Marcos Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo
Marcos Rafael Lamothe-Argumedo, Mexican helminthologist and parasitologist (Ciudad de Mexico 25 April 1932 – Ciudad de Mexico 17 December 2013) Authored over 130 papers, 26 book chapters and 4 books DESCRIBED NEW TAXA (Monogenea, Digenea and Trematoda) Subfamilies 2 Genera Bravocotyle 1968 Caballeroiella 1977 Caballerocythus 2005 with Falcon Ordaz, Garcia Prieto & Fernandez Caluromytrema 1989 Campechetrema 1997 with Salgado Maldonado & Pineda López Mamaevicotyle 1984 Margotrema 1972 Mexicotrema 1969 Paradawesia 1976 with Bravo-Hollis Pelaezia 1986 with Ponciano Rodríguez Polycryptocylix 1973 Polymicrocotyle 1967 Pseudocaencicola 1993 with Salgado Maldonado & Pineda López Riojatrema 1964 Stunkardiella 1986 with Ponciano Tabascotrema 1990 with Pineda López Winteria 1971 Species 41 (until 2008) HONORS Lamotheoxyuris Falcón Ordaz, Fernandez & García Prieto 2010 (Nematoda)
Manuel López Figueiras
Manuel López Figueiras, Cuban-born Venezuelan botanist and lichenologist (Jobabo, Las Tunas 16 June 1915 – Caracas 25 April 2012) From Spanish parents DESCRIBED NEW SPECIES Plantae Species (with Ruiz Terán) Libanothamnus griffini 1976 Libanothamnus wurdackii 1976 Paragynoxys cuatrecasasii 1974 Pentacalia mason-halei 1976 Ruilopezia cuatrecasasii 1974 Ruilopezia lopez-palacii 1976 Lichenes Species (with Mason Hale 1979) Everniastrum paramense Hypotrachyna cendensis Hypotrachyna meridiensis Hypotrachyna neoflavida Parmotrema larense HONORS Lopezaria Kalb & Hafellner 1990 (Lichenes) Ruilopezia Cuatrecasas 1976 (Asteraceae)
Makund Behari Lal
Makund Behari Lal Sahab, Indian helminthologist and parasitologist (Sitapur District, Uttar Pradesh State 31 January 1907 – Dayalbagh, Agra State 05 December 2002) Authored over 100 research papers First to demonstrate that the pungent smell of the stink gland secretion of millipeds is due to chlorine (1933) Demonstrated a simple method for maintaining live Echinorhynchus truttae for several days using 1% solution of sodium chloride (1947) Demonstrated in detail how the infection of the snail by trematode larvae affects the life of the host With S.C. Shrivastava proved the non-chitinous nature of the scorpion epicuticle (1957) Demonstrated the occurrence of haemoglobin in helminths (1959) Showed that the vitelline gland in helminths produce a secretion comprising sclerotin With G.N. Johri first to present a step by step sequence of shell formation in Fasciola indica (1967) Papers in top journals A new trematode metacercaria from the eyes of trout. Nature 171 (4342):130-1, 1953 With M.S. Kanungo. Invertase in Palamnaeus bengalensis. Science 117 (3029):57-8, 1953 With B.B. Saxena. Uricotelism in the common Indian apple-snail, Pila globosa (Swainson). Nature 170 (4337):1024, 1952 Occurrence of larval helminths in Gammarus pulex (L) from the Braid Burn, Edinburgh. Nature 169 (4305):752, 1952 With N.K. Chowdhury & K.Kishor. Purification of the anticoagulant principle obtained from the Indian cattle leech, Hirudinaria. Science 114 (2974):696-7, 1951 With N.K. Chowdhury. Anticioagulant activity of the Indian cattle leech. Nature 166 (4220):480, 1950 Acanthocephala of trout and Anthelmintics: behaviour in vitro. Nature 159 (4042):545-6, 1947 DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA Genera Chinhuta (1937) Hindia (1936) Klossinema 1968 Lieftinckana 1959 Naviformia 1936 Neoalaria 1939 Oswaldocruzia 1942 Psilorchis 1936 with Thapar Receptocoelum 1939 Typhlophilus 1936 Species About 35 BIBLIOGRAPHY Data extracted from Proceed. Internat. Conf. Intern. Conf. Environ. Parasitol. Commun. Health Care Initiatives: ENPARACOHI, Oct 13-15, 2007
Lynch Arribalzaga brothers
Felix Benito Lynch Arribalzaga, Argentine entomologist (Buenos Aires 03 April 1854 – Buenos Aires 10 April 1894) Enrique Lynch Arribalzaga, Argentine entomologist and ornithologist (Buenos Aires 26 August 1856 – Resistencia, Jujuy Province 28 June 1935) They were of Irish descent. TAXA DESCRIBED Diptera (considering the global production of brothers) Tribes Chriorhinini 1892 Xilotini 1891 GENERA Planetolestes 1879 Asicya 1880 Ceratotaenia 1880 Leptoharpacticus 1880 Cyclicomera 1881 Phonicocleptes 1881 Tolmerolestes 1881 Rhathimomyia 1882 Stratiotomyia 1882 Pediophoneus 1883 Argentinomyia 1891 Heteronycha 1891 Holmbergia 1891 Janthinosoma 1891 Ochlerotatus 1891 Taeniorhynchus 1891 Uranotaenia 1891 Promilesia 1892 Felix Lynch Arribalzaga (Genera described Coleoptera and Hymenoptera) Astenus 1884 Campoporus 1884 Chloecharis 1884 Cryptocompsus 1884 Heterophaena 1884 Myrmecoxenia 1884 Oligonotus 1884 Scaptopoda 1878 (Hymenoptera) Sciocharis 1884 Stenosidotus 1884 Stereocephalus 1884 Enrique Lynch Arribalzaga (Subspecies described Aves) Tachybaptus dominicus speciosus 1877 Rhea americana albescens 1878 (with Holmberg) HONORS (honoring Felix Lynch Arribalzaga) Lynchiatilla Casal 1963 (Hymenoptera) Lynchiella Lahille 1904 (Diptera) Microlynchia Lutz 1915 (Diptera)
Luiz Gonzaga Lordello
Luiz Gonzaga Engelberg Lordello, Brazilian helminthologist and plant pathologist (Piracicaba, São Paulo State 11 March 1926 – Piracicaba, São Paulo State 04 February 2002) Authored over 150 papers and textbooks DESCRIBED PLANT DISEASES AND ITS PARASITES First record of Pratylenchus vulnus on the roots of peach trees in Nematodo nocivo ao pessegueiro. Rev. Agric. 48(2-3):128, 1973 With A.R. Monteiro & O. Suzuki. Nova doença da fruteira do conde causada pelo nematóide Radopholus similis. Rev. Agric. 37:67-71, 1962 With C.P. Costa. A new nematode parasite of coffee roots in Brazil. Rev. Bras. Biol. 21(4):363-6, 1961 Uma doença do feijoeiro causada por nematóides. Rural 41(486):21, 1961 Two nematodes found attacking potato in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Anais Acad. Bras. Ciencias 33(2):209-15, 1961 With A.P.L. Zamith. Meloidogyne caffeicola, sp.n., a pest of coffee trees in the State of Paraná, Brazil (1960) A nematosis of yam in Pernambuco, Brazil, caused by a new species of the genus Scutellonema. Rev. Bras. Biol. 19:35-41, 1959 A note on nematode parasites of red anturium (Anthurium andraeanum Lind.) with a description of Rotylenchus boocki sp.n.. Nematologica 2:273-6, 1957 Two new nematodes found associated with soybean roots. Nematologica 2:19-24, 1957 Sobre um nematódeo do gênero Pratylenchus parasito das raízes de Allium cepa. Rev. Agr. S. Paulo 31(3):181-8, 1956 Meloidogyne inornata, sp.n. a serious pest of soybean in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Rev. Bras. Biol. 16(1):65-70, 1956 With A.P.L. Zamith & O. Boock. Novo nematodeo parasite da batatinha. Bragantia 13(11):141-9, 1954 Nota prévia sobre um nematódeo associado a uma moléstia das folhas do morangueiro. Rev. Agr. S. Paulo 28 (3-4):130-1, 1953 Xiphinema brasiliense, nova espécie de nematóide do Brasil, parasita de Solanum tuberosum L. Bragantia 11(1-3):87-92, 1951 DESCRIBED NEMATODA TAXA Genera Brasilaimus 1957 with Zamith Caryboca 1967 Ibipora 1977 with Monteiro Metaporcelaimus 1965 Mylodiscoides 1963 Phytorhabditis 1963 with Oliveira Proleptonchus 1955 Spirotylenchus 1958 with Cesnik Tubixaba 1980 with Monteiro Species About 35 new helminth species HONORS Genus Lordellonema Andrassy 1960 (Nematoda) Rhone-Poulenc Prize, Organization of Tropical American Nematologists (1987) “in recognition for outstanding accomplishments in research and service to the Science of Nematology”
Luiz & Maria Labouriau
Luiz Fernando Gouvea Labouriau, Brazilian plant physiologist (Rio de Janeiro 22 June 1921 – Brasilia 29 March 1996) From French descent and nephew of ophthalmologist Hilario Soares de Gouvea Authored about 75 papers Recognized worldwide for his studies on seeds germination Introduced the thermodynamics and information theory (1976) in studies of germination physiology Performed important contributions to germination kinetics and its thermodynamical treatment Provided original interpretations about temperature effects on proteins stability during the germination process Seed germination as thermobiological problem. Rad. Environ. Biophysics 15:345-66, 1978 Proposed mathematical expressions to measure the germination process (1983) Discovered that the fern Regnellidium diphyllum produces rubber being the first report of lactescence in Pteridophyta (1952) after Mahabale With L. Morhy & J.C. Gomes Jr. Ocimum nudicaule Benth., a new source of methyl-chavicol (1970) METHODS Aplicações fitossociológicas de um novo índice de concentração (1947) Nova expressão do grau de homogeneidade de uma associação vegetal (1947) Proposed the absciss of the mean of the frequency diagram of plant associations as a new index of homogeneity Nota sobre o baricentro dos diagramas de frequência das associações vegetais. Arq. Jard. Bot 8:221-5, 1948 Developed a method for detecting the presence of silicon in leafs With S. Teixeira da Silva. Corpos silicosos das gramíneas dos cerrados. III. Pesquisas Agropecuárias Brasileiras. Secção Botanica 5:1167-82, 1970. Developed a thermal gradient block A thermal gradient block for germination experiments. Rev. Bras. Biologia 37:295-05, 1977 With R.B. Cavalcanti. Um bloco de gradiente térmico de fácil construção para experimentos termobiológicos. Rev. Bras. Fisiol. Veg. 8:149-56, 1996 OTHER PAPERS With I.S. Labouriau. The Arrhenius plot of a physiological rate process is never linear. Cien. Cult. 43:363-9, 1991 Nota sobre uma lei da morfologia da exina dos grãos de pólen. Arq. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 8:249, 1948 Sobre a simetria dos grãos de pólen. Rev. Bras. Biol. 7(4):419-22, 1947 His wife, Maria Lea Salgado Labouriau, palynologist (Rio de Janeiro 02 August 1931 – Brasilia 13 July 2013) Authored 66 papers, 4 books and 11 book chapters (until 2002) Authored Contribuição a Palinologia dos Cerrados (Contribution to Cerrado Palynology), that became a world reference in this field (1973) Developed Salgado-Labouriau & Rizzo atmospheric collector With J.A. Rizzo. Nota preliminary sobre a coleta atmosférica no município de Aparecida (Goiás). Anais XX Congr. Nac. Bot. Soc. Bras. Bot. 60-70, 1969 TECHNIQUES Modified the Faegri-Iversen staining technique for pollen fresh grains (1973) With U. Rull. A method of introducing exotic pollen for paleoecological analysis of sediments. Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol. 47:97-103, 1986