| Helia Soares | |
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 Helia Soares, image from OmniPaper Project [1]. | |
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Nationality |
Estonian/Brazilian |
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Birthplace |
Tartu, Estonia |
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Life Span |
1923-1999 |
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Publication Span |
1944-1992 |
Helia Eller Monteiro Soares was an Estonian arachnologist who came to Brazil at an early age and got Brazilian nationality. She married the arachnologist Benedicto Abilio Monteiro Soares and they formed a collaborative team who authored several papers on Opiliones, mainly dealing with Brazilian opilionofauna.
Notable contributions[]
Helia erected many genera in diverse families, such as: Amazonesia H. Soares, 1970 (Gagrellinae), Anoplogynopsis H. Soares, 1966 (Gonyleptidae), Baculigerus H. Soares, 1979 (Escadabiidae), Pararezendesius H. Soares, 1972 (Cryptogeobiidae), Sickesia H. Soares, 1979 (Stygnidae), Triaenonychoides H. Soares, 1968 (Triaenonychidae). Also Helia and Benedicto started an unfinished catalog of the Neotropical Opiliones of which only four parts were published (1948-1992).