Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène

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Joseph Alexandre Laboulbène (25 August, 1825 Agen-7 December 1898, Paris) was a French physician and entomologist. A friend of the entomologist Jean-Marie Léon Dufour (1780-1865), he studied medicine in the University of Paris and was awarded the title Docteur in 1854.He taught in the medical faculty until 1879. Laboulbène was interested in harmful insects notably in the Order Diptera . The order of mushrooms Laboulbeniales is dedicated to him.

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with Léon Fairmaire (1854). Faune Entomologique Française. Coleoptera. Paris : Deyrolle Vol. 1 665 pp also Felix Malteste et Cie., Paris?. (1854).

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• Jean Lhoste (1987). Les Entomologistes français. 1750-1950. INRA Éditions : 351 p.
• Translation from French Wikipedia.