Article Nº 3563 Scientist or naturalist Vol. III · p. 600
Tavares (Joaquim da Silva)
Portuguese Jesuit cecidologist who published three studies of Madeiran insect galls in Brotéria (1903–1914).
A distinguished Portuguese cecidologist who has done much to make known the zoocecidia of Portugal, Madeira and other countries. He is a member of the Society of Jesus and of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa), and has taught in Portugal, Brazil and Spain. He wrote three contributions to the study of the zoocecidia of Madeira, all published in Broteria, the first in 1903, the second in 1905 and the last in 1914 (1921).
According to Father Tavares, of some 80 zoocecidia known in Madeira, most are the work of aphids or eriophyid mites.
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