Javier Blasco Zumeta
Javier Blasco Zumeta | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) Pina de Ebro, Aragon, Spain |
| Known for | Guia Blasco Zumeta de Aves |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nature of Los Monegros, Spain |
| Website | http://blascozumeta.com/ |
Javier Blasco Zumeta is a Spanish primary school teacher and naturalist based in Pina de Ebro, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. He has researched the wildlife, plants, birds and insects of Los Monegros in Aragon, Spain, having discovered over 200 species.[1]
Life
As a teenage hunter, he wrote TV naturalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente asking for information about taxidermy. Rodríguez instead encouraged him to join ADENA and care for living animals.[1]
Honors
The fungus Cryptocalicium blascoi is named after him, having helped the researchers. Apart from this, a relevant number os insects were also discovered thanks to his works. Some of them are also named after him[2]
References
- ^ a b Acosta, Sara (15 September 2025). "Javier, el maestro de primaria que descubrió 200 especies sin salir de su pueblo" [Javier, the primary school teacher who discovered 200 species without leaving his town]. ElDiario.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
- ^ Prieto, M.; Etayo, Javier; Olariaga, I. (1 July 2021). "A new lineage of mazaediate fungi in the Eurotiomycetes: Cryptocaliciomycetidae subclass. nov., based on the new species Cryptocalicium blascoi and the revision of the ascoma evolution". Mycological Progress. 20 (7): 889–904. doi:10.1007/s11557-021-01710-y. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
Etymology: named after Javier Blasco Zumeta, outstanding Aragonese naturalist, who showed to us the first locality where this species was found and who provided us with further material of it.
External links
- Monteriza (in Spanish). Descriptions of species found in the comarca Ribera Baja del Ebro.