title: Philippo Bonanni and his "Micrographia curiosa".
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bettini
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Omodeo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maroli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003465:Culex / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000266:history*; D010944:Plants / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012384:Rome; D015046:Zoology / Q000266:history*