Antero Frederico de Seabra
Antero Frederico de Seabra (sometimes Anthero; 20 August 1874 – 15 November 1952) was a Portuguese naturalist. He was founder and president of the Society of Biological Sciences.[1] He particularly specialized in entomology, publishing a series of foundational papers on the family Aradidae.[2]
Antero Frederico de Seabra | |
|---|---|
| Born | Antero Frederico Ferreira de Seabra 20 August 1874 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Died | 15 November 1952 (aged 78) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology |
| Institutions | Museu Zoológico de Lisboa; Vasco da Gama Aquarium; University of Lisbon |
Taxa named by him and in his honor
Species named in Seabra's honor include:
- Angolan hairy bat (Cistugo seabrae)[3]
- Geocharis antheroi[4]
Taxa described by Seabra:
- Anchieta's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus anchietae)[5]
- D'Anchieta's fruit bat (Plerotes anchietae)[5]
- Yellow serotine (Neoromicia flavescens)[5]
- Hemiberlesia camarana
References
- "SEABRA, Antero Frederico Ferreira de (1874–1952)". Universidade de Coimbra. Universidade de Coimbra. 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- Baena, M.; Zuzarte, A. J. (2012). "Notas sobre los arádidos de Portugal (Heteroptera: Aradidae)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 50: 339–340.
- Thomas, O. (1912). "XXII.—A new Vespertilionine bat from Angola". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8. 10 (56): 205–206.
- Serrano, A. R.; Aguiar, C. A. (2011). "Two new species of the genus Geocharis Ehlers, 1883 and new data on Anillina species from Portugal (Coleoptera: Carabidae)". Zootaxa. 3116 (3116): 33–46. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3116.1.2.
- Seabra, A. F. (1900). "Diagnoses de quelques nouvelles especes et variétés de Chiropteres d'Afrique". Jornal de Sciencias, Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Lisboa. 2. 6: 120–121.
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