Franco Andrea Bonelli

Franco Andrea Bonelli
Painting by Giovanni Battista Biscarra
Born	10 November 1784 Cuneo, Italy
Died	18 November 1830 (1830-11-19) (aged 46)
Education	National Museum of Natural History, France
Known for	Catalogue of the Birds of Piedmont, discovery of Bonelli's warbler and Bonelli's eagle
Scientific career
Fields	Ornithology, Entomology
Institutions	University of Turin
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Bonelli

Franco Andrea Bonelli (10 November 1784 – 18 November 1830) was an Italian

Life

Very little is known about the early life of Bonelli: he was born in Cuneo. He was interested from an early age in the fauna which surrounded him, making collecting trips, preparing specimens and noting his observations.

He became a member of the

Bonelli took this advice so as to obtain a professor's chair in the new university. In September 1810, he arrived in Paris.

In 1811, Bonelli was finally named professor of zoology at the University of Turin and keeper of the Natural History Museum of Zoology. During his time at the university, he formed one of the largest ornithological collections in Europe.

In 1811, Bonelli wrote a Catalogue of the Birds of Piedmont, in which he described 262 species. In 1815, he discovered the bird

• Omophroninae; Pseudomorphinae; Brachininae; Trechinae; Harpalinae; Pseudomorphinae; Siagoninae; Pterostichinae and Scaritinae - Subfamilies
• Dromiidae 1810 Family
• Pterostichini Tribe

Works

• Catalogue des Oiseaux du Piemont (1811).
• Observations Entomologique. Première partie. Mém. Acad. Sci. Turin 18: 21–78, Tabula Synoptica (1810).
• Observations entomologiques. Deuxieme partie. Mém. Acad. Sci. Turin 20: 433-484 (1813)

The last two are founding works of entomology, introducing many new

References

Sources

• Achille Casale and Pier Mauro Giachino "Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784-1830), an Entomologist in Turin at the Beginning of the XIX century", in Proceedings of a Symposium (28 August 1996, Florence, Italy). Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea. XX International Congress of Entomology, Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino (1998).