Jean-Pierre Lacroix

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

He was the best specialist on Lucanidae. He publishes many works always with very nice and accurate figures he drew himself.

Contents

Book

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

Works

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

Some of his last works include:

Entomological terms named after him

List of the taxa he created

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.

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