Fabio Leoni Werneck, Brazilian entomologist (Rio de Janeiro 13 August 1894 – Rio de Janeiro 12 January 1961)
World authority on Mallophaga and Anoplura
Authored over 70 papers and 2 books
DESCRIBED PHTHIRAPTERA TAXA
Valid Genera
Acondylocephalus 1941
Condylocephalus 1941
Monothoracius 1934
Neodasyonyx 1941
Neofelicola 1948
Paraboopia 1940 with Thompson
Parafelicola 1948
Valid Species
111 (34 of them being Anoplura)
HONORS
Werneckia Ferris 1951 (Anoplura)
Werneckiella Eichler 1940 (Phthiraptera)
Werneckodectes Conci 1946 (Phthiraptera)