Harry Urad Brailovsky Alperowitz (born in

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

on May 30, 1946) is a biologist. He earned his BA, MA and Ph.D. in biological sciences at the Faculty of Sciences,

National Autonomous University of Mexico The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public university, public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countri ...

. His main academic interest is the

taxonomy image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme o ...

, biology, and biogeography of

Coreidae Coreidae is a large family (biology), family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a fam ...

, especially those found in Mexico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). As an entomological authority he is cited as Brailovsky. Brailovsky has published over 200 academic works on Coreoidea describing over 660 new species..

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Mexican biologists 1946 births Living people Hemipterists {{biologist-stub