The French Congo or Middle Congo was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic.
Ngounié is a province of south-central Gabon covering an area of 3,775 kilometres (2,346 mi). Its capital is Mouila. At the 2013 census it had 100,838 inhabitants. In 2016, its governor was Benjamin Nzigou.
The Central African oyan, also called Central African linsang, is a linsang species native to Central Africa.
Batocera is a genus of the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lamiinae, close to the genus Rosenbergia.
James Thomson was an American entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera.
Myostola is a spider genus in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), with the sole species Myostola occidentalis, found in Gabon and Cameroon.
Gnathoenia venerea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1858. It is known from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Angola, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Frea mniszechi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1858. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, and the Republic of the Congo.
Colasposoma laticorne is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, described by J. Thomson in 1858.
Auxesis gabonicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1858. It is known from Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Republic of the Congo, and the Ivory Coast.
Tanybria aurichalcea is a species of leaf beetle of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, observed by James Thomson in 1858.
Tanybria timiliatha is a species of leaf beetle of Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, observed by James Thomson in 1858.
Thysbina amata is a species of leaf beetle of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, observed by J. Thomson in 1858.
Fortuné Charles de Chavannes, born 19 May 1853 in Lyon and died 7 February 1940 in Antibes, was a French colonial administrator. He accompanied Savorgnan de Brazza on the Mission de l'Ouest africain from 1883 to 1886, and participated in the exploration and establishment of French Congo.
Velleda murina is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by James Thomson in 1858. It is known from the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon.
Afroeurydemus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. The genus was separated from Eurydemus in 1965 by Brian J. Selman, who moved all African species of Eurydemus he had seen to this genus or related African genera and considered it likely that Eurydemus was restricted to Fiji. Many species were also originally placed in Syagrus.
Plataraea is a genus of rove beetles.
Tanybria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa.
Nerissus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa.
Thysbina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa.
