René Jeannel
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René Jeannel (* 23 March 1879 - † 20 February 1965) was a French entomologist. He was director of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle from 1945-1951. Jeanell's most important work was on the insect fauna of caves in the Pyrenees, France and in the Carpathians, Romania. He also worked in Africa. Jeanell specialised in Anisotomidae but authored a large number of papers and works on other Coleoptera. He was a member of the Romanian Academy
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- Faune cavernicole de la France “The Fauna of the Caves of France”) (1940)
- La genèse des faunes terrestres “The Origins of Terrestrial Fauna”) (1942) and
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