Flaminio Baudi di Selve (7 July 1821, Savigliano – 26 June 1901, Genoa) was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera and Heteroptera.
He wrote a monograph on darkling beetles, , originally published in Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift volumes 19-21, from 1875–77, and later collected into the , published in Torino in 1889, by Tip. e. Lit. Camilla E. Bertolero. He also wrote numerous shorter works on beetles, and described many new species.
His insect collection, mainly palearctic species, is shared between the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, the Turin Museum of Natural History and the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte.
References
Conci, C. 1975 Repertorio delle biografie e bibliografie degli scrittori e cultori italiani di entomologia. Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. 48 1969 (4) 817–1069, 841. Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. 75 159–382.418 figures.Portrait.
External links Important Works on Staphylinidae pdf Internet Archive Digitised Catalogo dei coleotteri del Piemonte Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Regione Piemonte DEI ZALF Portrait, obituary and biography list.