Jean-Pierre Lacroix (entomologist)

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Jean-Pierre Lacroix (1938–1989) was a French entomologist.

Book[edit]

The Beetles of the World, Odontolabini 1 (Lucanidae)[1]

Works[edit]

The complete list of his publications was written by Hugues E. Bomans.[2]

Some of his last works include:

Entomological terms named after him[edit]

  • Aegus platypodon lacroixi Bomans, 1993
  • Cyclommatus lacroixi Weinreich, 1971
  • Ditomoderus lacroixi Bomans, 1973
  • Homoderinus lacroixi Bomans, 1969
  • Lissotes lacroixi Bomans, 1986
  • Prosopocoilus lacroixi Bomans, 1970

List of the taxa he created[edit]

The list of 95 new names which he created is published on the web.[3]

Among them are several new species of Cyclommatus which were never the object of a publication. In fact the author prepared a revision of the genus to appear in a volume of the series of The Beetles of the World, almost totality of photos had been realized by Guy Bouloux. A heart attack at the age of 51 ended this project.

Another work in preparation was a fauna of the Stag beetles of the island of Sumatra, thanks to the numerous sendings of specimens captured on the spot by Dr Eduard W . Diehl.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lacroix (J.-P.), 1984. The Beetles of the World, volume 4, Odontolabini 1, Sciences Nat, Venette Archived 2010-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Bomans (H.), 1991. Liste des publications de Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 72, p. 6
  3. ^ "List of the genus, species and subspecies described by Jean-Pierre Lacroix". Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2011-02-02.