Ítalo Rodrigues de Araújo Sherlock, Brazilian medical entomologist and parasitologist (Sobral, Ceará State 05 April 1936 – 19 March 2009)
Authored 166 papers and 10 book chapters
First showed photographically the Phlebotominae infection by Leishmania chagasi
Developed a method for Phlebotominae capture
With S.B. Pessoa. Métodos práticos para a captura de flebótomos. Rev. Bras. Biol. 24:331-40, 1964
With H. Bermudez, J.P. Dedet, A. L. Falcão, D. Feliciangeli, E.F. Rangel, C. Ferro de Carrasquilla, E.A.B. Galato, E.L. Gomez, E. Perez, A. Morales Alarcón, M. Torrez, R. Vignes & M. Wolff. Proposition of a standard description for Phlebotominae sand flies Parasitologia 33(1):127-35, 1991
DESCRIBED NEW TAXA
Diptera
Brumptomyia bragai 1961 with Mangabeira Filho
Brumptomyia figueiredoi 1961 with Mangabeira Filho
Brumptomyia mesai 1962
Brumptomyia virgens 1961 with Mangabeira Filho
Lutzomyia bahiensis 1961 with Mangabeira Filho
Lutzomyia dubitans 1962
Lutzomyia gasti 1962
Lutzomyia pelloni 1959 with Alencar
Lutzomyia viannamartinsi 1970 with Guitton
Phlebotomus montoyai 1962
Hemiptera
Microtriatoma pratai 1982 with Guitton
Rhodnius paraensis 1977 with Guitton & Miles
Triatoma pessoai 1967 with Serafim
Triatoma lenti 1967 with Serafim
HONORS
Diplome & Medal, 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England (1999)
Who’s Who in the World (2000)