Hermogenes Leitão Filho
Hermógenes de Freitas Leitão Filho, Brazilian botanist (Campinas, São Paulo State 06 February 1944 – Campinas, São Paulo State 23 February 1996) Authored 111 papers, 8 books and 11 book chapters Studied angiosperm taxonomy and phytosociology of forests and savannahs of Southeastern Brazil With S. Miyasaka & L.D. Almeida. Característica do feijão carioca, um novo cultivar. Bragantia 30:33-8, 1971 DESCRIBED NEW PLANT SPECIES Actinoseris revolutae 1981 (Asteraceae) Gossypium caicoense 1969 with Aranha & Gridi-Papp Lamanonia brasiliensis 1993 with Zickel (Cunoniaceae) Stifftia grazielae 1970 (Asteraceae) HONORS Hermogenodendron Santin 1991 (Anarcadiaceae)
Hermann Luederwaldt
Hermann Luederwaldt, German-born Brazilian zoologist (Gollnow, Pommern 23 January 1865 – São Paulo 15 August 1934) Authored over 30 works DESCRIBED ANIMALIA TAXA Coleoptera Subgenus Homocanthonides 1929 About 120 new species Valid Reptilia Mesoclemmys tuberculata (1926) HONORS Luederwaldtia Schmidt 1922 (Hemiptera) Luederwaldtinia Martínez 1951 (Coleoptera)
Herman Lent
Herman Lent, Brazilian helmintologist and medical entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 03 February 1911 – Rio de Janeiro 07 June 2004) Son of Jewish Russian immigrants Regarded as a world reference on Triatominae Authored a classical work on Triatominae With P. Wygodzinsky. Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their significance as vectors of Chagas’ disease. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 163:123-520, 1979 DESCRIBED NEW TAXA Entomology Tribe Linshcosteini Genera Corupaia 1948 with Wygodzinsky Hadrokerala 1980 with Wygodzinsky Latrocimex 1941 Namapa 1980 with Wygodzinsky Nanokerala 1980 with Wygodzinsky Neivacoris 1947 with Wygodzinsky Parabelminus 1943 Pseudozelurus 1947 with Wygodzinsky Torrealbaia 1998 with Carcavallo & Jurberg Triatomaptera 1940 with Neiva Zeluroides 1948 with Wygodzinsky Species 97 (57 with Wygodzinsky) Subspecies 9 Helminthology Family Metacebullidae 1938 with J.F.T. de Freitas Subfamily Haematoloecinae with Freitas Genera (Nematoda/Trematoda) all with Freitas but one Avellaria 1934 Caenostrongylus 1938 Caimanicola 1938 Capillostrongyloides 1935 Gongylonemoides 1937 Graphidiops 1938 Halltrema 1939 Heligmoskrjabinia 1937 Helminthoxys 1937 with Freitas & Almeida Lutznema 1934 Metacebulum 1938 Migonella 1946 Molinema 1939 Oswaldostrongylus 1934 Paradeletrocephalus 1947 Parhadjelia 1939 Piratuba 1941 Pulchrosomoides 1937 with Freitas & Almeida Stilestrongylus 1937 with Freitas & Almeida Trichotravassosia 1938 Vaznema 1948 Species 89 espécies (86 with Freitas) HONORS Hermanlentia Jurberg & Galvão 1997 (Hemiptera) Lentia Wygodzinsky 1946 (Hemiptera) Lentireduvius Cai & Taylor 2006 (Hemiptera) Lentiella Arandas Rego 1964 (Cestoda)
Helio Sermenha Lepage
Hélio Sermenha Lepage, Brazilian agricultural entomologist (Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State 10 March 1905 – Pompéia, São Paulo State 27 December 1974) Authored over 100 works Gained international recognition for his works on Hemiptera Coccidae With E.R. Figueiredo Jr authored Pragas das Orquídeas (Orchids Plagues) (1947), recognized as a classic work in United States Improved insecticide IB946 With O. Giannotti & H.P. Pereira. Técnica para ensaio de inseticidas residuais biológicos. O Biológico 11:320-5, 1945 Considerações gerais sobre inseticidas, particularmente um novo derivado fosforado – RB1018 Técnica para a experimentação da dose letal mediana do DDT para a Ascia monuste DESCRIBED VALID HEMIPTERA TAXA Genera Aculeococcus 1941 Costalimaspis 1937 Species Aculeococcus morrisoni 1941 Acutaspis litorana 1942 Acutaspis oliveirae 1942 Conchaspis diplothemii 1943 with Giannotti Costalimaspis eugeniae 1937 Diaspis paulista 1942 Dinaspis paulistana 1942 Dynaspidiotus sanctadelaidae 1942 Luzulaspis saueri 1944 with Giannotti Melanaspis araucariae 1942 Melanaspis aristotelesi 1944 with Giannotti Melanaspis bondari 1943 Melanaspis figueiredoi 1942 Melanaspis martinsi 1942 Mycetaspis juventinae 1944 with Giannotti Niveaspis hempeli 1935 Palmaspis bondari Pseudoparlatoria campinensis 1946 with Giannotti Pseudoparlatoria gomescostai 1946 with Giannotti Pseudoparlatoria multipunctata 1946 with Giannotti Pseudoparlatoria trimaculata 1946 with Giannotti Velataspis aberrans 1942 Vinculaspis atibaiensis 1937 Vinculaspis cheloniformis 1937 Vinculaspis montei 1942
Harri Lorenzi
Harri José Lorenzi, Brazilian botanist (Corupá, Santa Catarina State 19 October 1949 – With P.L. Ramos-Gonzalez, M.A.V. Alexandre, M.P. Barros, L.M.L. Duarte et al. Two novel betarhadovirins infecting ornamental plants and the peculiar intracellular behavior of the cytorhabdovirus in the liana Aristolochia gibertii. Viruses 16(3):322, 2024 DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Guapurium caipirinha 2024 with Braga & Lacerda Alone (2010) Acrocomia glaucescens Geonoma bondariana Geonoma conduruensis With Noblick Butia catarinensis 2010 Butia matogrossensis 2010 Butia pubispatha 2010 Geonoma littoralis 2010 Geonoma meridionalis 2010 Geonoma telesiana 2010 Lytocaryum itapebiense 2010 Syagrus allagopteroides 2010 Syagrus angustifolia 2010 Syagrus caerulescens 2010 Syagrus cerqueirana 2010 Syagrus deflexa 2010 Syagrus emasensis 2014 Syagrus gouveiana 2010 Syagrus guimaraesensis 2014 Syagrus itacambirana 2010 Syagrus kellyana 2010 Syagrus longipedunculata 2010 Syagrus lorenzoniorum 2010 Syagrus menzeliana 2010 Syagrus minor 2010 Syagrus pleiocladoides 2010 Syagrus procumbens 2010 Syagrus rupicola 2010 PATENTS Técnica de macrofotografia de plantas sobre fundo infinito e escalado PI0704540-9 A2 (2007) HONOURS Genus Lorenzia E.G. Gonçalves 2012 (Araceae) Invited Researcher, Harvard University (1998) Veitch Memorial Medal, Royal Horticultural Society, London (2022)
Gualterio Looser
Gualterio Looser Schallemberg, Chilean botanist and anthropologist (Santiago 04 September 1898 – Santiago 22 July 1982) From Swiss parents DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genera Garaventia 1941 Johowia 1937 with Epling Plarodrigoa 1935 Species Adesmia herteri 1936 Austroblechnum fernandezium 1947 Denstaedtia glauca C.Ch. ex Looser 1932 Laureliopsis philippiana 1934 Lycopodium barrosii 1945 Oxalis hickenii 1935 Varieties Blechnum auriculatum var. typicum 1947 Blechnum blechnoides var. typicum 1947 Polypodium feuillei var. ibanezii 1952 Puya coerulea var. intermedia 1935 with L.B. Sm. Puya coerulea var. monteroana 1935 with L.B. Sm. HONORS Looseria Thériot 1934 (Musci) LINKS http://rchn.biologiachile.cl/pdfs/1983/2/Martinez_1983.pdf (in Spanish; with bibliography)