E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca
Encyclopedia
Evelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca (1899 – 1993) was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly
species, including:
He authored two volumes in the Royal Entomological Society of London
's Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
series:
His extensive Diptera collection is now in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
species, including:
- Dolichopus subpennatus
- Fannia collini
- Fannia pseudonorvegica
- Fannia subatripes
- Alliopsis similaris
- Heterostylodes caledonicus
He authored two volumes in the Royal Entomological Society of London
Royal Entomological Society of London
The Royal Entomological Society of London is devoted to insect study. It has a major national and international role in disseminating information about insects and improving communication between entomologists....
's Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects
R.E.S Handbooks
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society of London . The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional...
series:
- Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata section (b) Muscidae (1968)
- Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Brachycera : Dolichopodidae (1978)
His extensive Diptera collection is now in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the...
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