Ernesto Osorno Mesa, Colombian medical entomologist and parasitologist (Bogotá 1904 – Bogotá 28 June 1976)
Demonstrated that Haemagogus spp. are arboreal mosquitoes
With J.C. Bugher, J. Boshell Manrique, M. Roca García. Epidemiology of jungle yellow fever in Eastern Colombia. American J. Hygiene 39:16-51, 1944
DESCRIBED
New Techniques for Studying Medical Insects
Una nueva tecnica para el estudio microscopio de los huevos de Anopheles. Caldasia 4 (20):447-51, 1947
With H. Osorno. Una nueva tecnica para disecar rapidamente glandulas salivales de mosquitos. Rev. Higiene 24(3):232-5, 1950
With H. Osorno Mesa. Nuevas tecnicas para disecar glândulas salivales, estômagos de mosquitos y determinar oocistos de Plasmodium en ejemplares infectados en condiciones naturales. Rev. Higiene 25(1):3-12, 1951
Tecnica para obtener deyecciones hialinas como inoculo y para microanalisis, com ninfas de quinto estadio de Rhodnius prolixus, infectadas e normales. Rev. Fac. Med. Univ. Nac. Colombia 31(2):51-7, 1963
Technique for extracting a considerable quantity of hemolymph and for easily isolating the salivary glands in fifth-stage nymphs and adults of Rhodnius prolixus. Rev. Fac. Med. Univ. Nac. Colombia 33(1):87-91, 1965
With F. de Osorno & A. Morales Alarcón. A technique for permanent mounts of Phlebotomus applicable to other small insects. J. Med. Entomol. 3(2):124-6, 1966
With F. de Osorno & A. Morales Alarcón. Modificaciones a una tecnica para montaje permanente de Phlebotomus. Caldasia 10(46):27-38, 1967 & Lozania 15:1-4, 1968
Developed a new technique for mounting and staining of fine structures of mosquitos
Diptera Species
Phlebotomus (Psychodopygus) bernalei 1967 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Lutzomyia spinicrassa 1969 with Morales Alarcón, Osorno & Hoyos
Lutzomyia sauroida 1972 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Lutzomyia quasitownsendi 1971 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Lutzomyia marajoensisowalkeri 1972 with Morales Alarcón, Osorno & Ferro
Lutzomyia longiflocosa 1971 with Morales Alarcón, Osorno & Muñoz
Lutzomyia disiuncta 1974 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Lutzomyia caprina 1972 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Lutzomyia bifoliata 1970 with Morales Alarcón, Osorno & Hoyos
Lutzomyia andina 1971 with Morales Alarcón & Osorno
Anopheles oiketorakras 1947
Anopheles bifoliata 1948 with Muñoz Sarmiento
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis 1948 with Muñoz Sarmiento
Haemagogus boshelli 1944
Haemagogus andinus 1944
Haemagogus falco 1946 with Kumm
HONORS
Osornophyrne Ruiz-Carranza & Hernandez-Camacho 1976 (Amphibia Anura)
Subgenus Osornomyia Levi-Castillo 1955 (Diptera)