Benedicto Abílio Monteiro Soares, Brazilian arachnologist and entomologist (São Paulo 12 September 1914 – Botucatu, São Paulo State 12 December 1985)

DESCRIBED TAXA

Arachnida

Genera

Alone

Camposicoloides 1944

Capichabesia 1944

Chaquesia 1944

Heliella 1945

Melloleitaniania 1943

Mitopernoides 1944

Oliverius 1945

Pseudogyndesoides 1944

Rezendesius 1945

Schubartesia 1944

Ubatubesia 1944

Victoriaincola 1946

With Helia Soares

Acanthopachylopsis 1949

Ceratoleptes 1979

Chavensicola 1946

Gertia 1946

Goodnightiella 1945

Hutamaia 1977

Iguassuoides 1954

Itatiaincola 1948

Maromba 1954

Metalyogoniosoma 1946

Paraprosontes 1947

Paraproweyhia 1947

Thrasychiroides 1947

With Camargo

Chirabicirculigera 1948

Sickius 1948

Wulfilopsis 1955

Species

Over than 150 (80 with his wife and 70 with Camargo)

Coleoptera

Genera

Schoenfeldtiopsis 1977 with Scivittaro

Ubaniopsis 1970

Species

At least 33 (15 with Scivittaro, 9 with Dias, 5 with Meyer, 2 with Peracchi & 2 alone) 

HONORS

Abiliella Peracchi 1964 (Coleoptera)

Lanesoares Roewer 1949 (Arachnida)

Soaresnema Travassos & Kloss 1958 (Nematoda)

Soaresia H. Soares 1945 (Arachnida)

His wife, Hélia Eller Monteiro Soares, Estonian-born Brazilian arachnologist (Tartu 16 October 1923 – 1999)

DESCRIBED ARACHNIDA TAXA

Genera

Alone

Aesotrinoma 1977

Amazonesia 1970

Anoplogynopsis 1966

Baculigerus 1979

Beckeresia 1970

Eopachyloides 1970

Eugyndopsiella 1972

Guatubesia 1978

Huralvioides 1970

Izecksohnopilio 1977

Jim 1979

Paramicrocranaus 1970

Pararezendesius 1972

Paruleptes 1970

Pirassunungoleptes 1966

Pseudoacrographinotus 1966

Recifesius 1978

Sickesia 1979

Soaresia 1945

Spelaleoleptes 1966

Triaenonychoides 1968

With Bauab Vianna

Anokopsis 1980

Proctonemesia 1978

Punagraphinotus 1972

Rhioxyna 1970

With Avram

Aucayacuella 1983

Pucallpana 1983

Stefanesia 1988

Traiania 1981

Species

169 valid species of Opiliones

HONORS (Arachnida)

Heliella Soares 1945

Elleriana Kury 2003