Alex Fain

Alex Fain (1912–2009), Belgian acarologist and parasitologist.

Author abbreviation: Fain

Authored taxa

• 130 taxon names authored by Alex Fain

(List may be incomplete)

In addition to the list above more than 3,000 other taxa are described by Alex Fain. The list of new taxa is available here: List new taxa by Fain.

Publications

The list of his works (more than 1,100 publications) was published in "Liste des travaux publiés par le Dr. Alex Fain, 1939–2002", Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 2002 and is available here: Fain's publications list.

Links

• ZooBank
• Wauthy, G., Bochkov, A.V. & Mironov, S.V. 2009. Obituary: Professor Dr. Alex Fain (1912–2009). Acarologia XLIX, 1–2: 3–4. PDF