Karol Lenko
Karol Lenko, Polish-born Brazilian entomologist (Plock 27 June 1914 – São Paulo 06 January 1975) Authored 23 scientific works DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Species Gnamptogenys kempfi 1964 (Hymenoptera) Mixogaster lanei 1958 with Carrera (Diptera) Mixogaster lopesi 1958 with Carrera (Diptera) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Ecological Relationship Minhocas e sanguessugas (Annelida:Oligochaeta & Hirudinea) em ninhos de Camponotus rufipes (Insecta, Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 16:7-12, 1972 Sobre a mirmecofilia de Plaumanniola sanctaecatharinae (Coleoptera:Scydmaenidae). Arq. Inst. Biol. S. Paulo 39:327-8, 1972 Pseudomorpha laevissima, um carabideo mirmecófilo. Studia Entomol. 15:439-44, 1972 Subsídios para o conhecimento dos isópodos inquilinos de formigas no Brasil (Isopoda, Oniscoidea). Rev. Bras. Entomol. 15:1-10, 1971 An army ant attacking the “guaia” crab in Brazil. Ent. News 80(1):6, 1969 Chelonarium semivestitum, inquilino da formiga Camponotus rufipes (Coleoptera:Chelonariidae). Studia Entomol. 10:433-8, 1967 A formiga Leptogenys bohlsi como predadora de isópodos (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Papéis Avulsos Zool. 19:59-61, 1966 Hoplomutilla triumphans Mickel (Hymenoptera:Mutillidae) como parasito de abelhas do gênero Euplusia (hymenoptera: Apoidea). Papéis Avulsos Zool. 16:199-205, 1964 Others An antennal anomaly in Strongylium textatum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Ent. News 82:139-40, 1971 A singular method of feeding of mutillid wasps. Ent. News 81:152, 1970 Sobre un caso teratologico observado em Paracryptocrus pusillus (Klug) (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. 7:201-4, 1964 HONORS Kakoia Alvarenga 1971 (Coleoptera) Lenkoa Borgmeier 1969 (Diptera) Lenkous Kaszab 1973 (Coleoptera) Lenkoella Machado Allison & Papavero 1962 (Psocoptera) Lenkothrips De Santis & Sureda 1970 (Thysanoptera)
K.V. Lakshminaranyana
K.V. Lakshminaranyana, Indian zoologist and paleontologist (fl.1962-93) DESCRIBED TAXA Genera Darwinida 1977 with Rama Rao (Crustacea) Mesonychilestes 1991 (Fossil Mammalia) Satyapalia 1974 with Hafeezullah (Trematoda) Species Mallophaga Brueelia eichleri 1969 Brueelia plocea 1968 Eulaemobothrion biswasi 1968 Goniocotes mauryi 1971 with Emerson Fossil Mollusca Janthina laurseni 1982 with Krishnan & Subbarao Rhynchoteuthis kapuri 1979 Rhynchoteuthis sastryi 1979 with Saha HONORS Subgenus Lakshminarayanella Eichler 1982 (Mallophaga)
Justo Lijó Pavia
Justo José Lijó-Pavia, Argentine ophthalmologist (Buenos Aires 19 July 1888 – after 1974) First described the lineous conjunctivitis (1924) Eponym of Lijó Pavia-Lis syndrome or benign retinohypophysary syndrome A new sign of cranial hypertension With A.V. Di Cio & M. Dusseldorp. Un signo de hypertension ocular a través de la cinematografia del fondo ocular. Described a form of internal exudative choreo retinitis Enunciated the concept of replacement fibrosis Described a peculiar papillary pseudotumor of the upper fold (1925) Studied a new effect in binocular vision Visón binocular – un nuevo effecto. Rev. Oto-Neurol. Oft. 32:111-3, 1957 DEVELOPED INSTRUMENTATION & PROCEDURES Ocular fundus by sodium light. J. Rev. Oto-Neurol. Oft. 16:141, 1941 Catarata senil. Un nuevo tratamiento medico. La Semana Medica 64:14, 1937 With M. Dusseldorp. Desprendimento de retina. Un dispositivo para transiluminación escleral y diatermia simultanea. Un caso experimental. Rev. Oto-Neuro-Oftal. Cir. Neur. Sud-Am. (1935) With M. Dusseldorp. Procedure for cataract extraction. Am. J. Ophthalm. 10(9):661-6, 1927 La cinematographie du fond de l’oeil: sa technique et son object A syringe with valves for extraction of cataracts A hand erisyphake
Juan José Martínez de Lexarza
Juan José Martínez de Lexarza y Alday, Mexican naturalist (Valladolid, Michoacán State 15 December 1785 – Morelia 29 September 1824) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Valid Genera Alamania 1824 (Orchidaceae) Arpophyllum 1825 (Orchidaceae) Cuitlauzina 1824 with La Llave (Orchidaceae) Lennoa 1824 (Lennoaceae) Morelosia 1824 (Boraginaceae) Subgenus Bravoa 1824 (Amaryllidaceae) Species 73 (at least 23 are valid) HONORS Lexarzanthe Diego & Calderón de Rzedowski 2004 (Brassicaceae)
Juan Carlos Lindquist
Juan Carlos Lindquist Dominique, Argentine mycologist and plant pathologist (Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires Province 09 February 1899 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 02 November 1990) From Swedish father Gained international recognition for his studies on Uredinales and Peronosporales Authored over 100 scientific and popular papers DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genera Acroconidiella 1964 with Alippi Diorchidiella 1957 Discoxylaria 1964 with Wright Hughesinia 1970 with Gamundi Species Aecidium approximans 1952 Aecidium jatrophicola 1952 Aecidium tafiense 1952 Colletotrichum consociatum 1948 Discoxylaria myrmecophila 1964 with Wright Entyloma peullensis 1960 Hughesinia chusquea 1970 Maravalia sebastianiae 1951 Peronospora convolvuli 1946 Prospodium tumefaciens 1978 Puccinia andalgalensis 1955 Puccinia dusenii 1955 Puccinia entrerriana 1954 Puccinia lorentzianae 1952 Puccinia meloncilloi 1952 Puccinia moschopsidis 1955 Puccinia petrakii 1957 Puccinia puntana 1952 Puccinia ruelliicola 1952 Puccinia scutiae 1978 Puccinia singeri 1952 Puccinia subtropica 1958 Puccinia tandilensis 1963 Puccinia ventanensis 1948 Ravenelia chacoensis 1946 Ravenelia sarmientoi 1978 Ravenelia spegazziniana 1946 Thecaphora burkartii 1953 Thecaphora frezii 1962 with Carranza Uredo hoveniae 1968 with Costa Neto Uredo insignis 1955 Uredo sleumeri Urocystis phaceliae 1982 with Gamundi Uromyces correntinus Uromyces nassauviae Uromyces ruiz-leali 1949 Ustilago tinantiae 1953 HONORS (Fungi) Lindquistia Subramanian & Chandrasekhara 1977 Lindquistomyces Arambarri, Muller & Gamundi 1982
João Garcia Leme
João Garcia Leme, Brazilian pharmacologist (Santa Rosa do Viterbo, São Paulo State 1936 – Guarujá, São Paulo State 08 November 2005) ACHIEVEMENTS Gained international recognition on inflammation pharmacology and physiopathology researches Claimed chemical mediators in inflammatory reaction act sinergically Demonstrated that development of acute inflammatory reactions is under a retrograde regulated mechanism (1975) Demonstrated occurrence of a pro-inflammatory factor in lymph cells (1975-6) Characterized the lymphocytic pro-inflammatory factor Demonstrated with colleagues insulin regulation role on the development of inflammatory process (1970s) Discovered action of sensitive nerves in inflammatory response regulation (1978) Described the first antagonists of bradykinin Co-authored with M. Rocha e Silva & H. Rothschild Chemical Mediators of the acute inflammatory reaction edited by Pergamon Press in 1972 and worldwide used