea Leonardo Fea (Turin 24 July 1852 – Turin 27 April 1903) was an Italian explorer, zoologist, painter, and naturalist. Biography Fea was born in Turin, a son of Paolo Fea, who was professor of painting at Accademia Albertina, and Anna Roda. In ...

in Burma and neighboring regions ... Hymenoptera. * ''Imenotteri. Parte prima. Mutillidei, Scoliidei, Tifiidei, Tinnidei; colla descrizione di parecchie nuove specie'' (with Leonardo Fea), 1892 - Hymenoptera, Part 1,

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Scoliidae The Scoliidae, the scoliid wasps, are a family of about 560 species found worldwide. They tend to be black, often marked with yellow or orange, and their wing tips are distinctively corrugated. Males are more slender and elongated than females, wi ...

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, Tinnidae; with descriptions of several new species. * ''Materiali per la conoscenza della Fauna eritrea'', 1905 - treatise on Eritrean fauna.

Cycling Palmares

; 1873 : 2nd Milano - Monza ; 1876 : 1st

: 1st Milano - Lecco : 1st Milano - Vercelli (fastest time)

References

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