E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca

Who is E. C. M. d'Assis-Fonseca?

Evelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including:

⁕Dolichopus subpennatus

⁕Fannia collini

⁕Fannia pseudonorvegica

⁕Fannia subatripes

⁕Alliopsis similaris

⁕Heterostylodes caledonicus

He authored two volumes in the Royal Entomological Society of London's Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects series:

⁕Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata section Muscidae

⁕Handbooks for the Ident. of British Insects. Brachycera : Dolichopodidae

His extensive Diptera collection is now in the Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.