Adolphe Hoffmann

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Adolphe Hoffmann (1889-1967) was a French entomologist. From 1950 he was considered the European specialist in the families Curculionidae , Bruchidae and Scolytidae.He was a Member of the Entomological Society of France . His collection of beetles is today at the National Museum of Natural History, France in Paris. [1] [2] [3]

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  1. Groll, E. K. (2017). Biographies of the Entomologists of the World . Online database, version 8. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg
  2. Constantin, R. 1992 Memorial des Coléopteristes Français. Bulletin de liaison de l'Association des Coléoptéristes de la région parisienne, Paris (Suppl. 14), S. 1-92 pp. 45
  3. Alfred Serge Balachowsky Adolphe Hoffmann (1889-1967) [note biographique] Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France Année 1968 73 (7-8) pp. 156-163 online Persee