Stefano Ludovico Straneo

Stefano Ludovico Straneo (also Lodovico) (Turin, 6 June 1902 – Milan, 9 December 1997) was an Italian entomologist, teacher, academic administrator and author.[1]

Stefano Ludovico Straneo
Born(1902-06-06)6 June 1902
Turin, Italy
Died9 December 1997(1997-12-09) (aged 95)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forTaxonomy of Carabidae
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology

His primary fields of interest were the beetles (Coleoptera), in particular the family of ground beetles (Carabidae, tribe Pterostichinae). He described 64 new genera and almost 1200 new species.[2] 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. 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.[3]

Straneo was recipient of the Italian Golden Medal for Distinguished Educator in Culture And Art in 1972.[4]

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
  1. "Straneo, Stefano Lodovico". Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. Yves Bousquet (28 November 2012). Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. PenSoft Publishers LTD. pp. 764–. ISBN 978-954-642-658-1.
  3. George E. Ball; Achille Casale; Augusto Vigna Taglianti (1998). Phylogeny and classification of Caraboidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga): proceedings of a symposium : 28 August, 1996, Florence, Italy : XX International Congress of Entomology. Museo regionale di scienze naturali. ISBN 978-88-86041-29-4.
  4. "Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte". Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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