Fabio Leoni Werneck – Neglected Science

Fabio Leoni Werneck, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 13 August 1894 – Rio de Janeiro 12 January 1961)

World authority on Mallophaga and Anoplura

Authored over 70 papers and 2 books

Valid Genera

Acondylocephalus 1941

Condylocephalus 1941

Monothoracius 1934

Neodasyonyx 1941

Neofelicola 1948

Paraboopia 1940 with Thompson

Parafelicola 1948

Valid Species

111 (34 of them being Anoplura)

Werneckia Ferris 1951 (Anoplura)

Werneckiella Eichler 1940 (Phthiraptera)

Werneckodectes Conci 1946 (Phthiraptera)

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