Moacyr Alvarenga, Brazilian military and entomologist (Campos, Rio de Janeiro State 10 August 1914 - 20 July 2010)
GENERA DESCRIBED
Specialist in Erotylidae family (Coleoptera)
Apolybas 1965
Micrischyrus 1965
Neacronotus 1965
Nebarytopus 1965
Neoogaster 1965
Neopriotelus 1965
Tritomapara 1970
Kakoia 1971
Neomorphoides 1977
Lycocephala 1986 (with Martínez)
EPONYMY
Alvarenga Carrera 1962 (Diptera)
Alvarenganiella Viana & Martínez 1971(Coleoptera)
Alvarengius Frey 1975 (Coleoptera)
Alvarengaia Rocha e Silva & de Aguiar 1977 (Orthoptera)
Alvarengamiris Carvalho 1991 (Hemiptera)
Besourenga Vaz de Mello 2008 (Coleoptera)
Moaciria Freitas 1956 (Nematoda)
More than one hundred new insect species named after him.