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E. C. M. d'Assis Fonseca

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Died
  
1993

Books
  
Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: musicidae

Evelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca (1899 – 1993) was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly 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's Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 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.

    References

    E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca Wikipedia


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