Manuel Nuñez Tovar (Caicara de Maturín, Monagas, September 24, 1872 – Maracay, Aragua, January 27, 1928) was a Venezuelan naturalist, researcher, parasitologist and entomologist.

In this discipline he studied the importance of insects in the transmission of disease, was the author of numerous papers, and identified Necator americanus as the cause of anemia in patients who had suffered from malaria.

[2] After twenty years in Monagas state, Núñez Tovar lived temporarily in Caracas and La Victoria, settling permanently in Maracay after being appointed to the medical brigade in the garrison of the city.

Nuñez never left Venezuela, but scientists visited the country to personally meet the author of a voluminous body of scientific work including the discovery of several species of mosquitoes that carry his name.

[1][2] For his scientific work, a high school and University Hospital of Maturin were named in his honor and his entomology collection was acquired by the government of Venezuela.