Saulius Pakalniškis (born 15 June 1958 in Staškūniškis,

Anykščiai district municipality Anykščiai District Municipality is one of 60 municipalities in Lithuania. Structure District structure: * 3 cities – Anykščiai, Kavarskas and Troškūnai; * 8 towns – Andrioniškis, Debeikiai, Kurkliai, Skiemonys, Surdegis, Svė ...

- 21 February 2006) was

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n zoologist,

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 ...

and

dipterologist Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...

(researcher of

flies Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

Biography

In 1976, Saulius graduated from Jonava 3rd Middle School in

Jonava Jonava ( ; pl, Janów; german: Janau) is the ninth largest city in Lithuania with a population of . It is located in Kaunas County in central Lithuania, north east of Kaunas, the second-largest city in Lithuania. It is served by Kaunas Internat ...

and in 1985 -

Vilnius University Vilnius University ( lt, Vilniaus universitetas) is a public research university, oldest in the Baltic states and in Northern Europe outside the United Kingdom (or 6th overall following foundations of Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow and ...

, Faculty of

Natural Sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

. For a time he worked at

furniture factory, and then served in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

. After returning from her, attended preparatory courses, preparing to enroll in the Vilnius University. Viewed nature, vegetation (although it attracted more small fauna). Acquainted with the employees of invertebrate zoology sector at Institute of

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 ...

and

Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it fo ...

. From 1979 to 1989 he was technician, senior technician, junior research fellow at Institute of Zoology and Parasitology of Lithuanian Academy. From 1990 he was Assistant Research Fellow at Institute of Ecology. In 1994, defended he at

Ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

Institute his doctoral thesis about flies. He was researcher at Institute of Ecology of Vilnius University, member of Lithuanian Entomological Society. Saulius Pakalniškis first described a new kind of science leafminers: '' Liriomyza labanoro'', ''

Liriomyza lituanica ''Liriomyza'' is a genus of leaf miner flies in the family Agromyzidae. There are at least 410 described species in ''Liriomyza''. See also * List of Liriomyza species This is a list of 413 species in ''Liriomyza'', a genus of leaf miner fl ...

'' and '' Pseudonapomyze stanionyteae''.Liriomyza labanoro Pakalniskis, 1992
/ref> He described the Lithuanian mining dipteran insect fauna. Wrote the book "Plants insects discriminatory manner" (1985, With other authors. Publications "

Žuvintas reserve Lake Žuvintas is a shallow lake in Alytus district, central Lithuania. Area of Žuvintas Lake is 965 ha. It is the shallowest lake in Lithuania with the greatest depth 3 m and average only 0.6 m. It is a paradise for water birds, but also face ...

" (1993, in Russian), The Lithuanian state reserves of flora and fauna" (1997) with others. Published research articles. Participated in a number of scientific expeditions in Lithuania,

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

and others.

References

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