Miguel Alvarez del Toro
Miguel Carlos Francisco Alvarez del Toro, Mexican zoologist, taxidermist and ecologist (Colima 23 August 1917 – Chiapas 02 August 1996) ACHIEVEMENTS Gained world renown in ecology and vertebrate conservation Described 6 valid reptilian species and one subspecies (with H.M. Smith) Abronia lythrochila 1963 Anolis microlepis 1956 Anolis parvicirculatus 1956 Anolis pygmaeus 1956 Anolis spilorhipis 1956 Lepidophyma lipetzi 1977 Norops tropidonotus spilorhipis 1956 Co-described one avian subspecies Chordeiles minor neotropicalis 1955 (with Selander) BIBLIOGRAPHY A complete bibliography can be found in http://www.alvarezdeltoro.com/articulos.pdf HONORS (in the following species) Ceratozamia alvarezii Perez-Farrera, Vovides & Iglesias 1996 (Cycadaceae) Troglopedetes toroi Palacios-Vargas 1985 (Collembola) Pulex alvarezi Barrera Marín 1955 (Siphonaptera) Diaethria mixteca alvarezi Maza & Maza 1985 (Lepidoptera) Dismorphia crisia alvarezi Maza & Maza 1984 (Lepidoptera) Nototriton alvarezdeltoroi Papenfuss & Wake 1987 (Amphibia) Heloderma horridum alvarezi Bogert 1956 (Reptilia) Lepidophyma alvarezi Smith 1975 (Reptilia) Coniophanes alvarezi Campbell 1989 (Reptilia) Anolis alvarezdeltoroi Montes de Oca 1996 (Reptilia) Piranga bidentata alvarezi Phillips 1975 (Aves) The site http://www.alvarezdeltoro.com is totally dedicated to him (in Spanish).
Michael Eric Anderson
Michael Eric Anderson, US-born South African ichthyologist (1946 – DESCRIBED VALID PISCES TAXA Genera Anacanthobythites 2008 Dieidolycus 1988 Esselenichthys 2003 Eucryphycus 1988 Letholycus 1988 Leucogrammolycus 2008 with Mincarone Plesienchelys 1988 Seleniolycus 1988 Tetragondacnus 2007 with Satria Species 67 (until 2018) HONORS Ericandersonia Shinohara & Sakurai 2006 (Pisces)
Mary Therese Kalin de Arroyo
Mary Therese Kalin de Arroyo, New Zealander-born Chilean botanist (New Plymouth 12 November 1944 – Authored about 150 papers and 5 books With T. Ruiz Zapata. First records of self-incompatibility for the families Polygonaceae and Olaceaeae. Incompat. Newsl. 8:15-6, 1978 Showed that breeding systems aren’t necessarily closed linked to pollinator availability at the community level DESCRIBED NEW PLANTAE TAXA Genus Nassauvia 1988 with Marticorena Section Harpalyce sect. Brasilianae 1976 Species Acosmium cardenasii 1974 with Irwin Camptosema douradense 1974 with Irwin Harpalyce sousai 1976 Justicia stipitata 1976 with Wasshausen Moldenhawera nitida 1974 with Irwin Nassauvia coronipappa 1988 with Marticorena Ourisia confertifolia 1984 Ourisia goulandiana 1984 Ourisia remotifolia 1984 Ourisia spathulata 1984 Periandra gracilis 1972 with Irwin Sclerobium prancei 1974 with Irwin Werdermannia mendocina 1984 with Boelcke Subspecies & Varieties 4 HONOURS Fellow, Linnean Society of London (1998) & World Technology Network (2006) Corresponding Member, Botanical Society of America (1995) Foreign member, US Academy of Sciences (1999) Volvo Environmental Prize (2005)
Marton Laszlo Aczél
Marton (Martín) Laszlo (Ladislao) Aczél, Hungarian-born Argentine entomologist (Budapest 08 June 1906 – Tucumán 28 April 1958) DESCRIBED DIPTERA GENERA & SUBGENERA Beckerias 1939 Dorylomorpha 1939 Jassidophaga 1939 Tomosvaryella 1939 Anacephalops 1940 Claraeola 1940 Collinias 1940 Eudorylas 1940 Heringina 1940 Metanephroceros 1948 Protoverrallia 1948 Cressonius 1949 Henniginus 1950 Protylos 1950 Eoneria 1951 Parapterocalla 1951 Rhagoletotrypeta 1951 Serpentinographa 1951 Cryptoplagia 1952 Haywardina 1952 Ceratitoedaspis 1953 Chrysaciura 1953 Lilloaciura 1953 Teloneria 1954 Tomoplagiodes 1954 Allopyrgota 1956 Carrerapyrgota 1956 Descoleia 1956 Furciseta 1956 Idiopyrgota 1956 Congopyrgota 1958 Steyskalia 1959 Eoloxozus 1961 Imrenerius 1961 SPECIES About 170 HONORS Aczelia Carrera 1955 (Diptera) Aczelopria Fabritius 1968 (Hymenoptera)
Margarida de Mello Aires
Margarida de Mello Aires, Brazilian physiologist (São Paulo 30 November 1935 – São Paulo 04 April 2019) Pioneer in studies of the evaluation of hormonal mechanisms involved in the regulation of the acid base balance and extracellular volume of the organism, with numerous fundamental scientific works Showed that the organism maintains the extracellular volume at the expense of pH Pointed out the pCO2 balance in kidney Showed how aldosterone acts on proximal tubule cells Showed how arginine vasopressin acts on Na+/H+ exchanger via V2 luminal receptor and it is inhibited by peritubular v1 receptor Authored Fisiologia (1991), a textbook about physiology used abroad too
Manzoor Ahmed
Manzoor Ahmed, Pakistani entomologist (?-?) ACHIEVEMENTS (Hemiptera genera described) Ayubiana 1969 Benglebra 1969 (with Mahmood) Fusiplata 1969 Hussaininana 1969 (with Mahmood) Karachiota 1969 Andrabia 1970 Jalalia 1970 Quercinirvana 1970 Domella 1971 (with Waheed) Mahmoodiana 1971 (with Waheed) Mandera 1971 Pakeasta 1971 Hameedia 1972 Sylhetia 1972 Afrakeura 1979 (with Einyu) Hazaraneura 1979 (with Samad) Ramsisia 1979 (with Einyu) Kwempia 1979 Toroa 1979 Viridophara 1992 (with Mustafa & Mahmood) HONORS Ahmedra Dworakowska & Viraktamath 1979 (Hemiptera)