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University Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy of Palermo.
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Sicilia. Osservazioni fatte durante l'invasione della Provincia di Palermo negli anni 1901–1911
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and the production of galls. He described about one hundred species of
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and their galls, with particular attention to their relation with the host plants and the agricultural processes.
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dealing with their biology, ecology and behaviour. Among his works, about 40 deal with the
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1887 Un nuovo genere di Crabronidi ed altri Imenotteri nuovi o poco cogniti raccolti in Sicilia.
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Published by Palermo, Colonia Agricola S. Martino, Palermo, Colonia Agricola S. Martino (1913)
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1894 Imenotteri di Sicilia raccolti nel territorio di Santa Ninfa in provincia di Trapani.
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1886 Raccolte imenotterologiche sui Monti di Renda e loro adiacenze.
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1889 I Cinipidi e le loro galle. In 4to, offp., pp. 6.
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190:Freemasonry
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245:Orthoptera
241:Coleoptera
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127:naturalist
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156:Biography
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