Stefano Ludovico Straneo (also Lodovico) (Turin, 6 June 1902 – Milan, 9 December 1997) 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 ...
, teacher, academic administrator and author.
His primary fields of interest were the beetles (
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 ...
), in particular the family of ground beetles (
Carabidae, tribe
Pterostichinae). He described 64 new genera and almost 1200 new species.
His collections ''Coleoptera: Carabidae and Paussidae'' are on display in the
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milan.
Straneo's father was a theoretical physicist and an acquaintance of
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
. Straneo showed an early interest in biology and began collecting insects, eventually focusing on carabid beetles. He published his first paper in 1933, and was a prolific author for the next 64 years, publishing a total of 239 papers up to 1995.
Straneo was recipient of the Italian ''Golden Medal for Distinguished Educator in Culture And Art'' in 1972.
Works
*1984 - Two new species or Pterostichini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the collections of the Museum of Natural History of the
Humboldt University of Berlin.
*1984 - Un nuovo genere del Camerun della tribù Pterostichini (Coleoptera Carabidae).
*1983 - Nuovi pterostichini asiatici (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
*1984 - Un nuovo Pterostichus dell'Anatolia occidentale (Col., Carabidae).
*1984 - Sul genere Amolopsa Beach (Coleoptera Carabidae).
References
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Italian entomologists
1902 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Italian zoologists