Carlos Bastos Magarinos Torres
Carlos Bastos Magarinos Torres, Brazilian anatomical pathologist (Rio de Janeiro 24 November 1891 – Rio de Janeiro 26 January 1984) Authored over 162 works ACHIEVEMENTS Described histopathological alterations in cardiac striated muscle lesions in Chagas disease known as Magarinos Torres lesions Estudo do miocardio na moléstia de Chagas. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 9:114-39, 1917 Introduced the concept of allergy in Chagas disease pathogeny (1929) With A.P. de Azevedo described multinuclear giant cells filled with leishmanioid bodies in Chagas disease (1939) Reported the second case of toxoplasmosis in the world and the first to be described of the generalized form of the infection Described the first case of congenital toxoplasmosis in universal literature Sur un nouvelle maladie de l’homme, caracterisé par la présence d’un parasite intracellulaire, três proche du toxoplasme et de l’Encephalolitozoon, dans le tissu musculaire cardiaque, les muscles du squelette, le tissu céllulaire sous-cutané et le tissue nerveux. C.R. Soc. Biol. 97:1178-9, 1927 Sobre uma nova entidade morbida do homem caracterizada por meningoencefalite, miosite e miocardite aguda congênitas, associadas a presença, nos respectivos tecidos de um novo parasita, Encephalitozoon chagasi. Bras. Med. 42:1-14, 1928 Described anatomopathologically the toxoplasmosis Described Magarinos Torres bodies, oxychromatic bodies with intranuclear inclusions in hepatic cells affected by yellow fever Inclusions nucleaires acidophiles (dégénérescence oxychromatique) dans le foie de Macacus rhésus, inocule avec le vírus brésilien de La fievre jaune. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 99:1344-5, 1928 Individualized and named chromoblastomycosis With Fernando Terra, O. Fonseca & Area Leão. Novo typo de dermatite verrucosa, mycose por Acrotheca com associação de leishmaniosa. Bras.Med. 36(2):368-78, 1922. With J. C. Teixeira first cultured measles virus (1935) Developed a method for diagnosing alastrim With J.C. Teixeira. Método para o diagnóstico do alastrim. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 32:543, 1937 With C. Pinto demonstrated the mode of eliminating eggs by Schistosoma mansoni in gastrointestinal tube (1945) EPONYMY Torres-Teixeira bodies Janko-Magarinos Torres disease or human toxoplasmosis Ribas-Torres disease or variola minor Magarinos Torres degeneration
Camille Torrend
Camille Torrend, French-born Brazilian father and mycologist (St Privat d’Allier, Haute Loire 21 June 1875 – Salvador 24 June 1961) DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Valid Genera Botryochora 1914 Menezesia 1913 Sclerodermatopsis 1923 Vermiculariopsis 1912 Species 105 HONORS Torrendiella Boudier & Torrend 1911 (Fungi)
Bhim Shanker Trivedi
Bhim Shanker Trivedi, Indian botanist and paleobotanist (03 May 1923 – 18 February 2013) DESCRIBED FOSSIL GENERA Plantae Aesculoxylon 1982 with Srivastava Aglaioxylon 1982 with Srivastava Bauhinium 1986 with Panjwani Cannaites 1971 with Verma Dysoxydendron 1978 with Misra Echinocarpoxylon 1979 with Srivastava Flacourtioxylon 1986 with Srivastava Glycerioxylon 1982 with Bajpai Heliconiaites 1972 with Verma Hibiscoxylon 1971 with Ambwani Hygrorhizos 1985 with Srivastava & Bajpai Jussiaeoidiorhizos 1975 with Chandra & Agarwal Leptospermatoxylon 1973 with Verma Nymphaeocaulon 1971 with Ambwani Oleoxylon 1981 with Srivastava Pangioxylon 1982 with Srivastava Pentacmeoxylon 1979 with Ahuja Sabalocaulon 1981 with Verma Schreberoxylon 1982 with Srivastava Vaterioxylon 1977 with Misra Voyrioseminites 1972 with Chaturvedi Ximenioxylon 1982 with Srivastava Zizyphoxylon 1982 with Srivastava Others Aascodesmisites 1973 with Chaturvedi & Verma Aspergillites 1969 with Verma Lattisosporites 1970 with Misra Macrophominites 1979 Malayaeaspora 1981 with Ambwani & Kar Staginospora 1971 with Verma Trabeculosporites 1970 with Misra
Benoy Krishna Tikader
Benoy Krishna Tikader, Indian arachnologist (Joydhi, Khulna 01 July 1928 – Calcutta 12 August 1994) Authored over 350 scientific papers Described the valid genus Vachonius 1983 (with Bastawade) and at least 515 new arachnid species HONORS Tikaderia Lehtinen 1967 (Arachnida)
Benito Tan
Benito Ching Tan, Philippine bryologist (Manila 30 August 1946 – Los Angeles, California State 23 December 2016) Recognized as world’s foremost expert on tropical bryophytes Authored over 300 scientific papers on bryophytes DESCRIBED BRYOPHYTA TAXA Genera Meiotheciella 1998 with Schofield & Ramsay Orthodontopsis 1992 with Ignatov Papillidiopsis 1989 with Buck Pilosimitra 2005 with Dauphin Pseudocryptogonium 2015 with Li, Wang & Ignatov Radulina 1989 with Buck Yakushimabryum 2011 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi Section Platyovatophyllum 1990 Species Anomobryum erectum 1989 with Koponen Barbula chenia 1995 with Redfearn Barbula zennoskeana 1994 Brachythecium propinnatum 1996 with Redfearn & Ho Bryum ochianum 1995 with Redfearn Calymperes dixoconstrictum 1988 with Mohamed Calymperes robinsoni 1983 with Reese Calyptothecium distichophyllum 1984 with Noguchi Calyptothecium squarrosulum 1984 with Noguchi Chaetomitrium schofieldii 1990 with Robinson Chionostomum hainanense 1999 with Jia Chastobryopsis imbricata 2010 with Akiyama & Chang Desmatodon burmensis 1993 with Iwatsuki Dicranoloma damanhurii 1990 with Mohamed Didymodon gaochienii 1997 with Jia Diphyscium buckii 1990 Diphyscium tamasii 2003 with Ninh Distichophyllum meizhiae 1995 with Lin Distichophyllum noguchianum 1990 Distichophyllum oblongum 1991 with Lin Distichophyllum wanianum 1995 with Lin Ectropothecium neoperrevolutum 1995 with Suleiman & Akiyama Fissidens pseudoceylonensis 2002 with Choy Frullania sinskeana 1986 with Engel Gammiella panchienii 2000 with Jia Gammiella touwi 1990 Hageniella hattoriana 1990 Horikawaea redfearni 1995 with Lin Hyophila acutipocsii 1993 with Iwatsuki Hypnum mittenohamatum 1992 Macromitrium eddyi 2015 with Shevock Macromitrium novorecurvulum 2005 with Ho Mitthyridium iwatsukianum 1987 Ochrobryum herzogianum 1988 with Mohamed Octoblepharum arthrocornoides 2010 with Salazar Orthodontopsis bardunovii 1992 with Ignatov Orthomitrium schofieldii 1997 with Jia Papillidiopsis koponenii 1990 Papillidiopsis malesiana 1989 with Buck Pilosimitra buckii 2005 with Dauphin Pseudotaxiphyllum obtusifolium 2004 with Iwatsuki Rhapidorrhynchium auneae 2017 with Koponen & Norris Schlotheimia crumii 1992 Selaginella antimonamensis 1981 with Jermy Selaginella pricei 1981 with Jermy Sematophyllum brotheri 1977 with Iwatsuki Splachnobryum temasekensis 2004 with Ho & Seah Stereophyllum linisii 2007 with Enroth Symblepharis guizhouensis 1994 with Lin, Crosby & Wu Tayloria rudimenta 2000 with Bai Tricholosteum fleischeri 2004 with Ho & Seah Tricholosteum streimannii 2007 with Koponen & Norris Trichostomum hattorianum 1993 with Iwatsuki Trichostomum philippinense 1979 with Iwatsuki Trichostomum sinochenii 1995 with Redfearn Trichostomum zanderi 1995 with Redfearn Weissia alianuda 1992 Yakushimabryum longissimum 2001 with Akiyama, Chang & Yamaguchi Zygodon sibiricus 1999 with Ignatov, Ignatova & Iwatsuki Varieties 16 HONORS Awards Richard Spruce Award, International Association of Bryologists (2004) Genera Tania Egea, Torrente & Sipman 1995 (Lichenes) Benitotania Akiyama, Yamaguchi & Suleiman 2003 (Musci) LINKS http://asbp.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A-Tribute-to-Dr.-Benito-C.-Tan.pdf
Belindo Adolfo Torres
Belindo Adolfo Torres, Argentine entomologist (Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province 03 April 1917 – La Plata 04 November 1965) Regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha DESCRIBED HOMOPTERA TAXA Genera Acuticephala 1958 Acyroneura 1958 Alarcta 1958 Calliopsida 1958 Elachysoma 1958 Elassoneura 1962 Prasinosoma 1963 Psephenotettix 1958 Tettigotoma 1942 Species Acuticephala alipuncta 1958 Acyroneura singularis 1958 Alarcta albicerata 1949 Alarcta bahiensis 1942 Alarcta blanchardi 1948 Alarcta macrogina 1949 Alarcta minuta 1949 Alarcta quadrimaculata 1958 Alarcta terrosa 1958 Carineta scripta 1948 Carineta crassicauda 1948 Carineta limpida 1948 Carineta liturata 1948 Carineta maculosa 1948 Carineta propinqua 1948 Chonosia atrodorsalis 1945 Chonosia trigonoscelis 1945 Derotettix proseni 1945 Elachysoma quadrivittata 1964 Elassoneura carychrous 1964 Empoasca cristata 1955 Empoasca punena 1959 Guaranisaria bicolor 1958 Guaranisaria llanoi 1964 Pachypsaltria haematodes 1959 Pachypsaltria peristicta 1959 Prasinosoma fuenbuenai 1963 Protalebrella schachovskoyi 1955 Psephenotettix grandis 1958 Saldula paralia 1954 Tettigades angularis 1944 Tettigades auropilosa 1944 Tettigades bahiensis Tettigades blanchardi Tettigades bosqi 1944 Tettigades brevicauda 1958 Tettigades brevivenosa Tettigades crassa 1958 Tettigades curvicosta 1958 Tettigades distanti 1958 Tettigades lacertosa 1944 Tettigades limbata 1958 Tettigades lizeri 1942 Tettigades major 1944 Tettigades pauxilia 1958 Tettigades procera 1958 Tettigades sarcinatrix 1944 Tettigades sordida 1944 Tettigades undata 1958 Tettigades unipuncta 1958 Tettigotoma maculosa 1942