Pietro Mansueto Ferrari Explained

Pietro Mansueto Ferrari (28 July 1823, Novi Ligure – 15 June 1893, Crosio, Alessandria) was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Hemiptera, particularly Auchenorrhyncha. He is not to be confused with Johann Angelo Ferrari also an entomologist.

Pietro Ferrari was a physician. He wrote:

and many other works describing new species. His collection including all his types is conserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova

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