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Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
About Dmitry Telnov
- Dmitry Telnov is a Latvian entomologist, biogeographer, and conservationist.
- He is a member and former president of the Entomological Society of Latvia, chief editor of the "Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea" book series, and a member of the Editorial Board of the "Latvijas Entomologs" journal.
- He is primary known due to his taxonomic works on Coleoptera and biogeographic activities in the Papuan region and Wallacea. Telnov has PhD in biology and has graduated at the University of Latvia.
- He strongly believes educated society is the key tool for protection biological diversity of our planet.
- Recently, Telnov has worked for IUCN contributing the European Red List of saproxylic (dead wood connected) beetles. He has travelled extensively in search for specimens, including to New Guinea (more than ten years of expeditions), Indonesia, Gabon, Singapore, Russia, and all across the Europe, and has discovered numerous species of invertebrates and vertebrates new to science.
- Dmitry Telnov is co-operating with numerous natural history museums and institutions all around the world, primarily in taxonomy field.
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