- Antonio Berlese
Antonio Berlese (26 June, 1863,
Padua -24 October 1927 ,Florence was an Italianentomologist . Berlese worked on pest insects notably offruit trees . He published over 300 articles and a book "Gli insetti loro organizzazione, sviluppo, abitudini e rapporti con l’uomo" (in two volumes, 1909 and 1925); also a series entitled "Acari, Myriapoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italie reperta" which appeared in 101 numbers between 1882 et 1903 and which contained over 1,000 figures by Berlese himself. He was a specialist in HemipteraCoccoidea .With his brother ,Augusto Napoleone Berlese (1864-1903), a plant (particularly, mushroom) disease specialist he founded the "Revista di Patologia vegetale" in 1892. In 1903 he founded the review" Redia" which he edited until his death . This publication promoted zoological studies in agriculture , forestry and in urban contexts, with an emphasis on entomology,acarology and nematology.The aim was to increase taxonomic knowledge of groups with pest species. Berlese invented the Berlese funnel, a device for extracting soil insects and other micro fauna from leaf litter which is still very widely used. The illustration shows how it works: a funnel (E) contains the soil or litter (D), and a heat source (F) such as an electric lamp (G) heats the litter. Animals escaping from the dessiccation of the litter descend through a filter into a preservative liquid (A) in a receptacle (B).Works
Partial list. For 1896 giving an idea of his output.
*Le cocciniglie Italiane viventi sugli agrumi. Parte II. I. Lecanium. "Riv. Patol. Veget". 3: 49-100(1896).
* with Leonardi, G.. Diagnosi di cocciniglie nuove. "Riv. Patol. Veget". 4: 345-352 (1896).
* with Leonardi, G. Diagnosi di cocciniglie nuove. "Riv. Patol. Veget." 4: 1-352 (1896).
* with Leonardi, G.] in Berlese, A. (1895). "Le cocciniglie Italiane viventi sugli argumi". Parte III. I Diaspiti. [Cap. I. Note di sistematica e descrizione delle specie.] "Riv. Patol. Veget." 4: 74-170
*with Leonardi, G. Diagnosi di cocciniglie nuove. "Riv. Patol. Veget." 4: 345-352 (1896).
*Leonardi, G. Diagnosi di cocciniglie nuove. "Riv. Patol. Veget." 4: 345-352(1896).References
* Translated from French Wikipedia.
*Conci, C. 1975: Repertorio delle biografie e bibliografie degli scrittori e cultori italiani di entomologia. "Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital." 48 1969(4) 817-1069
*Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. "Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital." 75 159-382, Portrait.
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