Jenaro Maldonado Capriles, Puerto Rican entomologist (Yauco 17 January 1919 – San Antonio, Texas 22 November 1995)

Respected as World authority on Miridae and Reduviidae (Hemiptera)

Authored over 150 papers

With J.A. Santiago-Blay. A new structure on the hind legs of male Monalocoris carioca Carvalho & Gomez (Heteroptera: Miridae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 97:479-82, 1990

DESCRIBED HEMIPTERA GENERA

Abelocephala 1996

Adchunroides 1977

Aglaocoris 1955 with Drake

Aguayomiris 1987

Angusticella 1972

Anidiocerus 1976

Apicrenus 1993 with Santiago-Blay & Poinar (Fossil)

Balcanocerus 1971

Belosternella 1996 with Van Doesburg

Bicuspidatiella 1969

Buninotus 1981

Busoniomimus 1977

Carmenula 1992 (in honor to his wife Carmen)

Corymbonotus 1977

Cryptophysoderes 1972 with Wygodzinsky

Derophthalmoides 1987

Dolichopscerus 1985

Englemania 1976

Gressittocerus 1985

Hyalocerus 1977

Krameraxus 1968

Luteobalmus 1977

Myrmecomiris 1976

Nannicerus 1977

Neoidioscopus 1992 with Huang

Oiovelia 1952 with Drake

Orbella 1987

Paleoploiariola 1993 with Santiago-Blay & Poinar (Fossil)

Parachunroides 1977

Paraidioscopus 1964

Paralienates 1996 with Santiago-Blay & Poinar (Fossil)

Parapycnoderes 1973

Philipposcopus 1972

Platybasicornis 1971

Pseudoghiliana 1992

Pseudoidioscopus 1977

Rotundicerus 1977

Sinnamarynus 1996 with Berenger

Stomatomiris 1995 with Poinar (Fossil)

Taiwanocerus 1992 with Huang

Tomopennis 1984

HONORS  (Hemiptera)

Maldonadora Webb 1983 

Maldonadocoris Zhao, Yuan & Cai 2006

Caprilesia Gil-Santana, Marques & Costa 2006