Paolo Marcello Brignoli
Paolo Marcello Brignoli (born April 25, 1942 in Rome , † July 8, 1986 in L'Aquila ) was an Italian arachnologist .
biography
Brignoli studied at La Sapienza University and obtained his doctorate in 1965 with a dissertation on the ant mimicry of spiders. In 1966 he received the post of assistant professor at the same university and from 1974 an independent chair. A little later he took over the management of the zoological institute at the University of L'Aquila . He then became head of the biology department and dean of the departments of mathematics , physics and natural history .
Brignoli devoted himself to the study of arachnids . He described 23 new genera and 367 new species in numerous faunistic articles. In 1983 he published an appendix to the catalog of the Araneae by Carl Friedrich Roewer (1881–1963), in which 7,000 species of spiders discovered since 1940 are listed.
literature
- Giuseppe Osella (1987), Professor Dr. Paolo Marcello Brignoli (1942-1986), Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society . 7 (6): 186.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brignoli, Paolo Marcello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian arachnologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1986 |
| Place of death | L'Aquila |