Carlo Bassi (1807, in

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– 1856, in

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) was an

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. He was honorary curator of entomology in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan from 1841 to his death in 1856. He was a specialist in

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. Bassi wrote "Description du genre ''Malacogaster''" in Guérin-Méneville's ''Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie com- parée et de Paleontologie'' 1833 and in the 1834 issue of ''

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'') he erected the

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genus ''Cardiomera''. His collection and extensive library of works on Coleoptera is conserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan.

References

* Amedeo Benedetti, ''La Biblioteca del Museo di storia naturale di Milano'', Biblioteche Oggi, Milano, Ed. Bibliografica, n. 5, giugno 2005. Italian entomologists 1807 births 1856 deaths Dutch emigrants {{entomologist-stub