Activities
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Consulting
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At
the Muséum
d'Histoire Naturelle du
Luxembourg (2008-2009)
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Sorting, determination and
reorganization of the
worldwideColeoptera
Cerambycoidea collectionAt the Museo Civico
di Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genoa (1996-2004)
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Sorting, determination and
reorganization of the
Palaearctic and American
Coleoptera Cerambycoidea
collection;
- Restoration of the
worldwide Coleoptera
Curculionoidea Solari-Jekel's
collection;
- Reorganization of the
worldwide Coleoptera
Cerylonidae and Bothrideridae
collection;
- Reorganization of the
Palaearctic Coleoptera
Dasytidae and Ptinidae
collection;
- Sorting, determination and
reorganization of the
Palaearctic Diptera
collection;
- Reorganization of the
worldwide Diptera Syrphidae
collection;
- Sorting and reorganization
of the worldwide Hymenoptera
Calcidoidea collection;
- Sorting at family-level of
many worldwide Coleoptera.
At Milan
University, Vegetal
Production Dept. (2002-2003)
Study
about the Invertebrate Fauna
of 11 Lumbard Municipalities
(Busto Garolfo, Caravate,
Castiglione d'Adda, Lentate
sul Seveso, S. Daniele Po,
Stagno Lombardo, S. Rocco al
Porto, Malnate, Pieve d'Olmi,
Varzi, Vimercate), in order
to propose their insertion
inside the Regional Parks.
At
Urban Fauna Management, Genoa
Municipality (2001-2002)
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Study of biological
competitors of the Tiger
Mosquito (Aedes
albopictus Sk.) inside
the Monumental Cemetery
Staglieno;
- Pilot-project for the
biological fight against the
Tiger Mosquito (Aedes
albopictus Sk.) through
employment of Crustaceans
Copepods.
For
the Office of assessments and
technical consulting K. Spolidoro S.A.S., Genoa (since 2004)
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Duties of analyze of
entomological specimens
related to the international
trade.
At
the Office architect G.
Stagno, Genoa
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Determination of the concrete
decay through physical-chemical
testing on field and in
laboratory (1998-2000).
- Determination of wood
species, wood decay and
xylophagous insects in
restoration tasks of building
woods and of artistic
manufactories (1997-2007).
Many tasks: Cathedral St.
Lorenzo, Genoa; Christopher
Columbus House, Genoa; Nostra Signora
della Guardia, Ceranesi;
many churches, historical
villas and theatres in
Liguria, Piedmont and
Lumbardy; Statue of Maria
Immaculate (XVII sec.),
Church S. Rocco, Genoa;
Statue of Christ Dying (XVII
sec.), Church S. Luca, Genoa.
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Voluntary
collaborations
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The National Museum of
Natural History, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington DC (2005)
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Determination and reorganization of
the Palaearctic Coleoptera
Vesperidae;
- Determination and reorganization of
some groups of Australasian (gen. Olethrius,
Neocerambyx, Mallambyx, Massicus,
Trirachys, Aeolesthes,
Pseudaeolesthes) and American
Coleoptera Cerambycidae (gen. Eupogonius,
Estola, Estoloides).
Genoa University,
Faculty of Zoology (1992)
Determination
and reorganization of the current
Palaearctic collection of Coleoptera.
Museo Civico di Storia
Naturale, Carmagnola (Turin) (1998-2006)
Determination
of Palaearctic and African Coleoptera
Cerambycoidea specimens.
Museo di Storia
Naturale dell'Università, Calci (Pisa) (since 2001)
Determination
of Palaearctic Coleoptera
Cerambycoidea specimens.
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Scientific
activity on the Web
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| Planner
and responsible of the site www.cerambycoidea.com, dedicated
to the worldwide Coleoptera
Cerambycoidea Moderator of the
entomological section of the Forum of
scientific dissemination Natura Mediterraneo, username: vitalfranz
Taxonomic
system administrator of the
electronic encyclopaedia BioLib, Biological
Library, non-commercial project of
systematic catalogation of all fossil
and living species of the World,
username: vitalfranz
Collaborator
of the project "Forms of life"
of the free encyclopaedia Wikipedia (Italian,
French, German, English and Spanish
language), username: vitalfranz
Collaborator
of the site BugGuide dedicated to
the identification of insects and
spiders from USA and Canada, username:
Francesco Vitali
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Exhibition
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and colours for the live: the insect
through its functional aspects",
Pecetto Torinese (Turin), I.1996 |
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Speaker at seminars
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"The family
Cerambycidae", Genoa
University, Zoology, V.1992
"The
ultrasounds employing in the analysis
of materials: the wood deterioration",
Turin Polytechnic, Architecture, V.1998
"The analysis
of the wood and of the concrete
deterioration ", Turin
Polytechnic, Architecture, V.1999
"Between
earth and sea, biodiversity in the
Cinque Terre National Park. Insects:
a park in miniature to be defended
and discovered", Conference
hall of Torre Guardiola, Riomaggiore
(La Spezia); Municipality of
Monterosso al Mare (La Spezia), V.2007
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Entomological
Campaign in foreign Lands
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- Austria,
Tyrol; Germany, Bayern,
Baden, VII.1987
- France,
Pyrennes; Spain, Pyrennes,
Catalunya, VII-VIII.1988
- France,
Maritime Alps VII.1989;
Corsica, VII-VIII.1989
- France,
High Provence and Savoy;
Switzerland, VIII.1990
- Austria,
Carinthia, Stiria, Austria,
Burgenland, VII-VIII.1992
- Germany,
Baden and Rheinland-Pfaltz,
VII.1993
- France,
Var, VII.1996
- France,
Var; Spain, Catalunya,
Aragona, VI.1998
- France,
Provence, VII.1999
- Austria,
Carinthia, VII.1999
- French
Antilles, Guadeloupe, VI..2000
- France,
High Provence, VII.2000
- Spain,
Catalunya, VIII.2001
- Northern
Spain, VIII.2002
- Spain,
Baleares, VIII.2003
- Italy,
Trentino, VII.2004
- Romania,
Carpathian, VIII.2004
- USA,
Maryland, II.2005
- Germany,
Bayern, VI.2005
- Romania,
Carpathian VI.2005
- USA,
Maryland, X-XI.2005
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