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The History of Entomology in Ecuador |
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| Authors: | Alvaro R Barragán Olivier Dangles Rafael E Cardenas Giovanni Onore |
| Institution: | 1. Sección Invertebrados , Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador , Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito , Ecuador arbarragan@puce.edu.ec;3. Sección Invertebrados , Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador , Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito , Ecuador;4. IRD-LEGS, University Paris-Sud 11 , Gif-sur-Yvette , F-91190 , France;5. Sección Invertebrados , Museo de Zoología QCAZ, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador , Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito , Ecuador;6. Fundación Otonga , Apartado 17-03-1514A, Quito , Ecuador |
| Abstract: | This work is not intended to be a complete review of all publications about entomology in Ecuador. It compiles the history of entomology in Ecuador in a chronological order. It first provides observations about the influence of pre-Columbian cultures and the cultural heritage of indigenous populations. It then presents the contribution of the Spanish conquest and colonization chroniclers, the specialists that described American species during the Renaissance period and the great scientific expeditions. Finally the birth of Ecuadorian entomology as a science is described with the creation of institutes for applied research and the Ecuadorian museums of entomology. |
| Keywords: | Pre-columbian Conquest of America The great expeditions The beginning of the 20th century |