Ermanno Giglio-Tos
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Ermanno Giglio-Tos was an Italian entomologist.
Giglio-Tos studied at the University of Turin
from 1886 until 1896 under Michele Lessona
. Later he was a professor at the University of Cagliari
. He specialised in Diptera
, Mantodea, Phasmatodea
, Orthoptera
and Blattodea. His collections are in the Turin Museum of Natural History
.
Giglio-Tos studied at the University of Turin
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
from 1886 until 1896 under Michele Lessona
Michele Lessona
Michele Lessona was an Italian zoologist.Michele Lessona became a specialist in amphibians.His accomplishments include the translation of certain works Darwin for example The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex.-Works:Partial list* Carlo Darwin...
. Later he was a professor at the University of Cagliari
University of Cagliari
The University of Cagliari is a university located in Cagliari, Italy. It was founded in 1620 and is organized in 11 Faculties.-History:The Studium Generalis Kalaritanum was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old Spanish Universities of Salamanca, Valladolid and Lérida...
. He specialised in Diptera
Diptera
Diptera , or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species, although under half...
, Mantodea, Phasmatodea
Phasmatodea
The Phasmatodea are an order of insects, whose members are variously known as stick insects , walking sticks or stick-bugs , phasmids, ghost insects and leaf insects...
, Orthoptera
Orthoptera
Orthoptera is an order of insects with paurometabolous or incomplete metamorphosis, including the grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.Many insects in this order produce sound by rubbing their wings against each other or their legs, the wings or legs containing rows of corrugated bumps...
and Blattodea. His collections are in the Turin Museum of Natural History
Turin Museum of Natural History
The Turin Museum of Natural History was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of naturali history, originated from specific research campaigns and donations...
.
Publications
Partial list- Ditteri del Messico, 4 Volumes , Turin 1892–1895
- Les problèmes de la vie. Essai d'une interprétation scientifique des phénomènes vitaux, 4 Bände, Turin 1900–1910
- Publisher of the magazine Biologica: Raccolta di scritti di Biologia, 1908
- Una grave minaccia per Cagliari : la bonifica dello stagno di Santa Gilla proposta dall'ing. Conti-Vecchi. Cagliari 1920
External links
- BDHL Ditteri del Messico