Philippo Bonanni and his "Micrographia curiosa".
In this introduction, a short biography of Philippo Bonanni and comments on his "Micrographia curiosa" are presented. P. Bonanni was the first naturalist to describe a phlebotomine sandfly. His work was published in 1691, and on the occasion of the Tricentenary of its publication, the "First International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies" was organized.
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University of Cagliari, Italy.
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