Jean-Pierre Lacroix

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

Jean-Pierre Lacroix

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

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:

• 1982 - Notes sur quelques Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus, Miscellanea Entomologica, 49, pp. 13–30.
• 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (2ème note) (in collaboration with P. Ratti and G. Taroni), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 38, pp. 2–8.
• 1983 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (3ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 40, pp. 5–19.
• 1987 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (4ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 56, pp. 11–13, 1 col. plate.
• 1988 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (5ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 57, pp. 7–12.
• 1989 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (6ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 59, pp. 5–7, 1 col. plate.
• 1990 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (7ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 65, pp. 11–14, 1 col. plate.
• 1991 - Descriptions de Coleoptera Lucanidae nouveaux ou peu connus (8ème note), Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat, 69, pp. 25–26.

Entomological terms named after him

• 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

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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