Igor Grichanov

Igor Yakovlevich Grichanov (; born 10 September 1958) is a Russian entomologist and ecologist. As a taxonomist, he specialised on Diptera notably Dolichopodidae. He joined the staff of the All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection in 1981. In 1990, he became the Head of the Laboratory of Phytosanitary Diagnostics and Forecasts. He wrote over 470 scientific papers (1979-2016). Не has described 26 new genera and over 400 new species of flies.

Selected works

• Sigvald R., Grichanov I. Ya. (Eds.). Crop Protection Conference - Pests, Diseases and Weeds, May 28–30, 2002. Conference Report 01, Uppsala: SLU, 2003. 292 p.
• Grichanov I. Ya. Review of Afrotropical Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). St.Petersburg: VIZR, 2004. 245 p.https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21199292
• Grichanov I. Ya. A checklist and keys to North European genera and species of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). St.Petersburg: VIZR, 2006. 120 p.https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21199284
• Grichanov I. Ya. A checklist and keys to Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Caucasus and East Mediterranean. St.Petersburg: VIZR, 2007. 160 p.https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21134325
• Grichanov I. Ya. An illustrated synopsis and keys to afrotropical genera of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera: Empidoidea). Priamus Supplement, Ankara, 2011, v. 24. 98 p., 305 figs.https://archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraPriamusSupplement24
• Grichanov I. Ya., Negrobov O. P. (Eds.). Fauna and taxonomy of Dolichopodidae (Diptera). Collection of papers. St.Petersburg: VIZR, 2013. 96 p.https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=23679364
• Grichanov I. Ya., Negrobov O. P. Palaearctic species of the genus Sciapus Zeller (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). St.Petersburg, VIZR, 2014. 84 p.http://vizr.spb.ru/nauchnaya-informacziya/prilozheniya/arxiv-prilozhenij/.
• Grichanov I. Ya. Alphabetic list of generic and specific names of predatory flies of the epifamily Dolichopodoidae (Diptera). St.Petersburg, VIZR, 2014. 544 p.http://vizr.spb.ru/nauchnaya-informacziya/prilozheniya/arxiv-prilozhenij/.

References

• Foreword. In: Grichanov I. Ya. Russian-English and English-Russian vocabulary for entomologists. Saint-Petersburg: VIZR, 2004, 116 p. [Russian]
• To the jubilee of Grichanov I. Ya. Plant Protection News, 2008, No 3, p. 78 http://vizr.spb.ru/nauchnaya-informacziya/zhurnal-v-vide-pdf-fajlov/2008-3.html. [Russian]

External links

• Profile , Voronezh State University [Russian]
• Profile, All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection [Russian]
• Profile, Google Scholar
• EOL New taxa described by Grichanov