Francisque Guillebeau

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Francisque Guillebeau
Born1821 (1821)
Lyon, France
Died1897 (aged 7576)
Known forSpecializing in Coleoptera; taxonomic authority of numerous beetle species; circumscriber of genera Tinodemus, Podocesus, Nesiotus, Entomocnemus, Ochrodemus
Notable workCatalogue des Coléoptères du département de l'Ain, Révision du genre Orchesia Latreille
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsLe Plantay (mayor); collector in France, Switzerland, Austria
Author abbrev. (zoology) Guillebeau

Francisque Guillebeau (1821, Lyon 1897) was a French entomologist, specializing in Coleoptera.

A farmer by trade, he also spent twelve years serving as a justice of the peace. From 1858 to 1874 he was mayor in the town of Le Plantay.

In 1850 he became a corresponding member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon. In Lyon, he had as influences; entomologists Antoine Foudras and Étienne Mulsant, with whom he published several papers on Coleoptera. For many years he abandoned entomological work, [1] resuming these activities later on in life as he conducted collection excursions in France, Switzerland and Austria. [1] [2]

His Coleoptera collection was acquired by Paul de Fréminville (1859-1939), who subsequently made it part of his personal insect collection. Later it was transferred to the Musée de Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse, and since 1997 it has been housed at the Muséum de Lyon. [3] [4]

Guillebeau is the taxonomic authority of numerous species of beetles, as well as the circumscriber of several genera; e.g. Tinodemus, Podocesus, Nesiotus, Entomocnemus and Ochrodemus. [5] He was a member of the Société entomologique de France . [1]

Publications in entomology

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sociétés savantes de France (biography)
  2. Bulletin, Issues 1-9
  3. Musee des Confluences Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Collections, control the activity of the "Entomological Lyon school of the nineteenth century".
  4. Muséum de Lyon Collections Ratings - Entomology
  5. Insects Tamu.edu Phalacridae
  6. Biotaxa A review of Tychobythinus theryi species group with description of a new species from Algeria (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
  7. BioOne.org The Coleopterists Bulletin
  8. Thomson Reuter Podocesus Guillebeau 1894
  9. Fauna Europaea Tinodemus Guillebeau