Achille Costa
Achille Costa (born August 10, 1823 in Lecce , † November 17, 1898 in Rome ) was an Italian entomologist .
He was the son of the zoologist Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787-1867). From 1848 to 1849 he was his father's assistant at the Department of Zoology at the University of Naples . On February 26, 1852, he graduated in medicine from that university. On October 29, 1860 he was appointed university professor of zoology there. He followed his father as a professor.
From 1850 on, Costa published numerous treatises on fauna in the Naples region.
literature
- Roberto Antonio Pantaleoni (2005): Interpretation of Achille Costa's data on Neuropterida . In: Bulletin of Insectology. Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 71-92. ISSN 1721-8861 . (PDF; 404 kB) ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Costa, Achille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lecce |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 1898 |
| Place of death | Rome |