Julio Ferrer
PH D
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Location: Sweden

Curriculum vitae:
Julio Ferrer Mariné is born in Spain, Madrid, 1944.
1959 Frequenting the Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid as young scholar, Julio will be initiated in entomological studies by eminent spanish specialists: Dr Luis Báguena (Scarabaeoidea) and Francisco Espanol (Tenebrionidae). Julio started his first collection of insects.

1960 As results of political agitation against the dictator Francisco Franco, Julio is prosecuted with other students, incarcered (1962), processed, released and forced to the exile. 1966-1969 Julio visit France, Italy and China, establishing his permanent domicile in Stockholm, Sweden. 1970-1989 Julio completing a Ph D examen in social anthropology (Etnologi), Stockolms Universitet 1981, leaded by Prof. Åke Daun.

His research is centered in death, insects and mythology. Other current research included the Tenebrionidae, under the mentorship of the great french specialist Paul Ardoin and the hungarian Zoltan Kaszab. Julio is admitted to the Entomological Society of Stockholm, obtaining access to the Departement of Entomology of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm. Julio is actually the Secretary of this Society.

Julio collected self beetles in several Mediterranean and North African countries under years and worked for several swedish institutions in Stockholm, as the High School of Technology, The Nordic Museum, the International Art School, The University of Agriculture of Uppsala, The Ministery of Agriculture (Jorbruksverket) and the Birkagarden.

Moreover about 130 entomological papers, Julio is writter of three books focusing modern aspects of social life in Sweden : I väntan på döden, Academy Litteratur, 1981, Punkare och Skinheads, Norstedts 1983 and Moderna myter och gamla brott, Norstedts, 1984.

Julio described 2000, the largest Tenebrionidae of the world (7,9 cm), the new species Pheugonius mjoebergi from Borneo, exposed under 50 years in the Swedish Museum of Natural History, misidentified as "Pheugonius gigas Gebien".

Julio his sponsored under 2002-2005 by several scientific europeans programs (COLPARSYS, SYSRESOURCE, SYNTHESE) for study of the scientific museal infrastructures (preserved entomological collections).

Julio has identified material from several Museums institutions and private collectors and is owner of one of the greates collections of Tenebrionide of the Nordic countries.

Zoologiska Museet, Lund Universitet, Sweden, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm. The Natural History Museum, London, Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Museum Royal de l´Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgien, Museum national d´Histoire naturelle, Paris, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones científicas y Museo de Ciencias naturales de Madrid, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Academy of Sciences of Warszawa, Transvaal
Museum, Pretoria, R. of South Africa, National Museum of Namibia, Windhoek and Instituto
Argentino de Zonas Aridas, Mendoza, Argentina.

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Siavash Taravati
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Location: Iran

Siavash Taravati was born in Gonbad Kavous , Iran 1983. After moving to Mashad (NE Iran) and finishing elementary and High school, he entered the University Of Tehran in field Zoology.

From the early time after entering university, entomology became his main interest. Field works and collecting operations with the UT zoological team, headed of Dr. Alireza Sarri influenced and attracted him as a zoology student to start working on the diversity of Tenebrionidae.

Searching for specialists and an entomological laboratory, he was introduced to the HMIM (Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum) under the complex of: Insect Taxonomy Research Department (ITRD)- Plant Pests and Diseases Research Institute (PPDRI)

There he found access to the references of museum library and could take advantage of the help of entomologists Mr. Houshang Borumand(Curculionoidea) and Mrs. Saye Serri(Meloidae), to whom he'll be thankful all over his life.

He has graduated from the University of Tehran with the B.Sc degree and continuing the Tenebrionidae taxonomy with the museum.

Being involved with computer studies from the high school till university time ,enabled him to design WebPages ,do web-based programming , handling Databases, making Flash animation & so on ...
He is also a nearly professional pianist (mostly Ragtime & somewhat Jazz) .

Facing difficulties receiving & gathering information about this poorly known family (particularly in Middle East including Iran) family, ignited the first sparkles of making such a connective website in his mind. So with the ability of doing Computer-based tasks he started to create www.tenebrionidae.net website which by the scientific support of Dr. J. Ferrer has been enriched and become much more valuable.