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Biography

Massimiliano Spinola was born in Pezenas (Herault, France near Toulouse) on the 10th of July 1780, son of Agostino Spinola and the French marquise Henrietta Carrion de Nisas.

Publications on Chrysididae

Spinola M., 1806 - Fauna Liguriae Fragmenta. 14. P.Cajetani, Genova.
Spinola M., 1808 1806 - Insectorum Liguriae species novae aut rariores, quae in agro Ligustico nuper detexit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit. Genova, 262 + II + 6 tavv. Vol.2.
Spinola M., 1838 - Compte rendu des Hyménoptères recueilles par Fischer. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 7: 437-457.
Spinola M., 1840 - Hyménoptères Recueillis a Cayenne en 1839 par M. Leprieur, pharmacien de la marine royale. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 9: 129-204.
Spinola M., 1843 - Sur quelques Hyménoptères peu connus, recuillis en Espagne, pedant l'Anne 1842, par M. Victor , Ghiliani, Voyageur-Naturaliste. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1(2): 111-129.
Spinola M., 1849 - Hyménoptères recuilles a Cayenne par Leprieur. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 9: 129-204
Spinola M., 1851 - In Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. (ed.C.Gray), Claudio Gray Publ. Paris. Vol.6: 404-413

Images of Massimiliano Spinola's Collection

Massimiliano Spinola's Collection is housed in the Regional Museum of Natural History of Turin.

Photo courtesy: Regional Museum of Natural History of Turin

We list here 19 of the types described byMassimiliano Spinola.

Original combinationCurrent combinationAuthor, YearType statusOriginMuseum
Chrysis refulgensChrysura refulgens Spinola, 1806lectotypusItalyRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis analisChrysis analis Spinola, 1808lectotypusItalyRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis emarginatulaChrysis emarginatula Spinola, 1808holotypusItalyRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis pulchellaChrysis pulchella Spinola, 1808lectotypusItalyRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis versicolorSpintharina versicolor Spinola, 1808lectotypusItalyRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis bihamataChrysis bihamata Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis elegantulaChrysis elegantula Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis pallidicornisChrysis pallidicornis Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis palliditarsisChrysis palliditarsis Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Pyria stilboidesChrysis stilboides Spinola, 1838holotypusFrench GuyanaRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis varicornisChrysura varicornis Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis singularisEuchroeus singularis Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis incrassataPseudospinolia incrassata Spinola, 1838lectotypusFranceRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Parnopes denticulatusCephaloparnops denticulatus Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Parnopes fischeriParnopes fischeri Spinola, 1838holotypusEgyptRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis spinigeraExochrysis spinigera Spinola, 1840holotypusFrench GuyanaRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis punctatissimaNeochrysis punctatissima Spinola, 1840lectotypusFrench GuyanaRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Chrysis chilensisChrysis chilensis Spinola, 1851lectotypusChileRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin
Elampus gayiElampus gayi Spinola, 1851lectotypusChileRegional Museum of Natural History of Turin