Spinola, Maximilien (1780-1857)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Spinola was born in Pézenas, Hérault, France. The family of Spinola was of very long standing and had great wealth and power in Genoa. Maximilian Spinola was a descendant of the famous Spanish General Ambrogio Spinola, marqués de los Balbases (1569-1630) and much of his wealth derived from land held in Spain and South America.

Spinola's Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Heteroptera and Homoptera can be viewed at the Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (Turin), Italy. Most of his Types are extant and in good condition.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Spinola, M. 1808. Insectorum Liguriae species novae aut rariores, quae in agro ligustico nuper detexit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Maximilianus Spinola, adjecto catalogo specierum auctoribus jam enumeratarum, quae in eadam regione passim occurrent. Genova: Y. Gravier, pp. 207-262.


 * Spinola, M. 1851a. Insectos. Orden 7. Himenopteros. Pp. 153-569 in: Gay, C. Historia fisica y politica de Chile. Zoologia. Tomo 6. Paris: Maulde & Renon, 572 pp.


 * Spinola, M. 1851b. Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Extrait des Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Turin (2) 13: 3-78


 * Spinola, M. 1853. Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Torino (2) 13: 19-94

REFERENCE

 * Conci, Cesare and Roberto Poggi. 1996. Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with Essential Biographical Data. Mem. Soc. ent. ital., Genova, 75: 348-349, portrait.