Francisco E. Baisas

He was born in the Philippines in the arts-and-crafts town of Paete, Laguna on June 4, 1896, the younger of two children of Lorenzo Baisas, a farmer who tilled his own land, and his wife Juana Edlagan. He died in Madisonville, Kentucky on May 24, 1973. He married Crispina Calingo of Pateros, Rizal and Paete, Laguna in 1913. ==Education==

1934 University of the Philippines: Bachelor of Arts, major in Zoology / Bachelor of Science in Entomology with meritorious grades. ==Works==

Of Baisas' 35 known scholarly publications, according to the OCLC WorldCat Organization, the following are among the most widely held works published, some in several editions, between 1935 and 1974 and held by WorldCat member libraries worldwide: • The mosquito fauna of Subic Bay Naval Reservation, Republic of the Philippines by Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Notes on Philippine mosquitoes : XVI. Genus Trupteroides by Francisco Edlagan Baisas • A practical illustrated key to larvae of Philippine Anopheles by P.F Russell and Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Notes on Philippine mosquitoes by Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Notes on Philippine Mosquitoes-XI : a new species of Tripteroides by Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Studies of the ecology of clark ab, central luzon, r.p. ii. a comprehensive mosquito survey • The technic of handling mosquitoes by P.F Russell and Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Notes on Philippine mosquitoes : XVI : four new species of Zeugnomyia by Francisco Edlagan Baisas • A practical illustrated key to adults of Philippine Anopheles by Paul Farr Russell and Francisco Edlagan Baisas • Anopheles hyrcanus var. sinensis of the Philippines and certain parts of China, with some comments on Anopheles hyrcanus var. nigerrimus of the Philippines by Francisco Edlagan Baisas ==Mosquito species named after Baisas==

Some of species of mosquitos were named after Baisas including: • Aedes baisasi, • '''' • Anopheles balabacensis Baisas • Anopheles introlatus Baisas • '''', • '''' • Ochlerotatus baisasi References == References ==