Abstract
Iya Mikhailovna Levanidova (1914–2005) is the outstanding Russian hydrobiologist and hydroentomologist who devoted her life to study biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of the Russian Far East freshwater invertebrates. She laid the foundation of the aquatic entomology school in Eastern Russia, having continued the way of her teachers, Drs. A.V. Martynov and S.G. Lepneva. The article provides a brief description of Dr. Levanidova’s private and scientific life and her contributions to development of rhithrobiology and trichopterology in East Russia. It presents as well a list of the species described by I.M. Levanidova and patronyms described in her honor. A full list of her scientific papers, totalling 78 publications, is provided.
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