Raffaello Gestro (21 March 1845,

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

– 6 June 1936,

) 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 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 ...

. Gestro was the Director of the

Natural History Museum of Giacomo Doria The Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria is a natural history museum in Genoa, northern Italy. It is named after the naturalist Giacomo Doria, who was the founder and the curator for over forty years. The museum was founded in 1867 and c ...

Genoa where his collection is conserved. He was a Member and President of the Italian Entomological Society.

Works

Expedition Insects Indicating the amount and origin of insects collected for Genoa Natural History Museum from 1874-1895 *1874, 1876. Enumerazione dei Cetonidi raccolti nell´ Archipelago Malese e nella Papuasia dai signori G. Doria O. Beccari e L. M. D´Albertis e A. A. Bruyn. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 6: 487-535,8: 512-524, 9: 83-100. *1878. Contribuzione allo studio dei Cetonidi della regione Austro-Malese.''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 12: 26-31. *1881. Spedizione Italiana Africa Equatoriale (1880-1884). Annali del Museo ''Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 16: 204. *1888. Viaggio di

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 Birmania e regioni vicine. IV. Nuove speciedi Coleotteri. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' 26: 87-132, figs. *1889 Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso dei Signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880. IV. Coleotteri. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' (Serie 2a) 7(27):5-72. *1890. Sopra alcune Cetonie dell´isola Nias e della costa occidentale di Sumatra raccolte dal Dott. Elio Modigliani. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'': 93-99. *1891. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XXXVII.Enumerazione delle Cetonie. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' ser. 2,vol. 10: 835-876. pl. II. *1893. Viaggio di

Lamberto Loria Lamberto Loria (12 February 1855 – 4 April 1913) was an Italian ethnographer, naturalist and explorer. Biography Born in Alexandria from a Jewish family, after the death of his mother Clara, he returned with his father Marco in Italy, in Pis ...

della Papuasia orientale, X, Nuove specie di Coleotteri ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' ser. 2, vol. 13: 285-293. *1895. Esplorazione del Giuba. 16. Coleotteri. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova''(2a) 15 (35): 247-478. *1895 Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego (1892-93), Coleotteri XVI, Fam. Buprestidae. ''Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova'' (2) 15:247-478 (338-350). Taxonomic *1910. Pars 1. Rhysodidae and Pars 5. Cupedidae, Paussidae.in S. Schenkling (ed.), ''Coleopterorum Catalogus''. W. Junk, Berlin.

References

* Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75 159-382.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gestro, Raffaello Italian entomologists Coleopterists 1845 births 1936 deaths